The Twilight ReRead Continues
Bookgoonie and I are forging ahead through the final book of the Twilight Series. Since it’s been a long road you’ll notice we switched up our format from questions to subject topics…You can only ask about the love triangle so many times…lol.
Remember to head over to for Bookgoonie for her take on Ch. 19-25. As always, if you don’t have a blog you can comment through Twitter with #mondaybites.
Without further ado…Topics…
Guilt. “It was like he’d never kissed me–like this was our first kiss. And, in truth, he’d never kissed me this way before. It almost made me feel guilty. Surely I was in breach of the contract. I couldn’t be allowed to have this, too.” –pg. 394
I can see where Bella’s guilt is coming from. In her decision to go vampire she knew she’d be disappointing a lot of people, as well as cutting ties with those she loves. Also, Bella was prepared to be pretty out of it for years, years…I think she was banking on those she was leaving behind to be old or dead by the time she was rational again.
So for Bella to find herself fully rational right after the change, with a baby daughter, a beautiful husband, a beautiful new body, and great sex. She probably feels like she got all the good stuff and has to endure none of the penance for choosing to be a vampire.
Fairy Tales. [the cottage] “It was a place where anyone could believe magic existed. A place where you just expected Snow White to walk right in with her apple in hand, or a unicorn to stop and nibble at the rose bushes. Edward had always thought he belonged tot he world of horror stories. Of course, I’d known he was dead wrong. It was obvious that he belonged here. In a fairy tale. And now I was in the story with him.” –pg. 479
Ok, so I grew up in the world of Disney Fairy tales and I always wanted to be Ariel of the Little Mermaid. Note: I’m choosing Disney Ariel, not the Brother’s Grimm. Their Ariel dies in a burst of sea-foam pining for her love. Not Cool. I’m taking my man and running. No need for death and dying in my tales 😉 At least the ones I’m choosing to live in. Bella doesn’t get all the good!
Mundane Needs. “I was never going to get tired, and neither was he. We didn’t have to catch our breath or rest or eat or even use the bathroom; we had no more mundane human needs.” –pg. 483
What mundane human needs could you do without?
I’d never want to give up sleep. I enjoy it too much! Can you imagine a life without rainy day naps? You’d have to watch every moment of Sunday football…that’s a lot of football. I could probably do without tired-ness though. I know, I’m just full of contradictions, lol. Sleep but no exhaustion. I hate going through my day tired. That I could def. do without.
But really, I love eating, exercising, sleeping, all that filler is enjoyable…whatever would I do with my time without it?
Family. Bella has to prep quickly for Charlie’s arrival. It made me think of the holidays and people frantically cleaning to get ready for their mothers and mother-in-law’s arrival. Do you have any frantic prepping?
Haha, I’m a huge straightener-upper. I love to run around the house fixing blankets, fluffing pillows, swiftering. I always do some type of bigger clean before I have house guests. And I always cook. Even just an appetizer for when they arrive. I always light candles. I just like the house to smell, look, and feel welcoming.
Hopefully it’s not a frantic experience…depends on how well I’ve prepped!
The Change. What was changed in Bella…what was amplified. How do you think it would change you.
Well, I’ll sign up for the model-like looks. I’ll take that air brushing of my looks for eternity. I don’t know that I’d have Bella’s logic. My husband calls me a “good eater” something tells me turning Vampire would only increase my hunger for this new food…Humans watch out!
I think I’d end up like Esme. Homemaker extraordinaire. And with all that Cullen money I’d buy lots of homes and redecorate…*sigh* I could do a few decades like that…
Childhood. How quickly Renesemee’s goes by…the involvement of the Cullen family.
I’ve always been a bit bothered by how late a start Bella gets in Renesmee’s life. That little girl grows up so quick! Plus Bella’s pregnancy was not a happy/easy time. I just feel like, even though Bella gets the gift of having a natural child…she doesn’t get to enjoy any of it…
Maybe this harkens back to the first topic of Guilt. Bella really doesn’t get it all. She misses out and has to share quite a bit of her child’s childhood. She does have to pay a price…maybe one I consider heftier than Bella does.
I totally agree. All the good stuff with only fire burning veins for 3 days. Win. Win. Especially the yummy Edward time.
Love a good cat nap. I totally love my scentsy.
Humans beware. Lol. If they taste like guacamole or margaritas, yes beware.
i’d never give up sleep either. it’s too delicious. and sometimes going to the bathroom is annoying, but sometimes it’s a good time-passer. like when i have 5 minutes left at work… i just fill it with a bathroom break and then it’s time to leave!
i wish my body would evolve and i wouldn’t have to shave anymore! doesn’t my body realize i don’t want that hair?
i wonder if vampires have to shave? does their hair grow?
I’m pretty sure Meyer explains (uhm, in depth) that Vampires don’t have hair…I could be wrong though…you may have to read through all that extra explanatory text to figure it out 😉 But I’m going to say Jasper would have gotten a haircut if he could…just needs a bit more styling don’t you think? lol
Did you wonder what kind of kiss that meant???
Was it her first french kiss with Edward, because of the whole venom thing….? You know what I always wondered was how Edward could have venom and sylvia and sperm but have no tears…??? And how did his boy stuff not have venom in it? Ok overthinking…LOL….!!!
Ok, so on Meyer’s website she totally goes into the logistics of the male vampire sperm/blood/venom/saliva thing. Very indepth. Totally ate it up after reading Breaking Dawn the first time around…Talk about overthinking, lol.