(Atom, $21.99)This is really one out of the box, both figuratively and literally. Here’s how it works when you are a book reviewer: nearly every publisher sends you a copy of nearly every book and once in a while you go to the office and sort through them to see what you’d like to review. The books you choose go into a box. The box goes into the car and finally ends up in the hallway at home. Sometimes it is joined by a second box before you’ve had a chance to go through it. Sometimes it’s added to by books you’ve bought at the shop. Sometimes you wish that you had a better system. Either way, the selection process is not very scientific.
When it came time to choose a book for this week, for example, I remembered seeing a great big one with a black cover called Breaking Dawn which I thought might be worth a look. I picked it out and had already read 50 pages before I noticed it wasn’t that big and it wasn’t called Breaking Dawn. See what I mean about it not being very scientific? I was actually reviewing a book called Twilight – by mistake. Although, turns out it wasn’t a mistake because Twilight is the first book in the Twilight saga by Stephenie oeyer; Breaking Dawn being the latest one. So, Twilight‘s not new but it is the book that launched the saga that has sold millions of copies and elicits reviews such as “oove over, Harry Potter!” And did I mention it’s about vampires?
Bella Swan has just moved to the gloomy town of Forks to live with her dad, when she meets stand-offish school heart-throb Edward Cullen. With his pale skin, golden eyes and amazing ability to save her from being squashed by speeding trucks, he proves irresistible to Bella. And she’s irresistible to him too, but not necessarily in a good way. Soon Bella discovers there’s a reason why Edward turns up his nose at boring old cafeteria food, and is subsequently drawn into his strangely close-knit family. In-laws like these, you don’t need. Mr do you? Maybe vampires aren’t as bad as they’re usually made out to be. I would not normally wittingly pick up a vampire book, but Twilight had me from the first sentence. I’m not sure if it’s aimed at teenagers but, erm, I’m not one and I devoured (for want of a better word) it in much the same way as I do the Harry Potter books. Truly, one out of the box and three more to follow.
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