2008 Woodie Awards
Young adult novels make easy reads
Lauren Abruzzo
Issue date: 12/6/06 Section: Entertainment
There are many things I am not afraid to admit, one, I like children's television, two, I am mentally 13 years old, which totally explains number three, my obsession for young adult novels, and my udder and undying love for a certain fictional boy named Edward Cullen.
The book is called Twilight, the author is Stephenie Meyer, and the story is amazing. If you haven't read this book yet, well I don't know that I want to even look at you.
I am an avid reader, give me a good book and I will disappear for days at a time until its read (that is as long as it's a good book).
Twilight was so good it performed a miracle.
I bought Twilight at about 1 in the afternoon, by the time I made it home it was 2, Passions was on (don't let my bad taste of corny daytime soap operas derail you) and as soon as 3 o'clock hit I began to read. I read and I read and I read until before I knew it, the day was over and I had read all 498 pages in one sitting, and by one sitting I mean I didn't get up to eat, drink, sleep, talk to anyone, etc.
I thought maybe it was just me, perhaps I was going crazy, so I drove to my cousin's house and handed it to her, she also read the book in one sitting. So then I thought okay, its an Abruzzo thing, so I told a friend about it, she called me a week later telling me she stayed up all night reading the book because she couldn't put it town. It was then I decided one more test. I moved into school and forced my roommate to read the book. It sat in her room for two weeks until she had to go on a weekend retreat she wasn't looking forward to. The next thing I knew she was calling me telling me she read the book in one sitting, I laughed at her and told her I didn't believe her, she recapped the whole book for me and that is when I knew it wasn't just me who found this book amazing.
Then I realized we all had one thing in common and that was a new undying love for the male lead character, Edward Cullen.
Now you've read this far and perhaps you are saying to yourself, hmm, maybe this a good book, even though she hasn't told me one single detail other than the title, author, and a boy named Edward Cullen.
Trust me its true, this book is amazing, it's an intricate story of young love.
The book is called Twilight, the author is Stephenie Meyer, and the story is amazing. If you haven't read this book yet, well I don't know that I want to even look at you.
I am an avid reader, give me a good book and I will disappear for days at a time until its read (that is as long as it's a good book).
Twilight was so good it performed a miracle.
I bought Twilight at about 1 in the afternoon, by the time I made it home it was 2, Passions was on (don't let my bad taste of corny daytime soap operas derail you) and as soon as 3 o'clock hit I began to read. I read and I read and I read until before I knew it, the day was over and I had read all 498 pages in one sitting, and by one sitting I mean I didn't get up to eat, drink, sleep, talk to anyone, etc.
I thought maybe it was just me, perhaps I was going crazy, so I drove to my cousin's house and handed it to her, she also read the book in one sitting. So then I thought okay, its an Abruzzo thing, so I told a friend about it, she called me a week later telling me she stayed up all night reading the book because she couldn't put it town. It was then I decided one more test. I moved into school and forced my roommate to read the book. It sat in her room for two weeks until she had to go on a weekend retreat she wasn't looking forward to. The next thing I knew she was calling me telling me she read the book in one sitting, I laughed at her and told her I didn't believe her, she recapped the whole book for me and that is when I knew it wasn't just me who found this book amazing.
Then I realized we all had one thing in common and that was a new undying love for the male lead character, Edward Cullen.
Now you've read this far and perhaps you are saying to yourself, hmm, maybe this a good book, even though she hasn't told me one single detail other than the title, author, and a boy named Edward Cullen.
Trust me its true, this book is amazing, it's an intricate story of young love.