![]() ![]() After finishing the first novel, I was anxious to revisit the Cullens and their lives in Forks. On the back of the first Twilight paperback edition, Time magazine identified the key to the book’s remarkable, world-wide popularity: “People do not want to just read Meyer’s books they want to climb inside them and live there.” Most unexpectedly, that’s what happened to me. I found the characters engaging, the magic magical, and the environment comfortable and familiar (the latter even more so after seeing the Pacific Northwest filmed so beautifully in Director Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight movie). Though not a member of its intended audience, teens and “tweens,” I was pleasantly surprised to find that I enjoyed Twilight. ![]() When I returned for a visit, the Twilight Phenomenon slapped me in the virtual face. ![]() I had lived in the Pacific Northwest for many years before becoming an expatriate. Not much interested in popular trends, I didn’t pay attention to the buzz until the summer of 2010. I was a latecomer to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. ![]()
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