Twilight - please explain???

[Aimz]

Somehow I think I missed the boat on Twilight because everyone seems to be RAVING about it and I have absolutely NFI what they are talking about!!!

So what are the books about?

Are they a must read?

[Tinks]

I haven't read htem either but i *think* they're about teenage vampires. A friend of mine raves about the books.

[Kitana]

Tinkerbell is right, they are about teen vamps - a movie has just come out based on the book.
It was an alright read, I have read better about vampires but thats just my opinion

[Visitor8]

I hadn't even heard about them until the movie, so they can't be that much of a MUST read.

[Hollybolly]

These books are absolutely ALL I've heard about for the last... well as long as I can remember!!! (All of this year, anyway!)

Being a piano teacher to stacks of teenage girls - its all I've heard about every half hour of every week day since they got released

I bought myself the first one (Twilight) months ago - figured I needed to see what all the fuss was about , plus its always good to have something to talk about with the kids I'm teaching.

I'm in 3 monthly book groups though, so average a book a week to keep up with them - the Twlight book has sat on my book shelf now for waaay too long!

Picked it up last weekend & am nearly done - will definately be over the next day or 2.

I can understand the hype - its a little exciting for me as a 31yr old, so I can understand the obsession for girls half my age

Apparently the last one is not as good as the other 3 - and according to all of my students, the movie is a tragedy (aren't movies based on books always though?!) - they're all so disappointed in the film.

I have to admit, when I was a teen, the rave books were the Virginia Andrews ones (Flowers In The Attic, Heaven, etc) - and they were obsessive, incestual & addictive .... I think the Twilight series & the Harry Potter books are nicer for teens than what I was reading at their age

If you're a reader, Amy, they're worth the read... its an easy read, and its nice to be lost in the easy world of a teenager again (which is how I feel when I'm reading it!)

[Aimz]

I'm a big reader - which is why I don't get how I missed this!!

Vampires isn't usually my thing - I was never into Buffy or Angel etc. I might give it a go - I absolutely loved the fantasy of the Harry Potter books when they came out so I may enjoy these. I just feel so out of the loop!