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[fezmonkey]

So I read Twilight, and I am not ashamed.

And then I went and saw the movie tonight, and...yeah, am slightly embarrassed.

Here's the thing about the book: the writing is terrible, but it's shockingly addictive.  I read the whole thing in two and a half hours, and when I was done, I had two strong and conflicting reactions:

1. I hate my friends for

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Nyyeeahh

[anonymous]

Remember when I tried to blog about it and the laptop sitting on my lap overheated and crashed?

Should I take a cue from the filmmakers and point out that the LAPTOP that was sitting on my LAP overheated WHILE ON MY LAP because I was trying to blog about Edward and my LAP OVERHEATED MY LAPTOP?

Get it? GET IT?!?!

Sarah

Re: Nyyeeahh

[fezmonkey]

BURNING LOINS.

Re: Nyyeeahh

[anonymous]

LIKE LAVA.

[aquavator]

Out of curiosity, where do you draw the line? At what point does the sheer lack of literary merit outweigh everything else?

[fezmonkey]

Hmmm. It's a good question. I read really fast, and the things that don't have a lot of literary merit are often pretty easy to fly through. I think that, when it comes down to it, I don't really care if something is considered to be "great literature" (see, for example, my love for the Kinsey Milhone mystery novels); if it's trash but has a good story, then I'll read it. I don't really get embarrassed about reading something without literary merit - and I read enough to feel like I'm getting the good stuff in too.

[aquavator]

It also helps when the story involves a hot hot vampire with hot hot lust and hot hot yearning with all kinds of hot hotness.

I'm posting this as anonymous for a reason. (shame)

[fezmonkey]

Totally the most valid reason.