Well, I read Breaking Dawn in a couple of days. I thought it was okay; I'm happy that Bella got married, that Jacob is finally happy and satisfied, and that good seemed to triumph over evil. Do I have complaints? Absolutely. From a critical point of view, I think the story would have been better if there had been some tragedy. Here Meyer paints hereself into a hard situation. If the book is for innocent teens who need a thrill then all the references to house breaking sex are questionable, right? If the novel is for mature women who like a thrilling fantasy, hey, we can handle a sacrifice. Kill off Esme or something! And yet I find myself defending Meyer. Most of the ideas that she presents about sex are false, I believe, but I think that it provides an opportunity to talk about intimacy and what is good and what is just plain disturbing. Most teen girls are very curious about sex and there's a lot of bad stuff out there. The book isn't graphic. So I guess I don't mind my 13-year-old reading it, so long as we talk about it.
Or am I just defending my lame parenting?
My very wise mom rarely interferred in my choice of literature, and I don't regret that.
There has been one book Beulah has checked out which I nixed so far, and I did that because of the detailed nature of the scenes.
So maybe I don't mind vague notions about sex as long as we don't start describing how one thing leads to another?
I'm rationalizing again, and I have to go make dinner.

The Worked and the Gory

Okay, after just having purchased novel number four of Stephenie Meyer's vampire fantasy, I have to consider that there just might be a niche out there for pioneer vampire stories. I am not intending to be disrespectful, it's just a whimsical juxtaposition of genres which seem to captivate many in my demographic!