Midnight Sun
unfinished draft
by Stephanie Meyer
264 typed pages
I'm not sure that this exactly counts as a book since it is actually an unfinished draft of a book, but this is MY blog and I'm going to count it anyway. So there. (Sorry, I'm feeling a bit smug today.)
After seeing the movie Twilight (my review is here) I felt like a giddy teenager and I still can't get enough of Edward. Completely embarrassing, but true. I'm sure you, my lovely readers, won't tell anyone my secret, right? 'Cause seriously, it is REALLY embarrassing.
So I searched out the draft of Twilight and dug in. I've been reading it on my lunch break at work for the past week. That's not necessarily a good idea though, as I keep getting all hot-under-the-collar ... and then I have to get back to work. Ugh.
I'm not going to review this one since it IS only a partial draft; it wouldn't be fair. But I will say that I really enjoyed seeing things through Edward's eyes. I'm completely bummed that it stops before the infamous meadow scene that everyone raved about, but other than that I really enjoyed it for what it was - the beginning of the story from a different perspective.
Unlike (most) other Twilight fans, I'm going about my addiction backwards: first the movie, then Midnight Sun, then the original books. On Dec. 20, I'm picking up a copy of Twilight from a book club gal and I'm sure I'll have my nose in it during the entire holiday season - I can't wait!
I love Edward. But I can't believe you, the exacting reader is going to read Twilight. :)
ReplyDeleteWow, was it really 264 pages? That can't be right, I zipped right through it... hm.
ReplyDeleteHaha, Heather, I just finished all four books. I'm Team Jacob all the way.
ReplyDeleteI don't get people who rag on grownups for reading Twilight. It's fun! You will get no grief from me.
I haven't read Midnight Sun, I think I'd rather wait for when (and if) she publishes it. But so many people are talking about it,I'm getting curious.
ReplyDeleteI went about it the same way as you (and just finished reading the fourth book). It's a fun series and light-hearted. However, I do want to warn you that I thought that Twilight was much better from Edward's perspective :-)
ReplyDeleteI was not planning on reading it (hoping to wait until she published it), but I had to give in eventually. I loved it, and I wait anxiously and hopefully for it to be finished and published!
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