Influenced by the book reviews I read over the last few weeks, I bought a copy and began reading the novel Twilight by Stephenie Meyer exactly a week ago. Six days later, I finished reading it and its sequel called New Moon. And because the story does leave you thirsting for more (pun intended), I searched far and wide for the third book in the series called Eclipse. By “far and wide” I mean all the bookstores in Glorietta, Greenbelt, SM Megamall, Robinson’s Galleria, Bonifacio High Street, and Eastwood City. I swear my heart breaks a little every time they tell me, “Sold out na po yung Eclipse.” Boohoo.
Twilight is only the second novel I’ve read about vampires. The first one was The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, a fiction that delved deep into the world of vampires and Dracula. Obviously, I didn’t think I would find vampire stories interesting until I read those two. I’ve never read any of Anne Rice’s works, except Christ The Lord which clearly isn’t anything vampiric. Heh. Between the two, my fascination with Twilight (the series) is a lot more intense!
So what’s this “rebound” book that I’m referring to in the title of this post? At the end of my Quest, when I finally gave up and told the Customer Service at Powerbooks to just reserve me a copy of Eclipse once they have it, I decided to get another book — After Dark by Haruki Murakami — just so I don’t disrupt my current reading streak. The last time I broke this kind of momentum, it took me 5 months to finish a single book! Lol. Truth is, I’ve actually been waiting for the cheaper edition of After Dark to be released. I find the original edition too expensive (probably around P800), while the one I bought sells for only P299. I haven’t read it, so I’ve got nothing to say about it yet.
While it’s true that I’ve also been wanting to read After Dark since last year (and that I’m really a fan of Haruki Murakami’s works), I still consider it a “rebound” book because the deeper truth is right now I, without-a-doubt, want to read Eclipse instead. :(
Check out the updates of the Twilight movie that’s coming in December! Edward Cullen is going to be played by Robert Pattinson (the guy who played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter) and Bella Swan by Kristen Stewart (the two playful boys’ elder sister in Zathura).
Pardon me for writing this very trivial post. This is what my “over-fascination” with something usually compels me to do.
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