our Twilight list
We at girlsinthestacks.com are HUGE Twilight fans. Seriously, Shannan and I have our Team Edward/Jacob shirts (respectively) and Nancy has her homemade Twilight buttons.
Anyway, with Eclipse right around the corner we thought a “Twilight” list was necessary. Since we are big fans of the books and movies, the list encompasses them both.
What Twilight has Taught Us
* that I should have bought more cereal and milk for my kids before I started reading these, as I did not want to put the books down to actually do any of my mom duties. Good thing we had pop tarts, yogurt, and pudding.
* don’t read The Shack after you marathoned (is that a word?) read all four books. Trust me.
* Twilight is good, but Twilight candy is not.
* Werewolves are hot.
* That no matter how meaningful it is, Renesmee is just a terrible name. It just is. Sorry. It really is. No, I don’t need your hate mail. It just is a horrible name.
* Vampires are hot.
* I still morn for the incomplete Midnight Sun.
* no matter how many times I watch Twilight I still laugh when Edward climbs a tree.
* tweens and teens scream LOUD!
* you know you’re obsessed when your children give you Twilight pajamas for your birthday. Mine say, “wolf girl.”
* calling someone “spider monkey” is not sexy.
* you learn words like matriculate.
* all that money went into the movie, and they couldn’t do a better job with Taylor Lautner’s wig?
* I am Team Edward/Jacob/Jasper/Emmet.
* I want Alice to be my BFF. Not only does she throw fabulous parties, we could win big at the blackjack tables in Shreveport.
* Coffee is a lifesaver after four nights in a row of staying up past 4am reading.
* not all books give you that deep yearning feeling that these do. So, don’t expect it and you won’t be disappointed.
* that The Shack isn’t that great no matter when you read it.
* getting married at 18 is OK when your fiancée is a vampire.
* that no matter what people say, I love the movies because I love the books. No I will not turn them off. No, I will not turn it down. No, I will not stop saying Edward is SOOO HOT every time I see him for the first time walking by the window from the lunchroom.
* always double-check the bad news before trying to commit suicide by the Volturi.
* Twigirls scream when they go to the movies. Twimoms do not. However, Twimoms can go home from the movie and ask their husbands to whisper in their ears, “You are exactly my brand of heroin.” Rrrrrrrow.
* while I’ve always liked shiny, sparkly things, now I realize I really LOVE shiny, sparkly things. I never thought you could bling Rob Pattinson!
* don’t expect to drive anywhere without bringing your book. You know you were sneaking in two more sentences while stopping at a red light.
*don’t expect to bathe, eat, drink, sleep, answer the phone, the door, or a question until the last word is read in Breaking Dawn. And then you just sit there and dream about Edward, wipe your tears, and decide you can’t let the feeling go, so you pick up Twilight and start reading again.
This whole list made me laugh, especially the part about Renesmee: terrible, terrible name. And yes, vampires are hot. Perfect way to start the morning.
The whole list is hilarious I totally agree werewolves are HOT and Twimoms do not scream! This made my day! LOL!
So now I have to clean up the coffee that is all over my computer from laughing so hard! Great list. I especially love the part about how Twimoms can go home to their husbands!
This list makes me so happy! One of my favorite things we have done.
Thanks ladies for your responses!! You make us smile!!! XOXO
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Laughing hysterically!!!!!
LOL yes, Renesmee is a bad name. This is a great list. Love it.
Hugs,
Melinda
LOVE the list! I found myself shaking my head yes to almost all of them. I would like to say that Twilight made it ok for a 36 year old married lady to have an obsessive unhealthy crush on an 18 year old HOTTIE!
*sigh* I love Twilight so. I wanted nothing to do with it. A friend of mine from Oregon bought me Twilight and mailed it to me. My first thought was, “great, now I have to read this stupid book”. DEVOURED it. REad all four in a week and did no house work either! LOL. Twilight is what got me into reading YA. It’s what made me work toward my childhood dream of writing for teens. I’m getting all sentimental here. LOL. But I have so many friends because of TWilight an SO many experiences I wouldn’t have had. I’m a small town Oregon girl who moved to Southern California and felt out of water. Now I’m going to MTV shows where the cast is, camping out for red carpet premieres, the whole nine yards. Love it!
And Edward… I love him. Rob… yeah, love him too!
@Kelley – awwww…so sweet! What a wonderful story. Yeah, it changed our lives too. I’m glad we “met” you!!
@Heather – LOL! Yes, They are hot! And it does feel a little weird saying it. Just a little.
Melinda, thanks for agreeing!
I love these! You girls are awesome & know exactly what to say..lol. I agree Vamps are HOT!!! And I love the comment about twimoms going home to our husbands. So we can dream when we go home at night with our husbands too..lol. Keep up the awesomeness girls!!!!
@Katie – Thanks! *blush*
I loved Twilight. I can’t explain why. I’m embarrassed to admit it. My husband has never read it. Won’t read it. Hasn’t seen the movies but he loves discussing it with people by using things he has overheard me say.
I loved that you said that the books are good but the candy is not. Absolutely!
It’s not the best written book. I doubt they will be studying it in lit class 20 years from now but I’m sure people will still be reading it. I’m sure I’ll read it again. Eclipse is my favorite book in the series. I would really like to see her write an alternate ending where Jacob goes off and experiences life as a wolf.
I was team Edward before the movie and now I have to say I’m team Taylor. Nice! Renesmee is a very stupid name. I guarantee there are people out there naming their children that. (poor kids.)
I met Stephenie at a book signing and there were a bunch of people with their babies named Bella in attendance. They wanted Stephenie to know how the books put them “in the mood.”
Spider Monkey is almost as bad as Renesmee. I can’t help but laugh at that point in the movie too. Also, he is so obviously on a wire.
Here’s a tip: the best way to see a new Twilight movie? The morning matinee after the midnight opening. It’s like having a private screening. NICE!
@Angel – You are our friend forever! xoxo
I loved your comment! It’s so funny and true. My husband won’t read the books either but I doubt he would like them. He has sat down next to me on the couch and watched the movies though. He makes it seem so casual when he walks into the gameroom 5 min. after the movie has started. But I know he is curious to see what has me so crazy as to own a Team Edward shirt and wear it out!! God bless our husbands who we compare to fictional characters!!
@Angel – my DH has only seen the movies, he would never read the books either.
Shannan and I are going to a 7am screening Wed morn., just dont want to go to the midnight showing again.
I have yet to read the books but I saw one of the movies with friends and just from keeping up with all the media hype I was able to love your list! Y’all are awesome! And don’t hate for not reading the books yet, it’s just my kids aren’t old enough to slack on the mom duties. I do plan on reading them.
@Megan – you are adorable!!
Ahaha! Great list! (But will I be banished from the stacks forever if I confess I never made it through the first book…? Please don’t hate me.)
@Shari–skim until Edward enters. That’s where the action picks up. In the 2nd book skim again. Bella is whiny. I love the love triangle. On a funny sidenote, I was driving down I5 on saturday and the school they used for Forks High in Twilight was just off the road. We had to stop for a photo op. We met the principal. He said he was an extra in the movie. He was the PE teacher in the gym scene.
@Shannan–you are my friend forever! I’m loving discussing books with someone who shares the same interest. I just finished the Secret Life of Bree. . .
Interesting read. Now I’m wondering if we’ll see Fred in the future. I liked his character. Now I’m going to recognize these newborns in the movie. Those Voluturi are slippery. I always knew that. Why were there no chapter breaks? When I figured out that, I could finally take a break.
Bahahahaha! This list is perfect! it is my thoughts completely, not a single one to disagree with and just one that needs more emphasis.. Renesmee HORRIBLE HORRIBLE name!
Very nice ladies! Werewolves are hot! Doesnt matter the book, I always seem to go for the Were. It helps when I get to look at Taylor during the movie too
* Twilight is good, but Twilight candy is not.
- TOTALLY TRUE! As a joke, I got New Moon SweetTarts to take to the movie – I went with 4 girlfriends – and they were NASTY! I mean: NASTY!!!!!!!
* Werewolves are hot.
- When they’re in their human form, amirite?
* That no matter how meaningful it is, Renesmee is just a terrible name.
- I hafta agree!
* calling someone “spider monkey” is not sexy.
- Yes! Haha! Did you watch the MTV movie awards? The host said something about that and it was funny. Also, he talks about the “cliffhanger” at the end of (the movie) New Moon… He said, “We all know she says yes!!! That’s *NOT* a cliffhanger!!!”
* … And then you just sit there and dream about Edward, wipe your tears, and decide you can’t let the feeling go…
- I imagine this is how Stephenie feels! So she wrote the Bree book – and hopefully more to come!
@Shari – we still <3 you!!!
@Shari – that is suppose to say “we still *heart* you!”
[...] “Eclipse” is coming out Wednesday – and while I am not going to able to see it on opening day, I will certainly get my patootie to the theater as soon as possible. I am such a geeky Twimom that I even got up early one day last week to win a radio station’s pair of tickets to the show (and sang an off-key rendition of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”- get it?). Yah, I’m that big a fan. (see our Twilight list here) [...]
@Angel – thanks for the tips, lol. Maybe I’ll give it another try.
@stacy — whew! thanks
Heehee, I agree with all of this. Especially that Renesmee is the WORST NAME IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
Love the Twilight list!!! I may even have one to add from my Eclipse experience. Thirty year old women(e.g. me) will get funny looks from said tweens if you have a shirt with Edward’s face on it. Love you guys!