Fantasy World

I discovered Kindle for PC two weeks ago. I had been wanting a Kindle for a while now but just didn't see myself spending that much money on one. I was thrilled when I found that Amazon.com has a Kindle download for PCs (free). It lets you buy and download up to 1500 books!




Twilight has been showing on Showtime the past few weeks. I saw it when it first came out on DVD last spring but watched it again two weeks ago. I normally don't like watching (or reading) anything twice due to my ability to recall information with such detail once I‘ve been prompted. However, it was a Saturday evening at home with the family and safe to watch with my six year old.



I thought the way Robert Pattinson was made up (hair, make-up, dress) and the soft air brushed glow they used on him was just beautiful. I decided to research some of the Twilight websites.



I decided to take my son with me on Sunday to go see New Moon. We both loved it. That night I went back to my research online and found a character study in rough draft form on the author's website, http://www.stepheniemeyer.com.



It was done on Edward. It was very eye opening to read the beginning of the story from his point of view and made the story so much more real and understandable. I fell head over hills in love with Edward. Yeah, Robert the actor is very nice to look at but it's the fictitious character of Edward that has me panting.



Sane had been trying to get me to read the books for years. I always put it off thinking I wouldn't like them due to them being Young Adult novels. After reading the Midnight Sun rough draft I had to have more!



I spent two hours on Monday searching all the local libraries for any of these books. Long waiting list for each one.



I had went online to Amazon.com thinking I'd just order the third book. I discovered the Kindle download then and ordered Eclipse. Very cool to be able to have the book within one minute of buying it. I finished it in less than 12 hours. Ordered Breaking Dawn and tried to sleep for a few hours.



In my sleep, I knocked over a glass of water onto my turned on laptop. Fried! I'm not sure if I was more upset that I destroyed my less than 6 month old laptop or that I wasn't going to be able to read the fourth book.



I used my son's mini later that day. I downloaded the Kindle software to it. I was planning on just buying the fourth book again. To my surprise and delight the books I had bought were already there. Yay! This is another feature I like; I can access the books I own from any computer as long as you download the free software.



I was back on my way reading every free moment I had. Sleep, who needs sleep when you have a fantasy world! I have now went back bought and read books one and two.



Sane you were right; so much better than the movies. I still think that the character study (Midnight Sun) is what made these books come to life for me. If I hadn't read it I wouldn't have been so caught up.



It's two weeks later since I watched Twilight that night with my family and I have been re-reading some of the books. Can we say "Obsessive!" I've be shocked that I even liked the books. Even more shocked by how much.



One of my blog friends, Greg, wrote about how these books are making it impossible for young men to live up to young ladies expectations of boyfriends and love. Greg, I'm not sure I truly understood your point until I read them myself. Sorry about that.



Sane and I discussed it last week. I think we agreed that the type of over powering love that Bella and Edward had doesn't really exist. If it does exist it is so rare that very few ever even catch a glimpse of it. Which will lead me to my next blog about Settling or Holding Out for your Soul Mate.