books 2008: New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer

[supercheesegirl]

My friend Kristina lent me the rest of the series. :) Still a guilty pleasure, but now I'm enjoying counting the number of times Meyer uses the word "russet". Earlier today I caught "russet" in the same sentence as some gleaming white teeth, which is totally worth bonus points. And now I see what that dude meant when he claimed that Meyer is incapable of using the word "said"--her characters snicker, grumble, disagree, demand, gasp, mumble, and complain (from the randomly chosen pages 326-327), along with a variety of other creative verbs, but very rarely do they "say" anything. It's actually really hilarious. Still a guilty pleasure, though.

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[theemdash]

I'm reading a PDF of New Moon right now and I can only figure that it's not a final draft since it has errors all over it, including (I shit you not): I pulled my hand out of Jacob's, and he nude a face that I wasn't meant to see.

[grass-stained.livejournal.com]

Hahahah Dude, I'm totally going to nude your face.

Also, Smeyer-Freudian slip? I think so.

[theemdash]

I've been trying to figure out how to "nude a face" and I think maybe it has to do with shaving.

[grass-stained.livejournal.com]

It just sounds hilarible!

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

Whoa. Yeah, it must be an unedited proof--I was skimming, but I'm pretty sure I would've caught THAT! The whole point of these books is that no one is ever, ever nude!

[theemdash]

They are amusing in the way that I don't think they were meant to be amusing.

[grass-stained.livejournal.com]

I think you'll enjoy Eclipse quite a bit.

I can't wait to see your post about Breaking Dawn, though. :D

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

My friend Kristina (lender of books) says the same thing. :)

[sleepyworm.livejournal.com]

I just wish the writing were better! argh. And I wish Bella would stop being such a helpless lemming.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

That's a surprisingly good description of her behavior, actually. It's a shame she doesn't have any personality.

[sleepyworm.livejournal.com]

I've been told by my Twilight-obsessed coworker, "that will change by the fourth book." We'll see if I make it that far. I only just started book 2.

My icon is a graphical representation of the Edward/Bella relationship.

[supercheesegirl.livejournal.com]

...You know, it's not a bad representation. She is pretty Elmo-like. But the Count doesn't SPARKLE!

[sleepyworm.livejournal.com]

Come on, it is CLEARLY nighttime in that icon!