UPDATE 2

Edward then insists that Bella tell her dad that they are in a relationship/ that he is her boyfriend. She is frightened; she does not know how to approach her dad about the situation. Over dinner the same night she met the Cullen’s, she tells her dad about Edward. At first he is a little agitated, he thinks Edward is one of the older siblings, and says he is too mature for her, however, she explains that he is the younger one. Edward comes to pick Bella up to go play baseball with her family. And one more thing, Edward tells Bella some dangerous people are coming to town, and that he needs to severely protect her, as in all day all night!

UPDATE

I am still reading this book, its taking me decades to finish; I have about 100 pages left. So what’s happening? From what I remember Bella has finally met the Cullen’s. We find out about their history, and how they all became vampires. The chapters also revealed how Edwards “father” started the tradition to not eat humans, and how he came about passing that same theory to his family. Edward tells Bella that he was not always the way he is now, when he became a vampire, he did not like eating animals, he liked humans. Bella doesn’t really mind, she is in “love” with Edward, and apparently doesn’t care what he has done or what he can do.

READING...hmmnn?

Now to answer the blog question, I usually do read outside of class, however, at a slower pace. I’ve had to read every little bit that I can in order to finish this book. I don’t mind reading; I love reading, so yes I will continue to read on a regular basis, even after this semester is over. Reading is like a movie, it is very entertaining. You can learn so much from reading and like our professor said, it makes your writing better. The more you read and write the better and faster you get. Although that doesn’t necessarily take any effect on my writing skills now, perhaps one day it does.

GOOD PART

Bella and Edward are alone in the woods. He tells her that he has been going every night to see her sleep. He knows she loves him, she knows he loves her. This is the first time that Edward experiences love; he states that he had read about it in magazines, but that he never felt the real thing. He talks about him never experiencing jealousy until she came into his life. Bella is the first human to see him in broad sunlight, his skin turns very sparkly. They finally kiss, and Edward is able to control himself, he says the more he sees her, the less tempted he is to kill her. He explains his behavior when they first met, as to why he was being a jerk. We find out that he was born in 1901 as a human; however, his “dad” saved him turning him into this vampire, because he was very ill. A lot happens between these couple of chapters.

HALF WAY DONE

Bella and Edward are definitely hitting it off; he picks her up and drops her off from school every day. Charlie, her dad, still knows nothing about the two, however, from what I have noticed keeps encouraging her to ask boys out to the dance. Edward has been bombarding Bella with questions, about her past life, her dreams, favorite music, favorite color, and everything you can imagine. His family is not really fond of Bella, they don’t know why Edward is so into her, and they somewhat do not encourage the relationship. Right now I am on page 265, barely half way through the book, hopefully I finish in time to read two more books....

The next morning, Edward decides to pick Bella up at her house and take her to school. She contentedly hops in his car, and of course is startled by his driving. Jessica, her good friend, has been waiting all night to hear about her status with Edward, especially after seeing them walk into school together. She sees Bella and cannot hide the fact that she wants to know the news; Edward obviously knowing this because he can read Jessica’s mind. Therefore, he asks Bella what she is going to tell Jessica, Bella is left dumbfounded, she knows what she feels, but does not want to express it yet. Later on in class, Bella tells Jessica how she feels, but Edward (who listened in on the conversation) is not that content with the results. As they head down to the cafeteria, Bella feels as if she is the center of attention, no one has ever been that close to Edward before, and that’s where I finished reading to write this blog, stay tuned.

Update

Now where do I start? Bella’s high school is having a prom. Although Bella does not want to attend the prom, she promises to go dress shopping with her friends, Jessica and Angela. Right after school, on a sunny afternoon, the 3 girls go down Port Angeles, invading all stores in search for a dress. Bella cannot keep her mind off Edward the whole entire time. Bella after a bit tells her two friends that she wants to find a book store, and they eventually separate. She goes on and wonders in this unknown neighborhood, and finds herself being followed by a group of men. She is a little scared; however, ready to kick someone in the groin. While the men approach her, Edward comes and saves the day. He later reveals that he had in fact followed her to Port Angeles, because he has been stalking her this whole time. Instead of her reacting normally, by panicking, she feels good. He tells her over dinner that he can read the minds of people, just not hers, and that he is a vampire, a “non-human” blood sucking vampire, but that he can at any moment become a monster, and when he’s hungry, tempts the blood of humans, especially when alone with Bella.

My Opinion

Right now I am not really liking Bella, she is kind of irritating me. This to me is not a sweet love story; it’s more of an obsession. I find it weird how the only thing she does all day is think about Edward. Is there really that much time on her hands? When she was told that he was a vampire, she wasn’t even surprised. Is it that normal in her town to have vampires, because it did not seem to bother her at all.

Chapter 7

So far in the book Bella is invited to a nearby beach with her friends from school. Bella flirts with a boy named Jacob Black so she can uncover Edward's true identity. Thrilled by her attention, Jacob tells Bella a legend about werewolves and vampires. According to the legend, werewolves are the one true enemy of vampires and the Cullens are a family of vampires who, unlike most of their kind, abstain from drinking human blood. That's the only reason why the werewolves of La Push have allowed them to live in Forks. Jacob thinks the legend is nonsense but Bella isn't so sure. When Bella returns to her house that night, she cannot fall asleep; she has a nightmare about what they had told her earlier in the day. She gets up from her bed, takes a shower, and hops onto the internet to search some more information about Edward and his family. After not finding any information, she heads into the woods to relieve some stress. There she reveals to us that she is not frightened of Edward, she states she is frightened FOR Edward.