Twilight (Twilight #1) by Stephenie Meyer *
I always read the bios of an author before reading anything from them. This makes me aware of where the author is coming from. I noticed that she graduated from Brigham Young University. Having studied Mormonism at the University, and read bios of ex-Mormons, so I know that it's a good device of indoctrination for them. So I'm thinking she's probably a Mormon, though it was never confirmed, just an assumption. For a majority of the book nothing happens. Painful descriptions of I have no idea what, because I only remember important things and I remember so little of this book. I may have been half asleep during it. The characters are shallow and show no development, the story boring and unoriginal, Meyer often uses words in bad context. The least of which is that the vampires are just lame. It picks up with the other vampires getting into town and you're hoping something is going to happen. Then it ends quite abruptly and you hope that Edward turns Bella and things get i...