Entries Tagged as ‘Books’

July 23, 2009

Twilight – Journey Into the Abyss (Part Eleven)

Chapter Nine (continued)

All right, so you know those myths about vampires? You know, every single vampire myth ever? The thing that makes a vampire a vampire and not a weird shiny thing with superpowers that just happens to drink blood like an overgrown mosquito? Yeah, throw all of those out the window. They’re not welcome here.

June 25, 2009

Twilight – Journey Into the Abyss (Part Ten)

This is kind of a bite-sized entry (har har), but there’s a reason. A teaser entry, perhaps? Leading into good times for the next entry, you say? Could be, could be. Read, enjoy, and discover for yourselves.
Chapter Nine
A visible warning: “‘One,’ he agreed. His lips pressed together into a cautious line.”
Is it just me, [...]

June 21, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Nine)

Chapter Eight
Kill me now: “It had been a while since I’d had a girls’ night out, and the estrogen rush was invigorating. We listened to whiny rock songs while Jessica jabbered on about the boys we hung out with.”
Tell me about it, girl. Estrogen rushes are the freakin’ bomb.
I didn’t even know you could have [...]

June 9, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Eight)

Hang in there kiddos, we’ve got a longer, epic-er entry than usual this week, featuring both the long-awaited end to chapter six as well as the entirety of chapter seven. Consider it my gift (?) to you after taking last week off to absorb as much information as I possibly could during the gamer’s Christmas [...]

May 27, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Seven)

Chapter Six
All in the Details: I have, to this point, managed to escape noticing that one of the group of vampires family members is named Jasper.
A vampire named Jasper. That is just all kinds of awesome.
Getting Worried: I’m beginning to wonder if this book is negatively affecting my personal sense of taste. I just [...]

May 20, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Six)

Chapter Five
Notable Quote: “Jessica babbled on and on about her dance plans … completely unaware of my inattention.”
Oh she’s aware of your inattention. It’s just become such an ever-present specter over every conversation you’ve held with another human being that people just take it for granted now.
Why these poor folk don’t find other, less [...]

May 13, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Five)

In this ongoing feature (*gulp*) I delve into the world of Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, a work that is dreaded by serious writers the world over. I fear what terrible horrors, what mutilations of the English language, what unbelievably poor excuses for story construction await me.
What follows are my thoughts, my color commentary if you [...]

May 6, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Four)

In this ongoing feature (*gulp*) I delve into the world of Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, a work that is dreaded by serious writers the world over. I fear what terrible horrors, what mutilations of the English language, what unbelievably poor excuses for story construction await me.
What follows are my thoughts, my color commentary [...]

April 29, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Three)

In this ongoing feature (*gulp*) I will be delving into the much-dreaded world of Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, a work that is dreaded by serious writers the world over. I fear what terrible horrors, what mutilations of the English language, what unbelievably poor excuses for story construction await me.
In all seriousness, as an aspiring writer [...]

April 20, 2009

Twilight: Journey Into the Abyss (Part Two)

In this ongoing feature (*gulp*) I will be delving into the much-dreaded world of Twilight. That is to say, Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer, a work that is dreaded by serious writers the world over. I fear what terrible horrors, what mutilations of the English language, what unbelievably poor excuses for story construction await me.
In all [...]