Glad that's done!

Friday night was a lot of fun. I dragged a few friends to dinner and the midnight release of Breaking Dawn. Thanks Heather, Mary and Kendra for endulging me and joining me in our midnight rendevous. Mary, as of Friday night, had not even read Twilight yet. As of yesterday that has changed. :) We got her hooked too.

Heather, Mary and I (Kendra was taking the picture)

There were definitely some interesting people at the book release. It was almost as much fun people watching as it was just waiting for the book. They had all kinds of contests - trivia, dancing, apple biting, costume/look a like and more. I was 71st in line to get my book and it was so weird to finally have it in my hands. We also ran into several friends from church as well as Jordan and Kaylynn's kindergarten teacher. Who knew?


Phew! Three days (I finished at 11:30 last night) and 750+ pages later, I am done. I really tried hard to not get sucked in. I only read one chapter when I got home early Saturday morning. Then I put it down until Saturday afternoon. I got to the point yesterday when I just decided that I had to finish it, just to get it done and out of my system and get on with my life.

Now, my review of the book. I will not give anything away, I promise. I have to admit that I was very disappointed in this book at the beginning. Stephenie took some interesting and I felt somewhat cheesey plot twists. To me it was like she was trying too hard to out do herself. Though, by the end it all made more sense and I ultimately did enjoy the book, I was tempted to throw the book across the room a couple of times early on. I don't know that it was my favorite out of the series, but it definitely tied up all the loose ends in a pretty little package.

I have felt with the other books and felt even more strongly with this one, though these books are written for young adults, I would not feel comfortable letting my teenage daughters read them. Call me a prude or old-fashioned or whatever, but I really feel that these books are too sensual (especially the 4th one, which we all knew was going to happen) and the content is a little mature for young readers. I could say more, but I will step aside from my soapbox, for now.

Now that I am done reading it is time to get back to reality and preparing for a little getaway I am taking later this week. I am thrilled for the opportunity to go to Portland to see some friends. I am driving to Denver on Thursday afternoon (all by myself) and then catching a plane Friday morning (all by myself) for Portland. I have never done anything like this before so I am a little nervous. I am also terribly excited and looking forward to a little "girl time".