Breaking Dawn, the fourth and last book, comes out in August so I’m reading the Twilight Series again. I wasn’t sure if I was going to do it since I’ve read them four times already but lets be real, I’m obsessed with these books, of course I’m going to read them again. What was I thinking? So I just started and I thought I’d take an idea from the Twilight Guy and kind of journal my reading. Now I’m not going to write down every thought I have about every page of the book; I just thought it would be fun to write down the little things that I love or that pop out at me along the way. Just glimpses into why I love the books.

For instance, at the beginning of Twilight, Stephenie’s describing how green Forks is and she describes it as an “alien planet,” which just tickled me since she ended up writing The Host. I have no idea if there is a connection or not, but like I said, I found it amusing.

I also get it when Bella says, “Sometimes I wondered if I was seeing the same things through my eyes that the rest of the world was seeing through theirs.” I can totally relate to that. Who can’t. I mean how many conversations do you get into that you feel like you get the other persons point of view but they just can’t seem to grasp yours. Maybe it’s just me but I think this has got to be a common thing. I know that Scott has my back but who knows who will disagree with me next on parenting styles or gospel principles or politics or books or anything and not be able to accept what I’m saying as even a different opinion. It’s like my the words aren’t even coming out of my mouth or their ears are shut off or something.

Now onto Bella’s aversion to blood. She can obviously handle animal blood if she prepared steak for Charlie without any incident or notice of it. She has a major aversion though to human blood. She says she can smell it even. This makes me think that when/if she changes into a vampire she will not have as much of a struggle with abstaining from humans. What do you think?

MTV released a scene from the movie.  I can’t believe this is actually happening.  How exciting!! I tried to post the video here but it was a broken link so you just get a link to the MTV site. Link here.

Yes, that’s me. A Twilight tool. I was on my way to Borders on Saturday and I was going to grab the book and read the first chapter of Breaking Dawn and then just leave it behind. On my way over Scott called and said, “Why don’t you just get the book.” Can you hear the love and the disdain in his voice (love winning out I believe)? Needless to say, he made my day and I officially bought into the marketing scheme. I skipped into Borders and bought my copy of the Eclipse Special Edition. It’s everything I hoped for and more and I’m dying to talk about it so if you’ve read it give me a call. I’m also willing to loan my copy out as long as you promise to read only the preface and first chapter. I’d love to get this to as many people as possible so if you’re looking to read Eclipse again you can have my other copy to read. Those are my rules. Please borrow my copy I want everyone to be as excited as I am. You can even bring your kids to my house and I’ll watch them while you read then we can talk about immediately!!

For a teaser you can go to my last post but I wanted to add my own teaser. They have a big spread with the cover of Breaking Dawn on it and it says this:

“Don’t be afraid, ” I murmured. “We belong together.”

I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own works. This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it. His arms wrapped around me, holding me against him….It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire.

“Forever,” he agreed

Delicious. The preface is good too. It really is a lot of fun ladies. Borrow my book.

The first couple of paragraphs of Breaking Dawn were released on EW.com today. To get the entire first chapter and the cover art you have to check out the Eclipse Special Edition tomorrow (Saturday). I am sorry to say that I don’t think I’ll be able to make it to the bookstore tomorrow to check it out. A shame, I know. Believe me, I’ll do everything within my power to make it to Borders to read it. This little taste definitely whet my appetite. I’m hooked already! It was really fun to picture the scene playing out in my head in the real Forks. The gas station at the end of the main road. The shops lining the street. I still think about the boysenberry cobbler. (Totally off topic, I know, but yum.) I can’t wait until August 2nd.

Our trip to Forks was amazing. Everything seemed to fall into place for us and we even had great food along the way. If you stop by Forks go to the Coffee Shop and order the Blackberry (or Boysenberry, I can’t remember) cobbler. It is so yummy we almost went back a second time to just have it again.

Here’s the best part of the trip. Julianne was running and listening to the local Forks radio station when they announced the Prom was being held that night. She came back to the hotel room and we were so excited by the news. We went out Saturday night and hunted down the Prom which was held above a Mexican restaurant. We didn’t sneak upstairs for a peak, but when we got to the front of the building there was a silver Volvo just waiting for us. Could we have better luck or what? That was my favorite moment from the trip because it meant that some lucky girl had a guy that was willing to play along with her Twilight fantasy. Good for her. I just hope he was as virtuous as Edward. What are the chances of that though?  I tried to get Scott to buy a Volvo S60R but he’s not having it. He’s set on a Mini. I guess that’s OK too though.

You’ve got to love the theme of the prom: “Above the City Lights”. There’s seriously one main strip. But, they were above it, so it counts.

If you want to check out the photos from our trip, including one of the Elks Lodge and the church building we attended that didn’t make it to the blog, you can check out the photos here:Flickr

And Laura H. you give me a few months to save up some money and I’ll gladly go back with you. I never did find Jacob’s house or really get to hang out at First Beach. Plus if you go on Bella’s birthday the Quileutes will do a wolf dance and the town is set up to celebrate Twilight. And I would totally have more cobbler and fish and chips. I’m in!

And a big THANK YOU to Scott for holding down the fort while I was gone. Laura and Julianne, I had a great time, thanks for inviting me!  Too bad all the Volvo’s were already let out when we got to Seattle.  That would have been over the top cool.

Anyone for a Harry Potter sight seeing trip? Not that I have the means to make this happen but wouldn’t it be fun? l just like imagining it.

This is the last stop on our trip; Forks itself.  This is an interesting building.  It’s the grocery store, outfitters (clothing and camping), and the hardware store all stuck together.  It’s kind of like a Super Walmart (or whatever those are called) only the three stores are separated by walls having access through doors through the whole thing.  So this would be where Bella shops for groceries and Newton’s store all in one.  You can see MIke’s Suburban in the first shot.  He must have been working that day. What luck!

Now we have Forks high school and guess what?  Mike followed us and pulled in to the student parking lot!  Can you totally see Tyler and his van careening towards Bella, Edward stepping in just in time?

We didn’t exactly find Bella’s house but we found a house on a lot that could be hers.  It’s the top picture with the forest encroaching on the yard.  There weren’t too many two story houses at all in Forks so we couldn’t find the exact thing.  Plus this house only has one access road into it and Bella’s has to have two since Edward is always driving off before Charlie comes around the corner.  Or at least that’s how I picture it.  The bottom pictures are on the way to the Cullen’s.  The river that runs past it and the dense forest surrounding it and the road leading to it.  Can you believe how dark it is?  We didn’t find the Cullen’s house, but I definitely think someone should build one.  I’d go back and visit if you do!

So I have one more picture to show you and it is so much fun.  I’ll post it tomorrow hopefully.

First Beach was tricky to find. We found it at the end of the day after finally asking how to get to it. We didn’t even end up finding the main access where all the people (way in the background on the left) were playing on the beach and if you can believe it, surfing. It was so cold and the wind would not stop, I think they definitely were werewolves out there in the water. If you look in the background on the second picture you can imagine what the cliffs would have looked like that Bella jumped off of.

Access to First Beach doesn’t go through the trees, but since we spend most of our day at Second Beach (because it was clearly marked and easy to find) I thought I’d share it with you. It’s about a mile hike in to the beach up and over some hilly areas; they’re were some killer stairs at one point. It was an absolutely beautiful walk with lots of mud on the ground even though it wasn’t raining. You’ll see in the next pictures what I mean by, once we got to the beach, but once we did Julianne and I found a huge tree to climb up in to. This has nothing to do with the book, but it was fun.

Once we got to the beach we were met by a surprise. The entrance to the beach is covered by trees that have washed up in to piles (First Beach was the same way). We had to pick our way over and through the massive trees to get to the beach. Second Beach was much smaller than First Beach; a small crescent. The pictures on the top are a sort of panoramic view from the beach. On Second Beach we were protected from the wind, but when we got to First it let loose with a fury.

La Push was absolutely gorgeous, with the living situations being as simple as you might imagine on a reservation. They are building on to their resort though so hopefully it will bring more business in for them. I could definitely imagine Jacob and the pack running through the forest and swimming in the freezing water and protecting the reservation.

I don’t have too many pictures from La Push and I’m not sure why this is. We spent most of our time at the beach and did visit the store there in town where Jacob buys all his warm soda he has lying around in brown paper bags.  What a fun trip!

Forks tomorrow if I can get it together.

This is me, Julianne and Laura at Second Beach in La Push, but I thought I should start out with a picture of us together. This is our trip to Forks, Port Angeles and La Push to find the sights from Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. This was one of the funnest things I’ve done in my life. What a silly thing to go looking for vampires and werewolves in real life America. We didn’t find any but we found pretty much everything else we were looking for.

Port Book and News is the bookstore that Bella was looking for and never found. We didn’t find a new age bookstore to visit nor did we wander back alleys trying to get attacked. I tried to buy Wuthering Heights but they were out so I settled on Sense and Sensibility. I did end up finding Wuthering Heights at the Borders Bookstore at the airport. You’ll remember these were some of Bella’s favorite books. I also got Dracula for my birthday from Laura and Julianne so now every time I read these books I’ll think of our trip. What great souvenirs. Thanks you guys for the unexpected birthday dinner and present!!

Bella Italia (also known as Bella Vino) is where Edward takes Bella for dinner. The food was actually really good my only complaint being that they didn’t have mushroom ravioli (what Bella ate) on the menu. I mean if you’re going to go along with the whole book thing by changing your menus and windows why not add the ravioli to the menu? The place was a lot smaller than I imagined it from the book. They did have a back corner booth though that Bella and Edward could have sat at. I wanted to take a picture of it but was too chicken to ask the older couple sitting there if I could. Of course I had a Coke but didn’t ask for all the refills Edward got for Bella, I just can’t handle that much caffeine.

This picture with my finger in it is on the drive from Port Angeles to Forks which is absolutely gorgeous. Just above the water line there is a line of mist. It really set the mood because it was kind of eerie just sitting there over the water. Also the little picture is of the store Bella went with Angela and Jessica to shop for the dance.

All the pictures from Port Angeles and the subsequent drive were taken with my iPhone. Speaking of which, I used my phone three or four times a day to get directions or look up ferry info or whatever. I can’t tell you how much I love my phone.

La Push coming tomorrow!

Here’s the link to Julianne, Laura and I on the Forks website.  The lady that took our picture was a Twilight nut.  She hooked us up with maps and different Forks memorabilia.  She also gave us a Twilight and New Moon quiz that we took on the way back to Seattle.  We didn’t get all of the questions right so she’s given me some homework.

I have pictures that I’m going to post soon.  We had so much fun.  Also, notice I have my I am Switzerland shirt on which got noticed when we were going through security in Seattle.

I totally ordered a great t-shirt from Zazzle.com and it came yesterday!!! It has a “conversation” between Jacob and Edward and they banter back and forth like this: “leech.” “dog.” “bloodsucker.” “pup.” “parasite.” “mongrel.” and then both say, “you smell funny.” I fell in love with this shirt a couple of months ago but just got it because I’m going to Forks!!! That’s right. My friend Laura L. invited me (that’s her in the picture). I don’t know why but I just felt like I needed this shirt on my trip so I got it. As you probably know, I already have my “I am Switzerland” shirt, but this one is just so fun!!

Also, I am reading The Host. It took a while for me to get into it because I’m not big in to aliens but It’s really picking up now and I find myself totally drawn to the main character Wanderer. I did hear Stephenie say that some early readers were routing for the aliens but I’m not with them at this point. I’ll let you know how I feel when I finish the books.

OK. I totally buy Robert Pattinson as Edward. Totally. I’m so excited. I’m still having trouble with Kristen Stewart as Bella but I’m sure I’ll come around. So needless to say I will be watching this over and over and over again.

I just wanted to talk about my current favorite website for a sec. This guy Kaleb is reading Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and is blogging about his reactions to it. He also has stories of other guys who were roped in to reading the books and ended up loving them. Seriously fun read.

On a different note, my friend Summer just got an award for her company that makes baby bows. Check out her bows at babyblingbows.com

My friend Amy N. just sent me this link about Bella’s Lullaby being in the movie. Apparently Robert Pattinson (Edward) is a musician and he’s one of the many people composing a song for the movie. Wild.

MTV clip

Scott found this one for me (best husband ever). On the set of Twilight. I’m not sure about the Edward hunting and running on the treetops but I guess it will make things interesting. What’s your take on that?

I was on Stephenie Meyer’s site today thanks to my RSS feed and saw that some new clips were posted on MTV.com. The fun part is a little clip of Jacob. If you look down at the bottom of the player you’ll see his face. They don’t show him acting at all just little clips of him in costume. It was really good to see him because most of the photos I’ve seen of him have been when he’s younger (imdb).

**spoiler alert**I had a Twilight Book Club at my house and it was SO much fun.  We had some Edward lovers, some Jacob lovers, some lovers of both (that’s me).  We talked mostly about what we thought would happen in the fourth book.  There were some very different ideas and I loved hearing all of them.  The most interesting of the night was that Edward and Bella would end up like Romeo and Juliet, or one of them would have to die in order to save the other.  I can definitely see where that idea would come from, but I’m not sold on it.  I have a totally open mind though.  Whatever Stephenie throws at us, I’m ready.  I definitely believe something horrible is going to happen.  It has to to make it a good story.  I’m leaning along the lines of Edward turning Bella and then the Volturri taking Bella and trying to train her as one of them.  Or the Volturri attacking the Cullens and there being a fight to the death.  I don’t have any concrete ideas about Jacob except that I don’t believe Jacob and Bella will end up together.  But again, I say, open mind.  What do you think?  I’d love to hear your ideas.  Post a comment and speak your mind.  And don’t forget to check out the Cullen Quiz below if you haven’t already.

OK Twilight fans.  I’ve got a cool quiz for you.  It’s a little bit like a personality profile, but it ends up telling you which Cullen you are most similar too.  I’m Jasper which makes me very happy, but I would have been happy with any of them so that’s not really a big deal I guess.  At first I was upset because he’s a boy, but then I got over my gender issues and really thought about the type of person Jasper is.  Take the quiz and then post a comment with your results and if you want, how you feel about them.  It makes me all tingly inside to feel like I’m a member of the Cullen family.

So what am I up to now? We’ll I’m reading this great book series called Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. If any of you have read it send me an email and we can chat. I’m seriously addicted to it. I spend all my free time online reading fanfiction or looking at fanart, totally speculating what’s going to happen in book four. Hopefully I wont die of anticipation before it comes out. I love reading. Especially romance (tame)or fantasy. I don’t like heavy stuff. I want to totally escape when I read. So I pretty much stay away from Oprah’s book club nowadays. I did enjoy a few books off of her list in the past, but now I pretty much shop in the teen section. Sad, but true.  If you have any book suggestions I would love to hear them.  You can check out my list to the right and below.  I only have my most recent OR favorite books on there.  Or better yet, join me on Good Reads and we can review books together.