Sucked

I have been totally sucked into the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. I started reading the first book Sunday and finished the second today. I first became aware of the phenomenon that is Twilight through the flair application on Facebook--like half of the available flair is Twilight-related. I was curious as to who this highly-adored Edward Cullen is so I looked it up on Wikipedia and immediately scoffed at the whole thing, brushing it off as purely a tweeny-bopper fad. A stupid tweeny-bopper fad at that. I mean, basically the books are about a human girl and a vampire who fall in love. I saw that storyline, no doubt done much better, on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ten years ago (oh my God, it's been more than ten years!). It's not incredibly original. I have to say, while I still don't think it's all that original, I find it all really compelling. I'm not sure I can go any further than that in my praise, since the jury's still out on whether or not this is high-quality storytelling--I seriously need a second opinion because it's entirely possible that my guilty pleasure side (the side of me that likes Philippa Gregory novels and America's Next Top Model) is just getting the better of me here. But regardless of how good they may be, I absolutely love them. Tomorrow I will be buying Eclipse (the third book in the series), I'm already looking forward to the publication of the fourth book on August 2nd (though I won't be going to any midnight parties, like for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), and I'm dying to read Midnight Sun (the first Twilight book as told from Edward's point of view) whenever Stephanie Meyer gets around to writing/publishing it. Also, and you're totally invited to come with, I'm going to be seeing the Twilight movie when it hits theaters in December (I very much approve of their casting Kristen Stewart as Bella--she has serious potential). So, if you can find the time and have the interest, give at least the first book a read and tell me what you think.