Wednesday, December 8, 2010

"The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" by Stephanie Meyer (No Spoilers)



I am, unashamedly, a fan of the Twilight books, so it only made sense for me to pick up this little novella about a young vampire, Bree, who is briefly mentioned in the third book of the series, 'Eclipse'.  The story begins during Bree Tanner's third month of her vampire life.  She is part of Riley/Victoria's army, but she doesn't know why.  She doesn't really care.  She just wants the others to leave her alone and to stop being stupid.


Although she is quite young, she is one of the brighter crayons in this box of vampires.  She understands, pretty much from the beginning, that Riley isn't telling them everything.  However, she just goes along with it in her own way... Until she meets Diego... The other smart one. The two become fast friends who work together to figure out what it is that Riley and "the one who created them" are really planning.  I'm not going to go any further than that because, the book is so short, I'd pretty much be telling you the entire story.

Anyway, as my mother pointed out, it was almost difficult to read simply because I knew how it was going to end.  Anyone who has read the Twilight novels knows what fate lies ahead of Bree and, really... Is anyone other than Twilight fans going to read this book?  Doubtful... However, it was an enjoyable read.  The book was interesting and entertaining, but there was nothing really special or clever about it so it gets a respectful three stars from me.  Read this on your rainy afternoon off.  It won't take you any longer than that and I'd say it's probably worth it (but only if you're a Twilight fan, obviously).

Coming up next, my review on my first book club read, "Christmas Jars" by Jason Wright.  But, for now, go read something else!  Buh-bye!

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My purpose for this blog is to express my opinions and thoughts of the books I read. I want to inform the world (or, more specifically and realistically, my friends who may actually be interested) on which books inspire me, which make me angry or sad, and which I just plain love for the simplicity of them.

Too often I read books and, because I do not discuss them or share them with others, the meanings behind them just drift into the nothingness that is the back of my mind, very likely never to be recalled again. Too often do I say, "Yes, I've read that! I loved it!" and then realize I don't remember a thing about the book in question. I don't like that... I don't like that at all, Jerry.

So... Here I am. I've decided to blog about it. Why? Because it seems like that's the thing to do when you want to say something but don't know who to say it to. This blog will be me... Giving my own personal (and ultra valuable) opinion. Some of the posts may have information about the books that you do not want to know. The posts in which I feel may be giving something away, will have "Spoiler Alert!" in the title. In these, I may, quite possibly, be going into detail on the story, so if you haven't read the book and don't want to know about it, then PLEASE don't read that particular post. Just sayin'... I don't want any of you book club ladies getting angry with me because I spoiled the end of 'Pride and Prejudice' for you. (;

There you go... That's what this is all about. And, here I go... Off to cuddle up in my jammie jams with a warm cup of tea and read something. I'll be back when I'm back. Enjoy!