November 17th – Stephenie Meyer

Below are comments from the SCC Book Corner meeting on November 17, 2008.

• Twilight  (Book 1) is a story about two teenagers (Bella and Edward). What makes this novel special is that Bella Swan is a regular girl and Edward Cullen is a vampire. 
• No, the novels (total of four books*) will not win a stuffy literature contest. These novels are a fun and easy read. Please note that Eclipse Tops YALSA’s 2008 Teens’ Top Ten. Eclipse is Book 3 in the series.
• Our readers can’t wait to see the movie based on Book 1Twilight. (coming soon).
• Stephenie Meyer has given readers another viewpoint to the vampire world (good vampires and bad vampires). She is the Anne Rice* for today’s generation of vampire lovers.
• At times, Edward and Bella’s relationship can seem more like that of a father and daughter.
• I, Leverne McBeth, recommend the series to female readers of any age. There is no sex, drinking, or drug use in Twilight and New Moon. I don’t know about the other two books.

* Twilight series books are in print and available at the SCC Libraries.

1. Twilight        PS3563 .E947 T85 2006
2. New Moon    PS3563 .E947 N45 2008
3. Eclipse                 PS3563 .E947 E27 2007
4. Breaking Drawn    PS3563 .E947 B74 2008

*Anne Rice wrote the “VAMPIRE CHRONICLES” SERIES:

• Interview with the Vampire (also see below), Knopf (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Vampire Lestat (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Queen of the Damned (also see below), Knopf (New York, NY), 1988.  
• Vampire Chronicles (contains Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and The Queen of the Damned), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1989.
• The Tale of the Body Thief, Knopf (New York, NY), 1992.
• Memnoch the Devil, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995.
• The Vampire Armand, Knopf (New York, NY), 1998.
• Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires, Random House (New York, NY), 1998.
• Vittorio the Vampire, Knopf (New York, NY), 1999.
• Merrick, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000.
• Blood and Gold, Knopf (New York, NY), 2001.
• Blackwood Farm, Knopf (New York, NY), 2002.
• Blood Canticle, Knopf (New York, NY), 2003.

Next Book Discussion – November 17, 2008

Next Book Discussion

Date: November 17, 2008

Time: 12:30 pm

Location: Cuppa Cabeana (Library Building’s Lobby)

Book: Any novel by Stephenie Meyer   

http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/index.html

“Eclipse” Tops YALSA’s 2008 Teens’ Top Ten

More than 8,000 teen readers across the country chose Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer as their favorite book in the annual Teens’ Top Ten vote, sponsored by YALSA. The online vote took place during Teen Read Week, October 12–18, with the third entry in Meyer’s popular vampire romance series winning easily over J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid….  YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten