Red’s Comments (group member since Jun 29, 2014)

Red’s comments from the Twilight Read-along! group.

Right? She's emotionally fragile and people keep being awful to her! Poor Charlie cares so much and struggles to know how to help her.

That super awkward moment when you're reading new moon and you have a disturbing realization over just how well you relate to some of the situations...

Selena wrote: "Oh my gosh guys Twilight is on tv right now!!!
What is my life?"

I started watching it on TV too! Until my brother walked in and convinced me to watch Vampires Suck. Should have stuck with Twilight haha.

Kelly wrote: "So I'm finally caught up with everyone!! I forgot how much I love this book. It reminds me of when I was in high school and would get infatuated with someone so quickly. Before I knew it I was cons..."
I totally agree. I think it would have been way cuter if they kept it like it was written in the meadow.

Edward. I'll be your stupid lamb. ;D

"What a stupid lamb."

Everything starts to run together ha.

That's farther ahead right? Definitely looking forward to the next section. It has some of my favorite scenes.

Also again, the movie is messing with my memory. I remembered the first kiss being in the bedroom because that's what it was in the movie and it was actually in the forest. XD I love her realistic reaction to his running too.

Totally love the growing intimacy between Edward and Bella. I'll admit this wasn't my favorite section of the reading, mostly because I got bored with the meadow scene. I know that's usually everyone's favorite scene, and I honestly can't give you any good reason why it isn't my favorite. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but for some inexplicable reason...it bores me. However, I LOVE the scene when they go back to her house after. It's just so cute and seeing them get more comfortable with each other just makes my heart happy.

"My gratuitous drug use." Bella cracks me up. XD

I think I'm the only one with this opinion so far, but I personally like the pace we are at because it allows me to be active in the read along but still have time to have a "currently reading" book, since a lot of the reasons I don't participate in other read alongs is if the pace is too demanding and deprives me of the opportunity co-read my own book. I have a busy work schedule too, so even on a busier week (where I might not even have time to read my main book), the current 100 pages for the read along is manageable for me.

Sierra wrote: "Also I forgot to mention this in week one, but did anyone else realize when Bella was first starting school and giving herself a pep talk before she got out of her truck she said "I can do this, I ..."

I totally caught that! I just laughed and was like "Oh Stephenie..." XD

Selena wrote: "Yeah plus Charlie in the movie is super adorable
And Emmet is just FOINE"

Oh don't even get me started! ;D

Selena wrote: "You have never seen them?!?!?!? They're honestly not THAT bad. I actually like to watch them from time to time. You just have to push the negativity away from your mind and let yourself enjoy the s..."

That's how I am with books and movies. I just separate them in my head.

Funny how much the movie can alter your memory of the book.

Emma wrote: "I TOTALLY forgot so much. I watch the movies monthly, but I completely forgot everything about the book. I honestly thought the whole "vampire" conversation happened in the woods like the movie, bu..."

I did the same thing! I totally forgot the whole thing happened in the car, because I only remembered it being the way it is in the movie in the woods!

Selena wrote: "I actually thought the fact that he thought she might go into shock was kind of endearing!
Only because i felt like since Edward is so detached from humans, he thinks of them like fragile little do..."

I don't think that's wrong! Anyway we interpret it is right haha.

Obviously I'm biased as a regular human woman who surrounds herself with regular human women, most of which would not act like that.

At first I was like well maybe it's because he grew up turn of the century when female hysteria was so commonly believed, but then I threw that out the window because he has still been around to see the evolution of society.

One thing your thought did make me consider that I hadn't thought about was how even though he mixes himself among humans, I didn't think about how little he really interacts with them. He goes to school, but until Bella, the only company he kept was with his family. You can't learn much that way. Despite that Bella is definitely special in a lot of ways, I do think he's a bit mistaken by believing that she is special in this instance and is the only woman to react so calmly; however, he would think that if he doesn't know any better ha and wouldn't even know that much about women if his lack of ability to read her mind didn't make him curious in the first place.

Makes you wonder, would they still have fallen in love and taken an interest in each other if he could have read her mind from the beginning? After all, she might not think all that different, but he wouldn't know and it's that mystery that pushes him to get to know her.

Gah, I love this book! So many thoughts and theories!

Edward is so hot! I know we're not far enough to talk about it yet, but I've always had a soft spot for Emmett. (More on that later in later sections!) ;D

I love the smaller details about the characters I didn't notice before. Like Bella, how she said she agonizes over making decisions, but it is totally cool once she's made one. I totally relate to that and I love how Stephanie includes small character details like that.

I think Edward's expectation of her reaction to the Port Angeles incident was a little much. I mean she was definitely pretty cool about it, but her going into shock and all these other reactions he was expecting were a bit unrealistic except in maybe an extreme case...especially considering he stopped anything serious from happening to her that might cause a dramatic reaction. Even if pretty upsetting, shock is a bit extreme. I realize he was exaggerating, but it still irked me a little. However, if that's the worst I'm going to come across, I think I can deal with it. ;D

That being said, her comfortable reaction was impressive and I think the fact that she was so cool shows just how comfortable and safe she is around Edward despite her always being told to be afraid of him. Clearly he is doing a great job of convincing her to stay away haha.

Emma wrote: "I love how into this conversation you guys are! And the best part about today is that tomorrow I get to start reading again muahahahahhahhahaha"

Right?! I've been working really hard to practice my self-control and not read ahead. XD

♥♥Mari♥♥ wrote: "Red wrote: "I don't disagree at all and I think calling her a poor writer is extreme, judgmental, and far from the truth. I think Stephen King is so far removed from adolescence that I don't think..."

Totally ironic! Haha.

Even writers get catty I guess. The fact that we are all here and can even discuss our admiration just goes to show that three very different writers can be just as successful and talented even if they don't want to admit it. ;D

Selena wrote: "Lol Red!!! (About the Seattle thing)
I just snorted!"

True though right? XD

Officially my new dating standard. If you want to go out with me, you have to ask me on a trip to Seattle.