When such a moment happens, it bubble up within you and must be shared. Wonderful that others feel the occasion with only words.....sometimes a camera lens misses the quality of light, which contributed so much to the moment. But with words......we create the image with our heart and that makes all the difference. :)

Count me as another Twilight fan! I noticied the books as they were published, but I thought...'vampires, young love, teen-aged agnst.' Since I didn't do teenaged agnst when I was a teen, I didn't think the books would appeal to me at this stage of my life. Then the first movie was advertised. I prefer to read the book before I see any movie that is based on a book. So, I toddled off to the bookstore. Started reading Twilight in the coffee shop. Got up; went out to the car; went back to the bookstore and bought all four books, and the audio books. Love 'em. Like the Harry Potter series the books boil down to a great story about love, and friendships, and families, and d0ing the right thing, even when it's the hard choice. I recommend them for anyone. There is a fifth "Twilight" book out. It's The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. It's a novella by Stephenie Meyer that details Bree Tanner's version of parts of the Eclipse book, as well as what she went through as a newborn.

I'll try not to give away any major spoilers, but to answer a couple of questions... Schoolhouse This movie ends when Bella wakes up after the emergency delivery of Renessmee. Many other events happen in Jacob's life too, but if you want the entire back story you'll have to read the books. LOL They can't describe the tribe's heritage fully in the visual movie. Yes, the books' story line and writing style is juvenile, but then I believe the target audience is teen girls (which can be a force unto themselves, or legends in their own minds, or...something! LOL) Still, the "Fairy Tale", romantic, good vs. evil, "Happily Ever After" is a tried-and-true storyline. Adellabedella The dress is beyond beautiful. I don't want to be spoiler though. Think sophisticated, modest, covered and revealing, lacy, tailored, sleek...just perfect. And not strapless! Jannie Again, I'm trying hard to not post too much of a spoiler. Jacob follows a legend of his tribe. He's in shock when he thinks of himself as some sort of a 'monster, a werewolf.' He's not a werewolf, although he can take a wolf's shape. Yes, the first book especially, can drag on. It's from the mindset of a spoiled 16-year-old, sometimes you have to skim the worst of the teen-angst parts. I about gagged on a sub-plot in one of the books where she "hated to pull the moving-out card." A spoiled brat, who lives with a parent and depends on him for food, clothing, and shelter, decides she doesn't like the rules. She's "all grown up" so, to show Dad, she thinks she'll just move out of his house...and move into other adults' house - the Cullens' - and let them have the honor of supporting her. (She didn't move.) I thought that scene was so typically teenage girl. Donna Loomis My hubby won't go to the theater to see them, but he does sneak peeks when I'm watching the DVDs at home. I asked him to read certain selections in the different books so he would know what I was babbling about. He works as a civilian security police on the base with mostly Air Force folks in their early 20s; he has a hoot with them. He retired after 22 years of active duty so he knows the job inside and out. He handles a lot of the training and is "all business" and a very "stern" and professional. Then, when they get into discussions about current urban musicians, or an obscure jazz artist, or early 18th century political history, or Harry Potter, or Twilight he can chime right in. It blows their minds.

My 16 YO son and 13 YO daughter both read the Darren Shan books, I think they're mostly vampire stories, there was a movie made from one (The Vampire's Assistant - I think) They are more dark and gory than the Goosebumps but some kids like that stuff (I was reading Stephen King at 13) You may want to wait a couple of year for these but something to think about for when he's older. My dd grew up with Harry Potter - her life basically revolves around it. Twilight was good but it sure didn't replace HP! The Twilight series definitely isn't for most boys (hey, some may like it), I LOL'ed at some of the guys I saw dragged to the movies!