Butler Women of Wisdom Book Club

Hi Everyone, Our last book club met on October 20, 2009, at my house. Ginnie, Cheryl, Jody, Lori and I were in attendance. The book we discussed was Twilight by Stephanie Meyer, the young adult book rage at this time. As intimidating as the number of pages in the book may seem for young teens, the Twilight books are favorites among my students at school this year. It was the number one book students read for my summer reading requirement (among those who actually did it). In addition, like Harry Potter before it, the Twilight books turned to movies are increasing its popularity even more. So what is the draw? At book club we attempted to analyze this very question. Yes, the first movie was great. I enjoyed it immensely. The story of vampires mesmerizing beautiful young women with their tantalizing charm is age old, but it still works. The Twilight producers just placed the story into a setting where all teens can connect, high school. Feeling the odd girl out, having just ...