8mm
Posted on 08/09/2008 12:41:57 PM PDT by wagglebee
Barbara Cartland is (was, she's dead now) the world's most popular romance author for about 82 years. Charlaine Harris is a mystery author who also has a series about vampires.
Wow, lots of hate in this thread.... I’ve read the first three books, but not Breaking Dawn (at least not yet). I do object to the series, but mainly because the main characters for the most part seem incapable of developing healthy relationships, and because Meyer’s writing is mediocre at best - she’s overly cutesy, she repeats herself excessively, and most of the characters are pretty one-dimensional.
As far as the spiritual side goes, it’s really dozens of times better than the Clique, Gossip Girl, or anything else aimed at teen girls I’ve seen recently. The ‘good’ vampires refuse to ‘eat’ humans (they refer to themselves as ‘vegetarians’), and the character that started the whole ‘vegetarian vampire’ thing did so because he was a pastor’s son, and as such believed in heaven, hell, that he had a soul, that it was immoral to kill other humans, even for his own survival, and all the other ‘good vampires’ came to that conclusion their own way. In a strange twist, Meyer’s vampires aren’t repelled by crosses, and as such the father-figure in the vampire family has one from his father’s church in his study. In addition, Edward refuses to have premarital sex with Bella (although, partly because he’s afraid of hurting her), he believes he has a soul and is in heaven at one point, etc, etc.
So, in the end, I think the biggest danger that any girl with her head on straight would have from these books is thinking that Meyer’s writing is anywhere near ‘good’.
I wonder how much the book sales will increase due to this "boycott." I wonder if it will come close to the increase in business experienced by establishments after they have been been put OFF LIMITS by the Provost Marshall.
I think there might be more problems with the book than the author's faith.
I also read Terminal man. I forgot that. I didn’t read Andromeda Strain this time, I think I read it a long time ago, and I saw the old movie, which was pretty good. The new movie I didn’t like, and it also seems I might have missed the end of the movie, and didn’t even know it.
why do they care if it’s pro-life? i thought they were pro-choice... isn’t life one of the choices?
Returning books to Borders for a refund after you’ve read the book? That makes Borders a library doesn’t it?
I work a few stores down from a Barnes & Nobles - haven’t you ever noticed there are more people sitting in the chairs the stores provide reading books than there are in line to purchase them?
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