chiNky tInKeRbeLL's rAnDoM rANts ...

25 going on 13

That is how I have been feeling the past couple of months or so. Why? I read the Twilight series in 2 months. I couldn't get enough of the story.

Honestly, the "vampire thing" ruined me for life. haha! I was hooked. And I have indulged in my best 13 year old temper tantrum. When I began reading the first book I was in a hurry to finish all of them. I was unable to put them down. I oftentimes don't take naps, instead, I read during lunch break at the office. And at night, I always stay up late. I didn't answer my phone and during weekends, I get nothing done around the house. That was terrible! I didn't get the hype over it and I can sort of understand it now.

But seriously....

The twilight series make women damsels in distress again and in a perverse way, we like it.

Girls, myself included, have fallen for Edward and Bella’s unhealthy relationship of enmeshed boundaries. We talk about wanting equal rights and breaking the glass ceiling, but when we fantasize, we dream of men who will become our reasons to live.

The Twilight books give us our chance to go back to a time when true love was all consuming. We can pretend to be with a man who exists for the sole purpose of loving us.

I loved the twilight series because I like to root for the underdog. I love the idea that the bad boy is actually good. Great, amazing, even. And the 13 year old girl in me can't get enough of an ill-fated love story.


Even now, I still want to reread the books. I know my hubby won't agree to that idea! (Giggle... I'm so sorry for the sleepless nights! wink*)