America is collectively terrified of getting old. It’s almost too obvious to say that few people want to look middle-aged, and no-one wants to look as if they’re over forty. — Ellen Steiber in Tall, Dark and…Thirsty? from A New Dawn edited… Read More ›
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Obsession
…fantasy or not, it’s unsettling for a teenage girl to lose herself so much in her boyfriend that she can only think of protecting him if he should kill her. — Anne Ursu in My Boyfriend Sparkles from A New… Read More ›
Living Death
At the end of New Moon we wonder: Will they be permanently united in living death, as Bella plans? Or is their fate to love and lose each other, which would be, as Bella has already experienced, another kind of… Read More ›
Books I Read in March 2013
The Third Man by Graham Greene Dracula by Bram Stoker Incandescence by Greg Egan The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde Don’t Kiss Them Good-Bye by Allison DuBois One for the Money by Janet Evanovich Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and… Read More ›
Books I Read in 2012
The Ruby Knight by David Eddings The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings Domes of Fire by David Eddings The Shining Ones by David Eddings The Hidden City by David Eddings Twilight by Stephanie Meyer New Moon by Stephanie Meyer Eclipse… Read More ›
Books I Read in October 2012-December 2012
The Ruby Knight by David Eddings The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings Domes of Fire by David Eddings The Shining Ones by David Eddings The Hidden City by David Eddings From Twilight to Breaking Dawn: Religious Themes in the Twilight… Read More ›
Books I Read in April to September 2012
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer New Moon by Stephanie Meyer Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer From Twilight to Breaking Dawn: Religious Themes in the Twilight Saga by Sandra L. Gravett The Diamond Throne by David Eddings The… Read More ›
Predator
Despite Edwards worries, Bella never has a doubt that she loves him, and wants to be with him, even though predator versus prey trumps Montague versus Capulet by anyone’s measure. — Rosemary Clement-Moore in Romeo, Ripley, and Bella Swan from… Read More ›
Remorse
Edward brings new meaning and intensity to the word remorse. — Susan Vaught in A Very Dangerous Boy from A New Dawn edited by Ellen Hopkins
Edward
But what makes Edward so damn addictive is not his undeadness. It’s his abiding humanity. — Ellen Hopkins in To Twilight or Not to Twilight from A New Dawn edited by Ellen Hopkins
Books I Read in 2009
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer Black Juice by Margo Lanagan Flashforward by Robert J. Sawyer Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer My Brother’s Keeper: The official Bra Boys story by Sean Doherty New Moon by Stephanie Meyer Lost Star of Myth and… Read More ›
Books I Read in November 2009
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer My Brother’s Keeper: The official Bra Boys story by Sean Doherty Related articles Books I Read in 2012 (raffertysrules.wordpress.com) A Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling (nolanparker.wordpress.com) Bra Boy fined for ‘misguided chivalry’ (dailytelegraph.com.au) 2013 Releases You… Read More ›
Books I Read in October 2009
New Moon by Stephanie Meyer Lost Star of Myth and Time by Walter Cruttenden (115 pages) Haunted Animals by Allan Zullo Related articles Books I Read in 2012 (raffertysrules.wordpress.com) 2013 Releases You May Have Read (or may want to) (thelitcafe.com)… Read More ›
Rafferty's Rules is Closing Down 