Bite me!

I am probably the last person in the universe to give my non-professional review on the Twilight Saga (since I've just finished reading the final book - Breaking Dawn) which has been quite a phenomenon in the literature as well as the movie scenes after Harry Potter. Well, I've never really been a big fan of goth, dark, blood, morbid or anything that is in line with this category, let alone the supernaturals i.e. the vampires. Hhmmmm. But I must admit that the saga authored by Stephanie Meyer is really somewhat mind-warping. If you don't already know, the Twilight Saga is a story about Bella (a human, yea like us) who falls dangerously (and deadly) in love with Edward (the alluring vampire) and fight for their love till the very end. Apart from having a forbidden love, Bella also becomes a tightly BFF with a werewolf (Jacob who we find out in the final book was actually a shape-shifter and not a proper werewolf).

However negative most of the reviews by parents on the books (talk about human-vampire/supernaturals relationship) but it does teach us (or the young teens at least-being most of the readers) about the strength of love (how it always wins-don't worry, the books are not puke-inducing that way), how friendship overcomes everything and not to mention abstinence (Edward insists on no sex till they are married). And I definitely love the way how Meyer created gripping characters that you can easily identify with (I switched sides from the vampires to the shape-shifters after New Moon).

So yea, I can't wait for New Moon to come out this year! Check out the trailer:



It's a good book. Check the URL on my bookshelf. Go on, give it a try ;)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Having a very good friend working in the media industry always gives me the opportunity to be one of the first(s) to watch box office movies; and mostly during its premier screenings ;) *grins*. So last night, I went to see Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince with that friend of mine (I didn't know Malaysia was the first few countries to screen the movie worldwide last night). When everyone asked me about my take on the movie today, I'd say "you gotta read the book for you to understand the movie". Although I must admit that there are few missing important bits from the book that were not shown in the movie but the amount of scenes being "movielized" are also not as bad ;) So, I'm not really complaining (or perhaps I don't really have any favourite bits or expectations from the book in particular). But anyways, I am very sure that a lot of people will have "movie blue balls" after watching this one --- only if you have not read the Deathly Hallows (which is the last book in the chronicles).

I say three stars out five for HP&THBP!