false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255670969m/49041.jpg 6911960 58 <i>"Shoot," I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table... I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow. Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm-into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.</i> Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality. Also, never get a paper cut with vampires around. Actual Length 3203964 book 21 8 2006 New Moon (Twilight Saga, #2) total:169806|5:65210|4:48105|3:36581|2:14121|1:5789| 169806 662244 200343 24057 3 125 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 11 10:00:02 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 09:58:57 -0700 2008
The beginning is slow, the middle is gold, th...more...]]> 1 106 false true Thu Mar 13 16:53:20 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 20:41:35 -0700 2008
Boy, was I wrong.

First off, we began with Bella Swan bitching about how old she's getting, because Edward stays 17 forever, and since her birthday is ...more...]]> 1 76 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 15:43:29 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 16:36:56 -0700 2008
I was deceived.

It was awful--not as bad as its predecessor, but still pretty...more...]]> 2 41 false true Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jan 23 16:15:56 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 17:07:36 -0800 2008 Twilight having chosen to abandon EVERY element that made it so great but still manages to keep this book afloat with the new mystery and dangers.

Edward leaving wasn't surprising, he kept thinking about it before when Bella was in the hospital and it was a drama and angst ...more...]]> 1 49 false true Sun Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 10:48:02 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 11:19:36 -0700 2008
I thought I was being hard on Twilight when I criticized it for portraying a relationship so ill-advised and unhealthy and then romanticizing that re...more...]]> 1 31 false false Sun Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 11:45:16 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 08 07:56:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 31 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 20:02:12 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 02:32:34 -0800 2009 1 THC Reviews
Twilight was a grand romance which frequently left me smiling, but New Moon takes on a bittersweet, angst-filled and edgy tone in this continuing dramatic saga of teen love between a vampire and a human. The book gets off to a rather explosive start, but rapidly turns t...more...]]> 3 33 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:33:05 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 04:33:39 -0700 2009
Earlier this year, I foolishly lent my copy of Twilight to Cate across the road. She liked it. Then, when she got a place at college last month, we thought we'd give her something as a congratulations-and-going-away present. It was so logical to buy a copy of...more...]]> 5 20 false true Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 21:02:49 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 28 23:06:36 -0800 2008 4 At the beginning of New Moon, the relationship between Bella and Edward is extremely unhealthy.

Edward HATES himself. He refers to himself over and over as a monster and truly believes that Bella's life is worse off now that he is involved in it. He has tried ...more...]]> 5 18 false true Mon Feb 18 06:50:43 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 08:09:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 21 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 13:51:21 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 14:11:47 -0700 2007
Why do I intentionally put myself through such dreck?

New Moon is only a slight improvement over Twilight. The book has two things going for it:

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I liked about 80% of this book. Liked as in actually sort of kind of enjoyed it. I mean, yeah, it was still redundant and Bella was still pathetic, but I like Jacob, and I actually liked the werewolf storyline. It's too bad that Bella and Edward aren't ...more...]]> 3 13 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 09:11:53 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 10 16:23:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 11 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 20 16:25:11 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 16:47:53 -0700 2008 New Moon Little, Brown and Co.
Stephenie Meyer 2006, 576pp, $19.99
ISBN-13 9780316160193

Brilliantly written, New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, is a more compelling and modern version of...more...]]> 3 14 false false Wed Dec 05 13:03:03 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 21 13:15:16 -0700 2008
I just added one more star to this book series for being strangely addictive... this book is better than the fist, introducing the more likeable Jacob and getting Edward out of the picture for a while.

From my teacherly perspective there are (at least)...more...]]> 2 10 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 21:08:14 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 14:13:35 -0800 2008 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer to my student on Monday and, two periods later, she was back in my classroom with the sequel, New Moon. Was it waiting in her locker for me? I told her I wouldn't get anything done. I didn't. And here I am.

New Moon wasn't nearly as good as Twili...more...]]> 0 21 false false Fri Nov 13 15:39:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 08:48:39 -0800 2009
"THAT WAS THE BEST MOVIE EVER" she said. And she went to see it three more times, with people other than me.

So she bought the book and read it in about four...more...]]> 1 13 false false Fri Sep 12 18:54:36 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 18:54:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 8 false false Fri Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 13:35:28 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 29 09:11:06 -0700 2008 New Moon was absolutely heart-wrenching (you can tell I invest heavily in these books can't you?!). But I was physically unable to put it down, and only just...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=49041