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⌈ Secret Post #574 ⌋

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Yuck ... I'm in my twenties and I would not pick up a Twilight book if you paid me. From the excerpts I've read and what I've heard, it sounded awful. I did read Harry Potter though and while Rowling isn't Austen or Dumas, I think she's much better than Meyer, just for the fact that the themes of that book were better.

I just hated the wording of the secret. The whole "at least they're reading" excuse makes me sad. As some commenter said, "the harlequin romance books got girls reading but is that a good thing?"

Hopefully the whole Twilight thing goes away because the secrets are becoming redundant. However, with the new book released, I doubt it. :(

Oh no, I misworded my response (just got back from the OC fair, and very tired XD)--I meant that the people who were really into Harry Potter are moving on with their literary life, and the kids who didn't have Harry Potter are reaching the age that we were when it was big and Twilight is kind of taking Harry Potter's place... XD;

Ugh, after all these secrets about Twilight, I'm sick to death of it already. I mean, at least they are reading, because reading at least encourages productivity in new ways (since most teenaged girls are more focused on whether or not they're hooked to some guy at the hip, having sex, etc. etc.)... but seriously, I know of children's books that I would rather read. Then again, I hate vampire books and fantasy novels, so Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight, etc. never appealed to me.

I am, however, slowly devouring my abridged copy of Monte Cristo, but only because I watched the anime first. LOL.

Ooh, that makes sense. My brain isn't exactly working either (it's late here and I should be in bed but am not).

It's good that kids are reading but I really don't like what Twilight promotes. A few people on my flist read it but it's not something I would want really young girls to get their hands on.

And I know what you mean ... I'm sick of it too. It seems like all of them say the same thing!

Never big on the fantasy but I did enjoy HP and LoTR though I was reluctant to get into the first and only did so because I didn't have anything else at the time. ;)

I really enjoyed Monte Cristo ... I have never seen the anime though. Is there really one?

There is a Monte Cristo anime! It's called Gankutsuou (Wikipedia on it is here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankutsuou)). From what I hear, it's one of the most faithful out of all the re-tellings of the Monte Cristo story. Not to mention the fact that the animation is mind-bogglingly gorgeous. The DVDs are out in English, and the dub is quite good... it might be a little tricky to get your hands on them, since the company that distributed them went down south, but... maybe you'll be lucky. XD

Interesting ... I'll see if I come upon it sometime. Thanks for letting me know! :D

but it's not something I would want really young girls to get their hands on.

Sadly, the same could be said about some Disney princesses/heroines.

Yeah, but parents can teach them that's not real. Kids usually get into Disney princesses at a really young age. And some of them are not so bad. Twilight is being read by 11/12/13 year olds (at the earliest because I know there are some people in their late teens/early twenties who read it) and the parents don't usually know what's in the books to tell them otherwise.

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