New Customer Review - Twilight

Twilight
by Stephanie Meyer [YA Meyer]

I really loved this book. The characters all had very specific traits, were easy to identify, and were very well crafted. The amount of suspense in this book was very good. The thrilling ending to the book was just what it needed. -- review submitted by Taylor J. - a customer of the Gere Branch Library

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New Customer Reviews appear regularly in the pages of the BookGuide web site. You can visit the Customer Reviews page to see them all and/or submit your own, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog individually as we receive them.

New "If You Like" list -- The Twilight Saga

We've put together a new "If You Like..." booklist, for fans of Stephanie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series. Featuring angsty teens, vampires, werewolves and relationship issues, Meyer's four-part saga has been one of the most popular series in Young Adult literature for the past 10 years.

The books have also been turned into four feature films, with a fifth scheduled to conclude the saga in 2012.

The new booklist -- If You Like "The Twilight Saga"... -- is now available on the BookGuide web site on the Author Readalikes page.

Staff Recommendation - Twilight [on CD]

Twilight in Book-on-CD format

by Stephenie Meyer [Compact Disc j Meyer]

Wanting to sample the hottest YA fantasy series since Harry Potter, but realizing I didn't have time to read the thick novel, I decided to sample the recorded version of Stephenie Meyer's popular Twilight, read by Ilyana Kadushin. I was not disappointed. This adaptation manages to capture the angsty dark romantic tone of the book, while still providing a great deal of atmosphere. The relationship between Bella and Edward comes off naturally as Kadushin speaks in Bella's voice, and the Pacific Northwest scenary really feels green and vibrant. Although I might have prefered a romance story to have been told by both a male and female narrator, this was still a well-done audio version of this story, and has me looking forward to either reading or listening to the remaining volumes in the series.

[Also available in downloadable audio, print formats.][ official Twilight section on the official Stephenie Meyer web site ]

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Ten new reviews appear every month on the Staff Recommendations page of the BookGuide web site. You can visit that page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide blog over the course of the entire month.