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Stephenie Meyer rules
Amazon.com publishes hourly charts of their best-selling books. I just took a glance and was astonished to see that Stephenie Meyer and her Twilight Saga series rules the Amazon book list these days.
She has the top selling book:
Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
and the #3:
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)
and the #5:
Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3)
and she did have the #7 book but it just dropped to #8:
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)
Wow! I read one of her books recently because I wanted to try to understand her appeal to so many readers. I still don’t get it? I suppose I need to read another one. There sure are a lot to choose from. Here’s the kicker; that number one book isn’t even out yet. It will be published on August 2nd.
So, have you read anything by Stephenie Meyer? What did you think? Do you like her stuff? What’s the attraction for you?
Vick Mickunas
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By victor mickunas
July 24, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
Thanks, Jen. That is the best explanation so far for the appeal of these books.By Jen
July 23, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this
Hi Vick — It’s Jen at Vintage. Which makes me even more embarrassed to say that I’m a little obsessed with the Twilight series. They are great brainless fun. So far from Proust it’s laughable but I can’t seem to put them down and I did pre-order a copy of Breaking Dawn at my local indie (and pretended it was for my 12 year old niece because they know me there and were snickering about the book…). The appeal? Well, Edward — aside from being a vampire — is the dream boyfriend that every high school dork ever wanted but of course never got.By Suzanne Gourlie
July 21, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
I just finished “The Host” (marketed as her first adult title) and was completely pulled in. In classic Science Fiction style, she uses her characters to explore and experience what it is to be human. All the big questions - why are we here, what is love really - great stuff! And the woman can tell a story,good suspense and quite moving. I’d highly recommend it as your second try.