So Friday night, the new "Twilight" book came out (okay, so technically it was 12:01am on Saturday morning) so, I went with Tara & Jen to go get "Breaking Dawn" in Harry Potter-like fashion. We met up around 10:30pm and went to get energized by a little late night visit to IHOP, then over to Wal-Mart, to wait around for 12:01. We did decide to forgo Barnes & Noble's "Vampire Prom" themed book release party. Oh we said it was because we didn't want to dress up in our prom dresses, but I think really deep down, we just didn't want to be the only people there over the age of 17...
Anyway! We met a kindred spirit in line, (another "Twilight Mom" as she put it) and she took this picture of us, waiting to buy our books.
So, now I am done with the book...I won't put out any spoilers, although I will say this. I think part of the thing I like about finishing a series, is that when everything is all wrapped up, I have this huge feeling of relief. Sounds dumb, but it was even more so with Harry Potter. I finished the last page of HP (crying of course) let out a big sigh, and shut the book with a loud snap; because I was so glad that their story was told.
I think I feel this way because I get SOOOOO wrapped up in the characters, and they seem so real to me. I think about them, and worry about them, because they become so real. Like I would not be surprised to meet Hermione Granger standing next to me at a book store, you know? Maybe this doesn't make sense, but when everything is over, and the series is done, I just feel relieved, like a little weight is lifted off my shoulders. Does that make sense? I know I got TRASHED at book club last month when I tried to explain this about Harry Potter. But I felt a tiny bit the same way about "Breaking Dawn". I know that she is coming out with a kind of "prequel" but I was just glad to have their story told, and know that my friends, the characters could, essentially, go to bed.
Ahhhh...(that was a big sigh), and my proverbial SNAP, of the book shutting.
