my long weekend of twilight.

i don't have much to comment on today. which is kinda lame i know.... but i did fancy writing so i thought i'd open up a new post and see what would happen when i typed.

i could talk about my new found obsession of the twilight book series?...

i have a new found obsession for the twilight book series ♥ (yes, that's right. 3 million years after everyone else the penny finally drops for me...)

i read the first book from cover to cover in 6 hours on thursday. and i would quite possibly consider it one of the most productive days off i have had... ever. and i, like a fair number ofadolescent and 20-something girls, am in love with edward cullen (and want to be bella swan). the best fantasy male character ever created by anyone, fact. my eyes have been opened to the appeal of robert pattinson (i really didn't get AT ALL before).

so yes... my twilight quest continued the following day when i spent my day in bookshops seeking out new moon, eclipse and breaking dawn. i was successful in obtaining new moon and eclipse at borders but sadly i'm too much of a scrooge to fork out for the hardback breaking dawn (i also am hoping to hold out for paperback just so it can go with the rest of my collection. does anyone else get that? or is it just me being picky?)

THEN. on saturday i found the dvd of twilight in asda for a fiver. i wasn't allowed to watch it that night as my boyfriend, like me, wants to read the book before seeing the film. instead the evening was spent with disney... in particular wall-e and ratatouille. (p.s now very much in love with wall-e... ratatouille didn't seem to have as much depth.)

sunday evening was the magic alone time i had been craving. i got all pj-ed up and watched twilight all on my lonesome. and (everyone is going to hate me for this) came away from the experience feeling rather disappointed. despite its best attempts, the film did not capture the emotions of the book in the same raw, energetic way i had experienced whilst reading it. it felt diluted and rather lacklustre. or maybe i built it up too much? saw the film too near reading the book? i'm not really sure... but it certainly lacked something. don't get me wrong now. i felt the actors got the characters spot on throughout and nothing annoyed me about their performances whatsoever. maybe i felt the film should've been longer? i don't know. but maybe it deserves another watch when i'm further removed from the experience of the book.

at the moment i'm engrossed in new moon. i pretty much don't want to do anything else but sit with the duvet around me and read and drink tea and read and drink tea all day long. its unfortunate that my much loved MA feels like an annoying inconvenience at the moment. but i'm going home earlier than i thought today so maybe get the opportunity to immerse myself in it in a couple of hours time.