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Site Hiatus – find me at www.TwoBecomeThree.netMarch 21, 2009 | 12:05 pm | Comments Off | Archive/Search I haven’t been posting anything much this year because Hubby and I are taking a new adventure. A journey into adoption! So, for the next few months…or until we have a child in our home…I will be working on a new blog for friends and family to follow along. I know I could post the information here, but I do want to keep it separate for privacy reasons. When talking about adoption, a birthmom could stumble upon the posts and I just want to protect our privacy. So, if you want to keep up with me and what is going on, then visit and bookmark my other site: www.TwoBecomeThree.net which also goes to http://when2become3.wordpress.com/ posted in Family, Personal, Site Info Series Review: The Twilight SagaJanuary 13, 2009 | 11:25 am | 3 Comments | Archive/Search
So let me start by saying that I have always been a horror genre reader, but that I have also always been willing to explore books from other areas. Romance is probably the one genre that I have the least experience reading, and mostly because I just find all the mushy innuendo and constant descriptions of emotion to be distracting. I prefer action over introspection. The Twilight series, originally marketed for “young adults” (does that mean teen??), is actually romance. Vampire romance, but still romance. But I took a chance, simply because of the vampire element. I am glad that I did. Overall the series was good. At least through the third book. Stephenie Meyer’s writing style is very easy to read and I was able to carve through the books quite easily despite them being 500-700 pages each. The print in the books I got seemed a little large to me, which might have also contributed to the fast read. But overall, good. Not the best ever, but enough to keep me wanting more. ****CAUTION: POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD**** I really liked the first book. Twilight did a great job of introducing us to life in Forks, and the dismal existence of Bella, the leading lady in the series. The author’s take on the vampire world was interesting, but nothing that I couldn’t accept. I was on board. The back and forth, love-hate relationship that developed between Bella and Edward was intoxicating, and kept the pages turning. Of course, my love for vampires also kept the pages turning, too! I really got into the 2nd book (New Moon), especially with the reveal of Jacob’s werewolf pack. I wasn’t expecting wolves in my vampire love story, but it really ramped up the story for me. The book was rather heartbreaking for the first half, but by the end of it, I was nearly happy again. I liked Bella’s relationship/friendship with Jacob, and I was almost disappointed when it didn’t work out. The third book (Eclipse) was really great, but I sort of wished the series had ended there. When I got to the end of it I was sad, but not really needing to read more like I had at the end of the first two books. I almost wanted to just end the story in my mind with Edward and Bella being together and Jacob running away forever in his wolf form. The end. Not a happy ending, but one I accepted. The last book (Breaking Dawn) bothered me. A lot. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to read more about the relationship that was developing between Edward and Bella, that I didn’t want to find out whether Bella ever became a vampire, or that I didn’t want to know if Jacob ever came back. It was more that the author took some weird liberties with the vampire world that I didn’t like. Half vampire-half human babies? Bella’s ability to control herself as a newborn vampire? Jacob’s imprinting on Renessme. It was all WRONG for me. Once I started reading this last book, I did not have a problem putting it down like the others before it. In fact, I had no trouble putting it down. My husband thought I was crazy while I was reading it, because for the first half of the book, I would stop after each chapter, close the book and pound on the cover, hollering, “I hate this book! It isn’t supposed to be like this!” But, it isn’t my story. So, I got over it. As a series, the Twilight saga is good. Regardless of how I feel about the fourth book, I think Stephenie Meyer did a great job twisting the romance between Bella and Edward (and even Bella and Jacob) into a workable storyline involving the vampire and werewolf worlds. I do have some nitpicks though. My first issue cropped up early in the first book when I noticed that the author’s writing style left something to be desired for me. It wasn’t that she wrote badly. It was more that she wrote carelessly. I can understand the need to create conversational writing, but some of her grammar structures were a little out of whack for my tastes. She also tended to use weird contractions throughout all four books that bothered me. It might be okay to say, “Charlie’d done the dishes” when you’re speaking, but when I am reading it, it makes me stumble. And in one case (wish I could find the page!) she even used two contractions in one word! WEIRD!!! Another issue is pretty minor, but I found some of her descriptions to be lacking. Not that they were incomplete, just not original. A lot of the descriptions of Bella, Edward, Jacob, or any of the other characters were similar each time a character was revisited. I understand there are only so many ways to say that Edward is beautiful, perfect, etc…but it got a little much by the end. Lastly, I was a bit concerned that these books were billed as “young adult”. I don’t know the exact age ranges that these books originally targetted, but pre-teen girls don’t seem like the best market to me. I mean, obviously older women (and men, too!) read the books, but some of the content seems a little too mature for younger girls. Edward and Bella do nothing over the line until they are married in the last book, but there is definite sexual tension and lots of kissing. Not to mention all the emotional back and forth along the way. And once they are married, well…we have vampire-human sex as well as follow up vampire-vampire sex. Of course, it was all written very discreetly and nothing was too overt in the scene, but still….for young adults? I am not so sure. But again, let me restate: I liked the Twilight Saga. I had some issues with the direction the story line went, and some concerns about the intended audience, but I will probably read the books again when I have more time. I did really enjoy the vampire world she created (except Renessme), and even enjoyed the romance side of the stories, too. I left the first book with my Mom when I left for the holidays, so I look forward to hearing what she thinks. For now, I have to decide when to see the movie. I wonder what I will think? *ahem* Delurking Day 2009January 12, 2009 | 4:43 pm | 2 Comments | Archive/Search
I accept that my website and blog goes dormant for periods of time, sometimes lasting months, and I am okay with that. Hopefully anyone that actually reads my musings accepts that, too. My subscription options are always there for people who want an email when I post something or prefer to use a feed reader. So yeah. I just stumbled upon someone else who mentioned this today, so I thought I would poke anyone here to delurk. I now return you back to your regularly scheduled surfing. posted in Internet, Total Miscellany To shop, or not to shop…December 3, 2008 | 8:35 pm | Comments Off | Archive/Search
I know some people (Dad!!) will tell me not to buy anything, but the thing is…I want to. I like buying gifts for people and don’t usually spend more than 10 or 15 dollars per person/couple max. God has blessed my Hubby and I with good jobs and decent income, and we really want to be able to share our blessings with people this holiday season. So I stand by what I have been telling people in phone calls. DO NOT BUY US ANYTHING. But please don’t be upset if we buy something for you. We don’t give gifts to get gifts. We give gifts because we want to, and it makes us happy to do it. And if any of my family members read this and decide to go out and do/get something for us because you know we plan on giving gifts this year, then here is what we want…your time. That is it. Visit with us when we are in town. Even if it’s just for half an hour. Spend a little time with us, and perhaps a hug. That’s really, truly all I want this year. Just time to be with my family. NaBloPoMo 2008 Done!November 30, 2008 | 1:40 pm | Comments Off | Archive/Search
Today my Mom and Step-Dad left to travel home after the Thanksgiving holiday break. We had an inch of snow last night, which is only fitting, because every time they come to town we get snow, or at the very least, some rain. I also made a lovely apple crisp out of the last of the apples that my mom brought from my grandpa’s apple tree back home. Yesterday I decorated a little bit around the house and yard for Christmas. We aren’t putting up a real tree this year since we won’t be in town over the Christmas and New Year holidays, but I did put up a little Charlie Brown tree that my Mom bought me at Walgreens for 10 bucks! I also put up a wreath on the door, some wooden candy canes in the yard, and a few lighted decorations, too. Another thing I did was haul out my Christmas bins from storage and locate my cards and tins so I can make tins of baked goods for people and send out Christmas cards this year. Or at least, that’s the plan! posted in Family, Holidays, NaBloPoMo |
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Christmas is coming, which means it is shopping season for the holidays. I know that with the economic recession, many folks are cutting back their holiday shopping, or skipping the gift giving all together – my family included. Despite knowing that some of our family members are cutting back and not exchanging gifts this year, I think my Hubby and I have decided that we want to be able to give gifts to people even though they might not be able to give gifts to us.
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