Twilight

I heard about it.  Not interested in a vampire story.  I read blogs about it.  Not interested in a vampire story.  I kept hearing about it.  Again and again.  And again.  Then I started hearing how people are reading all four books in a week time because they can't put it down.  Then I started having friends seeing the movie three times in a row.  What in the world could be so stinkin' good about a vampire story?  I mean, even way back when Tom Cruise was hot I had no interest in Interview with a Vampire.  Nothing romantic about vampire stories.

I finally caved in.  I just had to know what was so fascinating about this book.

Oh. My. Goodness.  

Those of you who know I rarely finish a book will find it telling that I read all 498 pages in three days.  I am having total withdraw at this very moment and trying to figure out how I can get book 2 in my hands before the kids bedtime tonight so I can escape into their world once more.  I am fully obsessed.

Although you are fully aware that it's a vampire story, it is the intense love affair that pulls you into the book.  It is that all encompassing, all consuming, even a bit cheesy, love that one might remember from their first love.  I guess that is why it is a book for teenagers.  But the intensity between this vampires love for the girl and his inner conflict with his own nature is truly addicting.  

Just give in and go read it.  You won't be sorry.