I've not the time to read like I used too and I really mis it. I love to read novels but just cannot keep up!

My niece convinced me to read the series after I watched the Twilight movie. I enjoyed the book far more than the movie (but I'll watch the other movies as they come out too. LOL)

I did enjoy the book series, but I didn't think the writing and story plots were nearly as well develped as the Harry Potter series. I felt the writer could have put a bit more effort into them. I got a bit tired of the teenage angst, but then, I didn't do angst, even when I was a teen. LOL Still, it's a good series for reading entertainment.

I especially liked the fifth book, Midnight Sun; it's partially released on Stephenie Meyers' website. It's written from Edward's point-of-view and is much more interesting than Bella's sappy view. I do hope Meyers finishes and publishes it, even though it had been stolen and partially released without her permission. (More of that on her site.)

All-in-all, I highly recommend them to anyone that wants an easy read, heavy on the romance (and still "clean" enough for young teens), and just a light, feel-good book series.

And yes, the books are about vampires, werewolves, small town living, friends, family, and strange and wonderful families of friends, and love, and babies, and children and fathers, and mothers and children, and forgiveness, and all sorts of good stuff.

Here is a link that might be useful: Stephenie Meyers' Twilight series website

The acting in the movie was so bad, but I watched it last weekend. Don't think these books would interest me.

I'm sorry, KathsGrdn, I didn't realize you'd mentioned Midnight Sun or I wouldn't have repeated it. I was skimming the post, instead of reading it. That's a bad habit I'm trying to break.

You really need to read the rest of the books now, too! LOL The story does have some unexpected twists and turns and was all-in-all delightful.

Tell Lauren she'll love the books. She could read them in secret and just not let any of the kids at school know! LOL

The actor playing Edward is, of course, sizzling hot. (He also played Cedric Diggery in the HP movies.) But, in real/fantasy life...I would have been all over Jacob. What can I say? I was a bad, bad girl.

Caroline, that's part of the problem with movies and reading the book after seeing the characters on the screen. It's hard to "see" Cedric being so "beautiful"-lol. Cute, yes, but not beautiful.

We loved the Harry Potter books and will be trying to see the next movie in Germany if it comes out about the same time as it does here in the states. I agree, the Harry Potter books are a lot better written.

Caroline, reading a Stephanie Meyers book trains you to skim and skip. She gets into these verbose, rambling, loooooooong love moons. I would scan the page to make sure no other action started, and then skip those several pages till it got back to the plot. She could improve her writing considerably if she were to develop a more concise writing style. I did enjoy her books, but you just have to skip those multi page teen-targeting "he's so beautiful" rants.

dh's secretaries are both reading them...

I read Twilight and enjoyed it, although I could definitely tell it was written for a teenage audience.