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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: an eclipse novella Stephenie Meyer 178 pages I promise, for those readers who are sick of reading about vampires, this will be the last post about them for quite awhile. For those of you who are enjoying the last month of paranormal posting, well, you just have to wait until November when we can revisit them again. The release for the movie Breaking Dawn: Part 2 is scheduled to be November 16th. After this date, I can finally write a The Movies vs. The Books review. The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner is a short story whose main character is a newborn vampire who appeared in Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse. In Eclipse the reader was only given a glimpse of Bree, as they read the final moments of her second life. So even though we know how her story ends, this novella gives the reader a look into the more wild side of the vampire world. Not only will the reader learn more about Bree, but the stories behind Riley, and Victoria as well. Th...

As I promised, this post will continue to analyze the themes behind The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer. I completed the series about a week ago, so I can now think about the themes in Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Again, please take caution when reading this post if you have not completed the books below. *Spoilers included* Eclipse and Robert Frost ~ Fire and Ice ~ Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if I had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. I instantly fell in love with this poem after I read it. And I can totally see why Meyer chose this to get the reader thinking at the beginning of the book. Meyer took this poem, and practically created two characters out of it. Jacob Black, Bella's werewolf friend whose skin is hot, fits the role of "fire" and Edward Cullen, Bella...

Breaking Dawn Stephenie Meyer 754 pages I didn't realize I was crying until it was time to say the binding words. "I do," I managed to choke out in a nearly unintelligible whisper, blinking my eyes so I could see his face. "I do," he vowed. And then Edward's hands were reaching up to cradle my face, carefully, as if it were as delicate as the white pearls swaying above our heads. He bent his head toward mine , and I stretched up on the tips of my toes  - bouquet and all - around his neck. He kissed me tenderly, adoringly; I forgot the crowd, the place, the time, the reason... only remembering that he loved me, that he wanted me, that I was his. These words from the wedding scene were probably the most anticipated by the entranced readers of Twilight , New Moon , and Eclipse . Stephenie Meyer delivered them perfectly with poise and drama. Breaking Dawn is broken up into three separate "books". Book One is written from Bella's pe...

In reading The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, I'm finding the books have individual themes much deeper than I originally thought. I figured I would post my thoughts and discoveries here. This post is with regards to the first two books. The last two will be discussed in a post to follow at a later date. I also would not suggest reading this post unless you have read both books. *Spoilers are included* Twilight and The Garden of Eden   "But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Genesis 2:17 This is the quote found upon turning to page one in the book. Right away, you notice it connects with the cover of the book, two pale, out-stretched hands holding an apple, but you might not understand the quote's true meaning until after completing the entire series. I surely didn't. The story of The Garden of Eden, for those with a fuzzy memory, is the beginning o...