The Wife is currently reading the first book, and she said that she definitely had to struggle through the first several dozen pages. She said it was the worst kind of emo "I can't live without him" crap, but that it's better further in. We'll see how it finishes up.

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29001524

...and I agree lol

no worries...i have a lot of time on my hands :-)

Yeah, sorry, my original reply to your comment was because I thought you had commented on my identically phrased review of "Repo!"

Well, there *was* some snow.