New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.

Just as ridiculous as the first. The introduction of Jacob brings new meaning to domestic violence city. And this one really drags. Maybe because there's hardly any vampire lust in it, I don't know. It took me a lot longer to read than it should have.

How did I fall into reading the second book of this series!? It's like a car crash. I'm not supposed to look and ... did I just see a disembodied arm? Whoa...that car flipped over!

Yea, it's like that. I think the way I've learned to approach this series is to read it like I'm Stephenie Meyer's editor. Nate actually forced this upon me since we decided to read this together at the same time. His request, ‘Can you just cut out all the making out and moping?' had a magical effect. New Moon seemed concise, engaging, and actually funny at times.

Loved the scene with Jacob hanging on the tree in Bella's yard and the vote scene at the Cullen's place.

Looking forward to dissecting Eclipse next week. :)

New Moon - reviewAfter finishing reading “Twlight”, I was very excited to jump into read “[b:New Moon 49041 New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) Stephenie Meyer http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414jgcy2FAL.SL75.jpg 3203964].” At the end of my book there was a preview of the first chapter and as the last sentences hit my eyes, I vocally screamed “No!” filled with the incomprehension that it could end that way and leave me hanging. I immediately ran upstairs and grabbed the second book to jump back in the journey. This continuation of the Saga is not quite as exhilerating as the first installment, but it is still a great read. The beginning is great, and then there is a big chunk of chapters that I just was not quite fond of. I believe it was the context and my mind unconsciously picking sides and not wavering even slightly in my opinions. But then, when I was about to give up hope, the plot took twists that I had not expected and the story that I felt had become predictable became heart-rending and complicated. It was truly an Ethel and the Pirate story. The story continues as at pace relevant to the first book and ends in a satisfactory manner that left me with a “thirst” for the next book. And now, I'm on my way upstairs to get it... BTW, I read this 563 page book in a manner of 4 or so hours. I would describe it (for the most part) and a deft page turner. grin

For some reason I think that this is my favorite book in the Twilight series so far, I enjoyed the story progression, though there were several points in the book where I visibly cringed.