Twilight

Finished up Stephanie Meyer's Twilight on the plane right home. The paperback version has the large font that makes you feel like you're in grade school again.

Admittedly, the plot line also made me feel like I was in grade school most of the time. A girl starts at a new school, crushes on a mysterious boy, you've heard it all before. The part that is supposed to be unique I knew already from reading the cover, and from watching ads for the movie: the boy's a vampire. And there you have the first 90% of the book.

Despite most of the book being entirely unsurprising, I absolutely loved every second of it. Maybe it just won out on my subconscious cost benefit analysis super easily because the book was such an easy and quick read, and I was mildly entertained the whole time. Or maybe Stephie Meyer is such a genius that she can make basic events funny and interesting. Or maybe I just miss being in grade school. Who knows.

Even if you hate the first 90% of the book, it's probably worth fighting through it to get to the last 10% of the book which is AWESOME.

Anybody want to go watch the movie with me?

--vanessa