tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834822131798546872.post6047051200965500172..comments2010-02-07T12:56:24.244-05:00Comments on Corrodentia Weekly: Swift and Sparkly Vampire Romance, or How I Caved in and Read TwilightJen Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033144495761784395noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834822131798546872.post-32883776606370904772009-02-18T21:17:00.000-05:002009-02-18T21:17:00.000-05:00Cathy, if you dig it up, I'd love to borrow it. A...Cathy, if you dig it up, I'd love to borrow it. And I am SO amused that Jay read them - I told Dave and now you know he will make fun of Jay relentlessly. I love it when the boys pick on each other; they're funny :)Jen Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033144495761784395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834822131798546872.post-80994407157576638082009-02-18T00:05:00.000-05:002009-02-18T00:05:00.000-05:00I think I have the second one somewhere; I'll look...I think I have the second one somewhere; I'll look for it and you can read it. The books are a really fun diversion. Jay and I both read all of them pretty quickly. I like that Stephanie Meyer is able to provoke such a visceral reaction from the reader. That sounded really pretentious -- I just mean that when I was reading it, I could really FEEL the anguish that I remember when I was "in love" as a teenager. This was particularly true with the second book.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05571442744889149308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834822131798546872.post-53042333098739725672009-02-10T19:16:00.000-05:002009-02-10T19:16:00.000-05:00Melissa, I totally agree with you that Bella was f...Melissa, I totally agree with you that Bella was far more mature and capable than her mother. And I also found that somewhat unbelieveable, just because I have certainly encountered immature parents before, but usually that just makes their kids bratty and irresponsible and immature too - kids usually emulate the parents they grow up with, not adapt to pick up the slack. Anyway. That seems to be a common character stereotype we're stuck with now, the kid who acts extremely mature and responsible to compensate for parents who are lacking, so I guess I'll have to just deal with it. Good to know that Dad does start acting more like a Dad, though. I'll read the 2nd book if I can find a friend who'll lend it to me, but I probably won't be bothered enough to buy it :)Jen Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033144495761784395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834822131798546872.post-72606226336605707752009-02-08T09:38:00.000-05:002009-02-08T09:38:00.000-05:00My parents were all over me as a teen to the point...My parents were all over me as a teen to the point that they totally overlooked my brother 4-1/2 years my junior. It was irritating that they'd call nightly when I was at college or just "drop by" on a weekend. Hello? I moved from Southwestern PA to Long Island, New York, there is no such thing. At that time I noticed just how they didn't seem to notice what trouble my brother got into, in fact they pulled back from being as annoying with him in hopes he'd "go out and be normal" something they never seemed to believe I was.<BR/><BR/>I thought it was more sad that Bella was more mature and capable than her mother. At least with her father the dynamics changed a bit, he was just a failure in the kitchen. He seemed almost afraid of pushing authority on her as if it would make her want to run back to her mom. I totally didn't like that woman at all.<BR/><BR/>If you continue reading the books, the dad starts acting more like a real dad. Renee however, is still blah.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680331680702258889noreply@blogger.com