Larry & Shirley (and the Messy Monkeys): Breaking Dawn

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Breaking Dawn - My Turn (finally)

Anyone who hasn't read Breaking Dawn (book 4 of the Twilight series) and is planning to read it, don't read this post, as I'm going to give away a few details.

I'm so late getting started as I had to wait for my library hold, but now I'm close to the end of the book. A while back I was getting a little impatient, so I read some reviews about the book on Amazon.com, which contained a few "spoilers." So I knew that Bella and Edward did get married and that Bella had a baby. But the reviews didn't say who the father was, and I sort of got the impression that the father was human--or possibly was Jacob, and that the baby was also human. One person's review was really negative, complaining that Bella got everything she wanted, like having your cake and eating it, too. Well, come on, this is a just a story, and a real fantasy story, too--it doesn't have to be realistic! Anyway, the baby is Edward and Bella's, and was a total surprise. Bella supposedly wasn't even thinking about children, and the vampires, even Dr. Cullen, didn't know that a male vampire could father a child. Also, their daughter is the most unusual creation--half human, half vampire and is growing and maturing extremely rapidly. Plus Bella is now a vampire, but able to control her thirst, etc., but perhaps that is her "gift." Also, another huge surprise: Jacob imprints with the baby girl!!! (And nicknames her "Nessie.") Now they are researching to try find out what the life span of a half human, half vampire is, as it looks like the child could be a mature woman at age 4 and die of old age at age 15. So that's where I am right now in the book.

I'll be back when I finish.....

1 comment:

Donna and Jim said...: I'm glad your reading it. I read it too. My favorite was Twilight, no question about it. I felt that as the story went on she just wrote to finish the story and wasn't as inspired as she was when she started the series. Anyway, I loved the series and admire anybody that can write that big of book and inspire teenagers to read it.; September 12, 2008 at 9:40 AM

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Welcome to Our Place - Updated for Spring 2012

We live between Marysville and Granite Falls. Larry still works at Crane-Eldec in Lynnwood, but due to a change in his work schedule in February 2011, he is no longer in a van pool. Instead he bought himself a Ford Focus to use as his work car. Shirley is Mom, "chauffeur," and chief bunny caretaker. We have two daughters: Rosanna, age 20, and Caroline, age 17.We used to have two pet bunny brothers, Lucky and Thumper, who turned 9 years old on October 5. But Lucky got really sick, and had him put to sleep a few days before Christmas last year. So sad.... Thumper doesn't even miss him; he is happy as long as he is fed!

Larry and Shirley are really into running this year, qualifying for Half Fanatics in January. The Seattle Rock-n-Roll half marathon will be our fourth in 2012, and we would like to do four more, if possible, and move up in Half Fanatics!
Caroline is a junior in high school, and Rosanna continues to work at the Ralph Lauren Polo store at Seattle Premium Outlets in Tulalip.

We all continue to enjoy taking photos, and Rosanna also took a photography class at Everett Community College last spring. (We bought her a Nikon DSLR for the class). She has made some money doing photography for a local business in nearby Granite Falls last fall. And I am still using my super tiny Olympus camera for photos "on the run!"