I'm an obsessive reader

So, I'm admitting it!! I am rather obsessive about most things I do ... I get too wrapped up in them. Call it a down-fall, call it a stong-point. It really depends on what it is that I get wrapped up in. And reading is no different.

Many of you already know what it was recently - at least any of you on Facebook. Twilight. Yep, I FINALLY read it ... ok so I read all 4 books in just under 8 days. :) I watched the movie with my friend Pattie on Saturday night (almost 2 weeks ago) when Steve had a gig. And that started it. Then I wanted to know more of the details to make it all fit better. So,
I read... Steve even watched it with me on Tuesday. It was interesting to see it a 2nd time after having just read the book and watched it the first time. So for 8 days, I was a rather obsessive reader. Not a lot of other things got done!

So, what did I think. Well, I would NOT rank it up there with the quality of Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings (the books nor the movie). However, I did consider it a good series, rather addicting and I liked the fact that it was NOT a typical vampire movie. I didn't like how the characters were so quick to fall in love. I think the main characters were a little obsessive about each other and that made it weak to me - how many teenagers are really that obsessive and it works out? I certainly wouldn't want me daughter dating her first and only boyfriend at the age of 17 forever. But I liked the Cullen family. I liked the fact that this family of vampires, was trying to overcome what life had dealt them, trying to overcome their weaknesses that made them "bad", trying to be better than who they naturally were, trying to rise above the expectations for them. I thought a lot about it. If everyone could resist their "natural" urges like the Cullen family, this world would be a lot better of a place. If we could all be better than the challenges given us ... Just think ... I could get rid of the 20 lbs that I want to get rid of if I had HALF their self-restraint!! If they can avoid their intense desire for blood, I should be able to resist my desire for chocolate and junk food, right? : ) Seriously though, if we could all learn to rise above the expecations and judgements of others, learn to be better than our natural talents provide, learn to resist temptation ... think how happy we'd be. But then again, there is the flip side too ... they lied to everyone (out of necessity) about the most basic things about themselves ... so they had a dark side too. Anyway ... good series. Worth reading. But now that I'm done, I think I'll avoid books for awhile. I need to get caught up on my housework and finish the puzzle I started. :)