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General Observations:

1) Will is a bad-ass.
2) Lord Boreal is a slimy little git.
3) Great payoff moment when you realize who Will's father actually is. One of those: Ohhhhhh, no WAY! moments.

I actually liked [The Subtle Knife:] *more* than [The Golden Compass:].

[The Amber Spyglass:] and I are having a standoff right now. I want to read it, but I should pack. If I read it, it'll be over! There's nothing like reading a good book for the first time.

Thanks for the recommendations!

Alarmingly short on Wallace Wells. I am only consoled by additional Kim Pine goodness, whose scenes with Scott BLOM really handles quite well. Wow, BLOM is an awesome acronym. BLOM BLOM BLOM.

My first instinct is that it's not nearly as funny as the first two volumes in particular, but I think it bears a second reading.

Man I loved this book. Very sweet, very nostalgic.

How did I fall into reading the second book of this series!? It's like a car crash. I'm not supposed to look and ... did I just see a disembodied arm? Whoa...that car flipped over!

Yea, it's like that. I think the way I've learned to approach this series is to read it like I'm Stephenie Meyer's editor. Nate actually forced this upon me since we decided to read this together at the same time. His request, 'Can you just cut out all the making out and moping?' had a magical effect. New Moon seemed concise, engaging, and actually funny at times.

Loved the scene with Jacob hanging on the tree in Bella's yard and the vote scene at the Cullen's place.

Looking forward to dissecting Eclipse next week. :)

A technical gripe: I listened to this in the car and the audio version cuts off the last three sentences of the novel. Way to leave me hanging!

But it's an interesting story, won a ton of awards etc etc. Very interesting to hear about schooling in Australia. The voice of narrator Josie seems quite fresh, despite the book being written in 1991. It is funny when she mentions things like Country Road jeans and Esprit clothing.

Again, read through patent pending Editor-O-Vision. This book was actually quite short seeing as....not that much happens.

I think this by far is going to be the hardest of the series to translate into a movie people want to watch.

There's a lot to like in this story about a teen trapped in 1984ish hell courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security. Accurate descriptions of technology. A believable telling of our near future. Revolting against 'The Man.' LARPing. Vampire LARPing. Vampire LARPing in San Francisco. I could go on.


The main character, Marcus, is written a little too perfect to be believable. Still, would recommend to geeky teens or teens looking for a good book written from a male POV.