Twilight and Borders scamming

I held out so long, but I finally jumped into the Twilight saga - and finished the thing in record time, of course. I got the first book and read it on the flight(s) home from Philadelphia. I was finished the next day, and returned it at the local Borders for the second book, New Moon. I told them I got the wrong book, it was a present for my "little sister!" I read that one in about the same span of time, and returned New Moon for Eclipse. I managed to do that in two separate transactions, with two different cashiers. When I came back for Breaking Dawn, I sat Lila on the counter and smiled really big. The lady didn't say anything as I made my last exchange. FYI, in case you ever want to read a book that you can't find at the library, as long as you take good care of the thing, they'll take it back with receipt before 30 days.

anyway, I devoured the books in a marathon reading session until I got to Breaking Dawn, the last one. I slowed down for a day or two then, trying to put off the sadness that always comes when I finish books that I really dig. but it was too hard to stay away! I have always been in awe (perhaps astonishment is a better word) of my friend Caroline who made the decision NOT to finish the epic, wonderful, 100 Years of Solitude, so that she could forestall that feeling indefinitely. To my knowledge, she has still never gone back and finished the book. I hope I'm wrong! girl, by now you could have forgotten much of it and read it over again at least 3 or 4 times!!

Incidentally, Caroline is a major inspiration for my foray into the blogosphere (check hers, if you don't already). I remember at one point she posted her review of Twilight the movie, (which I just looked at last night, and found to be as horrifying as most movies of books I loved unavoidably are). She didn't like it either, and since I pretty much trust her opinion across the board, I had crossed the Twilight phenomenon off my list. Plus, last Christmas my mom got the books for her boyfriend's teenage daughter, and I simply couldn't imagine being interested in the same kind of thing. well, thanks to Caroline's later posts, revealing her unabashed obsession with the books, I ended up buying the first one at the airport. I was immediately hooked. so what, if it's a ROMANCE! for teenage girls! if you like to read; especially if you liked Harry Potter, I promise you the Twilight books are worth reading. thanks codface!