The Vampire Diaries: The Struggling & The Awakening

The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle & The Awakening
L.J. Smith
$8.99 - Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com
Fantasy / Fiction / Vampires - Young Adult
492 p.
****
With The Vampire Diaries being released close to a year after Twilight I feel as if this author has taken the same concept of Twilight and just changed it plus didn't make it so similar to Twilight. Otherwise it was a good book and was another book that had me on the edge of my seat from the front to the back.

Twilight (Movie)

Twilight
Catherine Hardwicke
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
2 Hours
*****
This movie is based on the best-selling novel written by Stephenie Meyer. It was directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The actors and actresses that were choosen to play the parts played the characters really well. Catherine did a really good job with pulling this one off. The only thing could use some changing is the graphics. Some scenes were the way I pictured them as I was reading the book and some were just not how I imagined them. Overall it is a pretty good movie and those of you who have read the book will enjoy the movie. Those who have not read the book will be a bit confused as the movie doesn't cover all of the book. I suggest if you haven't read the book read it.

Breaking Dawn (Book)

Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer
$20
Romance / Fantasy / Vampire - Young Adult
754 p.
*****
With this being the fourth (and hopefully not the last one) was one that I enjoyed the most. This book was just as interesting as the first three books. It was really intriguing because it was written in three different parts and things that were unfolding were things that I didn't think would happen. But as I kept on reading I noticed that Stephenie wanted readers to know what it felt like to be a vampire. It is a must read if you've read the first three.

Eclipse (Book)

Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
$20
Romance / Fantasy / Vampire - Young Adult
629 p.
*****
The third book of four continues and is the sequel to New Moon. When I found out that this one was out I had to read it. At the time that it was released I was working full-time and going to school part-time so I bought the audiobook on iTunes. I listened to it in one day and it gave me the same affect as if I had read it. There were times when the reader made the book sound alive, so there were times I wanted to cry, but overall I felt as if it was a good book.

New Moon (Book)

New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
$20
Romance / Fantasy / Vampire - Young Adult
593 p.
*****
The second book of four in the best-selling series written by Stephenie Meyer continues the fixation brought on by Twilight. New Moon is the sequel to Twilight and I figured that if I enjoyed Twilight I'd enjoy New Moon. Since I was intrigued by it from the first page I just couldn't put it down. Once I was done with this one I wanted to read more, but didn't know that the third one was being published.

Twilight (Book)

Twilight
Stephanie Meyer
$20
Romance / Fantasy / Vampire - Young Adult
498 p.
*****
The first book of four of the best-selling series written by Stephenie Meyer has become a new fixation for many who have read the books. Twilight, in my eyes, is like Romeo & Juliet but with a twist because it involves Vampires and Werewolves. When I first saw the book (before reading it) I figured that I wouldn't get into it. But then I finally caved in and read it, and I actually enjoyed it. If you have read any vampire novels then this is one that you might get into. I got into and by the time I got to the end I wanted to read the second one (I read this around the time New Moon came out).