Somusing

After seeing Twilight, I thought I was ready to tackle the the fourth book in the Twilight Saga. I guess it pulled me in, because I read it in under 24 hours (I was taking a sick day, okay?), but I didn't really like it. Everything worked out oh-so-conveniently for everyone, but I guess that's what teenage girls want. I still think Twilight is a fun read, with a new and interesting take on the vampire myth, but I kind of wish the other four books had been just one book.

I dragged my feet about seeing this, because I thought I might hate it. When I finally saw it, I was the only person in the entire theater, and now I wish I had been really loud or something. But anyway, I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would. The part where Edward explains the whole vampire business to Bella is too long and contrived, and they spend way more time up in the tops of impossibly tall trees than I remember from the book, but it's entertaining enough. I think the movie shows the sexual tension between Edward and Bella even better than the book did, and in a possibly useful way for talking to kids about sex and its consequences.

After that last Kerry Blair book, I thought I'd try another, but it must not have been as good, because I can't even remember it now. Or maybe I should have waited to read the next one. Or I could have written about it earlier.

I had never seen this before, and I had no idea it was quite that old--I was four when it came out. It was slow-moving but still kind of sweet, with lots of cheesy music to accompany Benji's meanderings. Oh, and a montage of doggy love! Or maybe that should be puppy love, literally.