false <![CDATA[Tentation (Twilight 2)]]> 49041 64 3203964 book 21 8 2006 New Moon (Twilight Saga, #2) total:177235|5:67828|4:49971|3:38166|2:14979|1:6288| 177235 689781 208910 24755 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 3 134 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 1 110 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 1 81 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 2 42 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 1 33 false Sun Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 11:45:16 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:41:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 1 51 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...]]> 2243541 0316024961 9780316024969 2234 470 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255571432m/2243541.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2243541.New_Moon 5 31 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 3 22 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 13:51:21 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:37:00 -0800 2009
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:

...more...]]> 1035886 1904233872 9781904233879 542 170 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1035886.New_Moon 3 36 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 5 20 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 5 18 true Mon Feb 18 06:50:43 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 08:09:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1035886 1904233872 9781904233879 542 170 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1035886.New_Moon 1 23 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 05:27:44 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 06:41:47 -0700 2008 more...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 2 21 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 08:30:58 -0700 2008 Wed Feb 25 02:32:43 -0800 2009

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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 3 13 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 09:11:53 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 03:49:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 5 11 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 3 14 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 2 10 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 0 26 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...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 1 13 false Fri Sep 12 18:54:36 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 12 18:54:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 49041 0316160199 9780316160193 171251 23266 New Moon (Twilight, #2) 3.89 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49041.New_Moon 5 9 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=6439370