Twilight: Final thoughts and links
Remember those two questions I posed at the beginning of my reading the Twilight books? With this final Twilight post, I’d like to answer both of those questions: What does the Twilight series teach young people about sex and purity? Bella calls Edward “old fashioned” because he resists her advances. Bella’s father, Charlie, tells her [...]
December 30, 2009
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Monica Brand · 
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Tags: fiction, Twilight, YA · Posted in: Reading
Twilight, sex and the tween
And now we come to what I believe is the most grievous problem with the Twilight series: the tween Twilight reader. The following is a real conversation I had with my 11 year old recently: Susan: One of the girls in my class at church read Twilight. Me: Hmmm. I see. {Pause for dramatic affect} [...]
December 22, 2009
· Monica Brand · 9 Comments
Tags: fiction, sex, tweens, Twilight, YA · Posted in: Reading, Thinking
Twilight discussion: Edward, the virtuous vampire
When I read popular novels, I love to find unexpected references to spiritual things. Twilight doesn’t disappoint. In the Twilight series, beyond the teen romance and surviving the Bad Guy vampires, there is Edward, a vampire struggling to understand what will happen to him if he should die (that’s an IF because vampires are supposed [...]
December 12, 2009
· Monica Brand · 2 Comments
Tags: fiction, sex, Twilight, YA · Posted in: Reading
Twilight discussion: the problems with Bella
No, it’s not her romance with a blood-thirsty vampire or her inability to stay away from near death experiences. Not even her lack of coordination for basic physical activity. Bella Swan, the 17-year-old heroine of the Twilight series, has bigger problems than vampires, a crashing car or bad guys stalking her down dark city streets, [...]
December 8, 2009
· Monica Brand · 2 Comments
Tags: fiction, Twilight, YA · Posted in: Reading
For discussion: Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
So. I’ve read the Twilight books. I liked the writing, the story is interesting, totally unbelievable for reality, so it’s fun to lose yourself in the plot. I was surprised to find myself enjoying the vampire family, probably because they don’t really act like your typical, scary vampires. I was able to anticipate where parts [...]
December 6, 2009
· Monica Brand · 3 Comments
Tags: fiction, Twilight, YA · Posted in: Reading, Thinking
You’ll never guess what book I’m holding right now
Twilight. Oh, stop laughing! I mentioned on Facebook the other day that I wasn’t going to be part of the masses descending upon a movie theater to see New Moon. Who knew from an innocent status update I would be inspired to read a series of YA novels I never, ever imagined I would read? [...]
November 21, 2009
· Monica Brand · 5 Comments
Tags: fiction, pre-teens, Reading · Posted in: Reading
