tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post3230167454762502494..comments2024-01-30T00:27:08.622-08:00Comments on Damned Scribbling Women: I'd Love to Taste You. No, Really.Kate Diamondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-48216663711655470132009-07-31T11:26:21.355-07:002009-07-31T11:26:21.355-07:00I realize I'm definitely not the majority voic...I realize I'm definitely not the majority voice here, but I've gotta share. <br /><br />I enjoyed "Twilight" very much (partly because my brother was born in Forks. Hurray!) I don't remember thinking "stalker" or "boring." I was vastly entertained by the world being created. <br /><br />I was considerably less enchanted with Edward as the series continued. I'm not really a series reader, I'm a romance reader. That was part of it. Also, I found the werewolf mythology much more interesting than the vampire mystique.<br /><br />As a high school English teacher, I've seen firsthand the power these books have to draw in reluctant readers. And I've loved having these kinds of conversations with my students!<br /><br />So thank you, Stephenie Meyer! I would never want to get dental with Edward. But I wouldn't mind if some of your writing mojo rubbed off on me. :)Kate Diamondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987438202240646062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-45444178907209353182009-07-31T11:05:15.043-07:002009-07-31T11:05:15.043-07:00Stalker. And worse than that.... a boring stalker...Stalker. And worse than that.... a boring stalker.<br /><br />MarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-4951131279043488202009-07-27T10:02:38.579-07:002009-07-27T10:02:38.579-07:00Is this story-line cyclical? Does the current pop...Is this story-line cyclical? Does the current popularity of <i>Twilight</i> and stalker-hero books parallel in some way the popularity of "Old Skool" romance tales of imprisonment and less than empowered heroines in the '80s? Is it something that arises every twenty-five or thirty years? Personally I skipped the <i>Twilight</i> series after a friend said "you'll feel fourteen again." Double or triple no thank you.Anna Richlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06758472429790528680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-16789074183038545822009-07-26T17:59:46.136-07:002009-07-26T17:59:46.136-07:00Um...I thought about it rationally...and he's ...Um...I thought about it rationally...and he's a stalker.Anneliese Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389340053893292833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-71289197204916089132009-07-26T04:45:29.860-07:002009-07-26T04:45:29.860-07:00Creepy stalker trying to convince someone to leave...Creepy stalker trying to convince someone to leave everything she knows to join his family because it's so cool. Veiled propaganda... <br /><br />I read all the books and saw the movie. The story does unfold nicely in the end, but it really has an agenda JMO.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383099148014297450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733381.post-65482081508639032802009-07-25T11:42:48.552-07:002009-07-25T11:42:48.552-07:00Stalker!Stalker!Vivi Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00502615009474830083noreply@blogger.com