Catch-up, again.

I couldn’t find the time to do this, again, so here’s another multi-book post:

Before Green Gables, By Budge Wilson

Originally, I disliked the book. I hated that Anne kept meeting the supposedly nice people who wouldn’t do anything to help her when things went wrong (which they did, often, because poor Anne inspires worse luck in people than all the cliché bad luck charms combined). However, the author couldn’t very well have Anne taken in by one of these nice families because then how would she end up at the orphanage, and then Green Gables? This is a prequel, it’s not like Wilson owned this character and could do what she wanted with her! I can’t believe I so stupidly forgot that fact, when I talked about it constantly while reading the book! So I now have a slightly higher opinion of the book, but I still think it was a little bland and boring, and also a little annoying.

The Dream, By Harry Bernstein

I should stop reading the same author twice, because in every book the little things that bug me are intensified. A very few authors are the exception to this, and I suppose I’m always hoping that this new author will be like those few!! And not many of them are. With Bernstein, Invisible Wall was so very good!! But while reading Dream, I just kept noticing how Bernstein paints himself in such a better light as everyone else. He’s the most devoted to his mom, he’s the only one who stands up to his father, and he’s the favorite of the grandfather. My suspicious side even started to doubt him: at 96 years old, who’s still around to contradict his story? He could be making this all up!

Also, I just looked at my post on The Invisible Wall, and it reminded me—there was nothing special about this one. There were no paragraphs that I particularly liked.

New Moon, By Stephanie Myers (Book 2 in the Twilight series)

I cannot explain why I like the Twilight series. I guess the 14 y/o girl inside of me just loves the love story part and the 27 y/o horror fan loves the vampire part. Basically, I am perfectly aware that it’s a tween’s book, and I’m also perfectly aware of how hokey and cliché of a story it is, but I love it anyway.

BUT, again, the more I read this author the more I nitpick her work. Example: someone needs to buy this lady a thesaurus so she can find another word for beautiful. And another word for “impossibly” as in “he’s impossibly beautiful”. Also the main character is one of those ditzes who’s totally unaware of how attractive they are, and totally in denial about the impossibly beautiful young man being in love with them. I have book 3 in my possession but I SWEAR if Bella gets all stupid about that again I am going to quit the series. I SWEAR!!!

(ok probably not)

Another thing: Bella is friends with a fucking werewolf and is dating a fucking vampire, and yet can’t stand the thought of them trying to protect her from a rogue vamp. I wanted to choke her when she got all scared about them being all alone in the woods with the bad vampire. They could be hurt!!! Actually, they can’t, Bella. Know why? ONE CAN TURN INTO A GIANT WOLF AND THE OTHER IS TECHNICALLY ALREADY DEAD, YOU STUPID TOOL. I think they have this and they do not need you helping with your incredibly graceless self.

I still really liked this, though, even with all that crap. It took me a week to read Before Green Gables, but it only took me about 18 hours to read New Moon.

Shoot, I swear I read another book but I can’t remember what it is…….