Am I the only person who hasn't read the Stephenie Meyer series?

I've read the books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn) of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. It took me a while to get to them, despite of their popularity, but I finally buckled down and read them. Sine I'm a PNR (paranormal romance) addict, I decided to check these books out. The books are actually written for Young adults, so it would be considered tame in comparison to other PNR. I did enjoy reading the books. They are not great literature, and I don't even think it can be compared to JK Rowling's Harry Potter when it comes to writing, but it does have likeable characters, an interesting plot, and enough tension to make you want to keep on reading. Furthermore, for the teenagers, having a cute vampire thrown in the mix, just send them swooning..LOL...

I find them appealing because I enjoy really cheesy vampire books. and when it comes down to it, yes, they're cheesy, but they're really quite sweet too.

I have no clue who Stephenie Meyer is, or what the books are. I can only guess by your discussion that maybe it's the Twilight series???

I haven't read them, just haven't had time. too many other good books out there!

I have read all the four Twilight series and I'm reading again the first book before I watch the movie. Stephenie Meyer is a superb writer. It's an unusual love story between a vampire and a human. It is different because the main vampire character is a "vegetarian" - meaning he does not drink human blood. It is not the usual gory vampire setting as perceived by some - the vampires here have no fangs and they walk in daylight. Ms. Meyer's Twilight series is a big hit here in the Philippines, well in Metro Manila mostly. It is read by teenagers and even their moms. Most who read the book are in "Twilight trance". The book has crossed beyond age borders among women here as in from teens to women in their 50s. A friend of mine loved the book so much, she bought a hard-bound copy of the book for souvenir and a paperbound book copy which she has read five times. Oh, and she is 51 years old.

I don't know whether you believe in Vampires existence on the earth or not but ask those who have practically experienced Vampires disturbing their life style in a large manner and let me tell you i am one of those guy. So by reading these series we gets an idea about how to deal with vampires and takings to tackle them.

I read the books completely by accident. I am the mom of 5 teenage girls who all love this series. I wanted to read one day and had read all the books I had from the library that week. My daughter had the third book in the series (Eclipse) and I just picked it up and started reading it. I read it in less than 2 days and I was hooked. I waited for 4th book (Breaking Dawn) to come out and I read that one. I then decided that although I knew what was going on in the books, there were some things that I didn't know why they happened, so I read the first and second books and then re-read the last two. I do not like vampire stories usually but the way Stephenie Meyer's tells a story is amazing. She has written a novel for adults that came out last summer called, The Host. It is about aliens and I wanted to see if her writing could get me as interested in a book about aliens (which I absolutely hate reading about, much more than vampires) as she did with vampires in the Twilight series. And I wasn't disappointed.......it was one of the best books I have ever read. I think it is even more of a love story than the Twilight books. It took a few chapters to really get into it and really understand what was going on but after that I just couldn't put it down. I cannot wait for her books that she is writing about Edward's point of view. The first book is going to be called Midnight Sun. It's nice that my girls and I have found something that we can all agree on and are very much so looking forward to seeing the movie. As the mom of teenagers it's nice to find a common ground and share the same interest in something. So, my advice would be to try the first book, "Twilight" and you will know within the first chapter or two if you will like it. If you don't like that one and want something geared a little more towards adults then try reading, "The Host". Happy reading!!!! :)

No, no, no,no LaurenInLA! You are not alone. I have never heard of the author or her books until just very recently with all the hoopla about the new movie coming out tomorrow; the movie name escapes me. One of the actresses in the film was on with David Letterman tonite. The clip shown on the show was interesting. I am 57 so I don't feel so bad that I haven't read the books. From what I see, the fans are teenagers, young adults, etc. I am intrigued to see the new movie. I might read the books. Might. Might not.

Hee, I feel the same way. Everywhere I turn people are talking about reading Stephenie Meyer. I keep saying I'm going to pick up the first one and give it a chance. Like you, I don't usually choose books about vampires but I'm thinking of making an exception just once.

I never liked Vampire books or romance books. My sister-in-law insisted I read Twilight so I humored her. I fell in love. The thing I like about the book is the characters are so well formed and the writing is so well done that it sucks you into the story. You care about the characters and you can relate to the main character. I am not a teenager as a matter of fact I am 32 and the mother of 2. The main character is the girl everyone feels they were in high school clumsy, plain, average. Yet she gets the inhumanly hot guy inexplicably drawn to her. Anyway that is my two cents.

well, i am reading the first book and not yet done on it... i can say that it is a good book, for kids like me...

I have friends who claim to dis-own me if I don't read Twilight, but I'm sorry, I don't read love stories, granted it's about vampires, but it's a vampire love story, a TEENAGE vampire love story at that. See, I have a feeling there's going to be a great vamp-lit fan divide - Vampire Chronicles fans and Twilight fans. I'm no doubt one of the former. The reason I like the books is because it's a sort of dark-fantasy, I mean, who wouldn't want to live forever?? Not just that, but the main character (from The Vampire Chronicles) Lestat is very alluring, he goes places and does things that most can only dream of. Now, after saying all that, I have to admit that I will end up reading at least the first Twilight book, I can't knock it if I haven't tried it, right?

you mean twilight? no but i want to

count me in the group who haven't read her books. i read vampire books (romance fiction) but not twilight. i think maybe because it's teen oriented.

nope... i just heard of it last month, and people just started reacting to it when they heard there was a film... so nope... i read book one, what i find appealing, the bantering... the girl is smart enough, but the author has a really romanticized vampire in mind...

Nope you're not. I haven't read it either or even heard about it. Any idea what it's about?

Hi, I like anne rice books and any books on super natural things . esp witches and vampires and you know what? i have not heard of this book set . I looked it up and saw that it now is a movie . I just looked up the books and you know what from seeing this post i will bid on the first one on ebay . Read all the books and by the time i do that the movie will be on tape

No, I don't know about this author or series. However, I am not into reading about the occult or vampires or science fiction. Really doesn't interest me at all. I don't like science fiction movies either. Waht is good about these biiks? Are you into vampires and werewolves? Happy mylotting

Count me in, Lauren. My sister's all wild about it, and is very excited about the movie that they made based on the first book, Twilight. She even has a crush on Robert Pattinson. For those who don't know, he is the one who will be playing the role of the vampire in the movie. I can't understand how or why she likes it so much. I mean pale-faced vampires? C'mon!... (pale-faced Harry Potter still is the best! lol)

noooooooo! u are not alone i tried readin em n sooo didnt like em!1