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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
by: Stephenie Meyer

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780316015844
ISBN: 0316015849
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: September 06, 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Sales Rank: 2
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers

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'Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. ' As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)

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The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.

Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.

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- I like the book but not the audio version
Has anyone listened to Twilight on CD? Even though I have the unabridged version, it is missing key parts of the story. For example, when Edward notices Bella for the first time in the cafeteria, he is listening to other people's thoughts about the "new kid" but is surprised he can't hear Bella's thoughts. The audio version completely leaves out the others thoughts and the fact that he can't hear hers. The fact that he can't hear her thoughts is a huge part of the story. The cafeteria scene is when you (and Edward) start noticing Bella is different than the others. Another part is when Edward is in the office trying to change his schedule you don't hear the secretary's funny thoughts about him being so cute. Although that's not crucial to the storyline, it still shouldn't have been left out of the unabridged version.

I LOVE the book but I'm very disappointed in the CDs. What do you think?
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- An Unfortunate Sensation - Why is this so popular?
It is hard to imagine a book line right now that is getting more attention than the Twilight series and in my mind, the reviews and fan response has been completely puzzling. I picked up the books to check out what the hype was about and found myself sadly disappointed. From the very beginning, Meyer's writing is unpolished and does not get better as the books go on, leaving a reader capable of skipping paragraphs of the same repetitive descriptions of teenage angst to get to the actual plot.

The actual plot itself is amazingly mediocre: a completely useless female protagonist with not a single interesting quality finds herself the object of a mysterious boy's affection and finds out that they are two star-crossed lovers because he is a shiny, shiny vampire. Amazing, really, to think that he's a vampire since he can walk around in the daytime and the only problem he might have with the sunlight problem ... Read More

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- Wonderful love story!
I am a 37 year old married woman and I have to say, this was the best saga I've ever read (and I read, on average, a novel every two days). I was, as was mentioned by another reviewer, a little apprehensive about reading a "young adult" book, as I mostly stick to adult; however, I could not put this down. I'm not even sure I can explain what makes this saga stand out in my mind so much more than any of the other hundreds of books I've read in my adult life. The author just kind of sweeps you up and makes you feel a part of the story.

One of the main reasons women of all ages will like this book is because you don't necessarily become "besotted" with Edward Cullen, but merely the idea of someone who embodies the attributes he possesses. He is definitely a hero after a woman's own heart. I also think, as a young woman or mature woman for that matter, many of us can identify with Bella's view of herself ... Read More

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- ~*Worth Reading*~
Twilight is one of my favorite books. It's a love, drama, & action story, that is very well written. It is about a girl named Bella who moves to a new town, meets a guy that she deems worth going after. His name is Edward & he has to struggle with being a vampire & falling madly in love with her. It is a book that is worth reading over & over again.

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