Separation Anxiety

Wow! So, here I am about 5 or 6 days done with the 3rd book in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, Eclipse and I am still missing Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. I know! I am such a weirdo! I don't understand it but, I am so smitten with their story! Breaking Dawn, the 4th and final book in the Twilight series as told from Bella Swan's perspective is due in bookstores August 2nd and, I can't wait. It seems like forever from now. I really am experiencing separation anxiety.

But, enough of that! Let me tell you some of my thoughts on Eclipse. It is, thus far, my favorite of the Twilight series. It was compelling, as usual. Dramatic! Exciting! Blood pumping! Maddening! Romantic! Sad! And funny! You all know by now that my two criteria for a good book are laughter and tears. If the author can both make me laugh and cry inside of the pages of one book, it will automatically rest in my mind as a great read. Stephenie Meyer surpassed that. She not only made me laugh and cry, she did it a lot in Eclipse! There was a part in the book where she had me giggling, chuckling and actually stopping to laugh out loud before I could resume reading, for a few pages in a row. This was pretty impressive because, this book is not a comedy. But, she managed to add brevity to it in such an admirable way! Just when you are feeling the full weight of the danger and heart of this story, Stephenie Meyer gives you a much needed break and lets you breath a little freely, before she tears and plucks at your anxieties and at your heart strings all over again. And, a few chapters later, she had me in tears! She made me gleeful and outraged! If I could have slapped Bella at one point, I would have. But, in a few pages, I forgave Bella for her stupidity as easily as Edward did, and I fell harder for Edward than I had already fallen for him in the previous pages and chapters of this series.

There has never been an author that has invoked so much adoration, dedication and love for one character as Stephenie Meyer has brought out of me for Edward. I have never, at the same time, felt with my heart for another character like I feel for Bella. She can make me hurt for her as much as she can make me want to ring her stupid little neck!

And, Stephenie Meyer brings out the same feelings for Jacob. How can she make me mourn for him, feel broken hearted for him, be giddy with delight and despise him at the same exact time? And, I do mean at the same time! When he got what he had been wanting from Bella for so long, I was happy for him, sad for Edward and infuriated at both him and Bella for letting it happen. And, I wanted to slam that door shut and pretend like it had never been opened! And now, as I wait for the final chapter of their story in Breaking Dawn to come out in 54 days, I worry for Edward and what this new open door might do to his relationship with Bella. I hate the anticipation! I hate the anxiety I feel for what could happen and hope for what should happen. And, that is why I titled this post Separation Anxiety. I feel like I lost my best friends. And, I know that the story is not over yet. I know that we are under 2 months from the release of Breaking Dawn but, not reading about Bella, Edward and, yes...even Jacob, has me missing them like I would miss my hubby were he gone for 2 months.

But, to brighten my gloomy feeling of isolation, I found out some very exciting news! The first bit is that Stephenie Meyer has been slowly working on Midnight Sun which is Edward Cullen's version of Twilight. All of the series, thus far, has been written through Bella's perspective. Stephenie Meyer has been working on showing us this epic story through Edward's perspective and I can't wait! I know that it is likely very far from finished but, the thought that it will happen keeps me content!

And, the next best thing is that Twilight the movie will be released in theaters nationwide, if not worldwide, December 12, 2008! Magnificent! I always try to imagine what a book would look like in the theater and, my imagination will become reality...well, not mine so much as whomever produced the movie...in December!