Last week on my Twilight journal I left off with the baseball game.  If you missed it go back and see what I have written!

At the end of the baseball game Alice sees more vampires coming.

I have to say I really love the relationship between Alice and Edward.  Since she can see things and he can read minds they understand and protect each other well.  So when Alice suddenly has a vision Edward know from reading Alice’s thought before anyone else knows.

When Laurent, Victoria and James show up everything becomes so intense and continues this way for me.  There are just a few things I want to point out.  First of all the way that each one of the Cullen’s (with the exception of Rosalie) rallies around to protect Bella.  She becomes the most important thing to them!

Is Bella worth it?

The other thing that really jumped out at me happened when everyone was leaving the Cullen’s house to play their part of the plan to save Bella.  Edward embraced and kissed Bella in front of everyone then was gone. Then everyone was gone and Jasper knowing Bella is feeling tells her she is wrong, that she is worth-it!  Okay who doesn’t want to know they are worth being saved!  As I thought about this I realized how often we are shown by the action of others that we are “worth it” but we don’t even get it!  The difference is when someone says it, you realize you do have worth!  At the same time here Bella is thinking very much like a human and worrying about everyone else getting hurt because of her.  I couldn’t imagine the guilt I would feel if someone got hurt because they were saving me!

When Alice, Jasper and Bella are in the hotel in Phoenix, time seems to blend together. I wish the author Stephenie Meyer would have gone into a little bit more detail about what happened between Carlisle, Emmett, Edward and James.  How did he escape?  Why is it that James stayed back far enough that Edward couldn’t read his mind?  Did James know Edward could read minds?  How did James know they went to Phoenix?  How did he know where Bella’s mom lived?  So many questions!

One of my favorite things in this section of the book is when Bella was talking  to Alice and Jasper in the hotel after she woke up. Bella was so concerned that one of the Cullen’s would be hurt especially Edward. Jasper tells her she is worrying about the wrong things and that they would not get hurt.  Then Alice stops Bella and says “It’s been almost a century that Edward’s been alone.  Now he’s found you.  You can’t see the changes that we see, we who have been with him for so long. Do you think any of us want to look into his eyes for the next hundred years if he loses  you?”  What do I have to say about that? Wow!  What love the Cullen’s have for Edward and all they want for him to be happy and they see how happy he is with Bella.  Because of that they will do everything in there power to save her for Edward.

Then when Edward calls and talks to Bella.  The words they exchange were heart warming and heart wrenching at the same time!  He is coming Bella!!

Check out my next Twilight journal next week!

Until then,

Last week I left off on the Twilight Journals sharing my thought about Edward and Bella’s Sunday at the Cullen’s.

What is next?

It was great that Edward made Bella tell Charlie that he was her boyfriend.  I am not quite sure why it was so important to Edward though.  I really enjoyed how Edward prepared Bella to ride on his back again!  She became so relaxed and mesmerized by him that she had know choice.

I have to admit that I understand why she gets out of control when Edward kisses her. There is so much chemistry between the two once he kisses her she loses all control!   You can see how Edward is so torn at times.  He can’t be without her but he wants to keep her safe from him!  Bella was great a taking command of the situation after her ride on his back.  He kept going on about how he was mad at himself and she was so brave.  She just stopped him.  Then he said “I love you” for the first time!

You know I was on a forum the other day and the thread title was something like this: Does Bella love Edward more than he loves her? I have to say throughout this book I am constantly seeing out they both has such great admiration for each other.  Not for the same things, just like in all relationships.  He admires her for her courage, bravery and trust.  She admires him for what his is and has to overcome just to with her.  Not to mention his is perfect in everything he does.  The Love is the same. They both love each other so much but it is shown in different ways.  I believe Bella is looked at as immature because she doesn’t always see the big picture as Edward does, but who really would.  The Vampire life is all new to her.  I think they have a love that goes beyond the physical attraction.

At the baseball game.

So once they got the baseball game I thought it was great how the Cullens involved Bella and Esme really made Bella feel great.  All of them were great except Rosalie of course. It makes sense that they would have to play baseball during a thunderstorm.

The book really changed directions at the end of the baseball game.  I felt like things were moving so fast.  I believe it was because of the fear of what would happen next. I obviously know that Bella is going to be okay and I am pretty sure that her Dad is but how that happens is another story.  I will cover the hunt in my next journal entry!

Until next time,

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PS. If you love Bella’s Lullaby make sure you go back to Isabelle’s last post Twilight Piano Sheet Music.  You can download free Bella’s Lullaby.

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The music from Twilight is beautiful and very fitting for the Twilight movie itself!  Here I am providing the some Twilight Piano Sheet Music. Bella’s Lullaby sheet music is one of the most popular searched music term on the internet.  Being a piano player myself I understand why.  It is a simple song that is very moving.  On top of that, when you know the story of the Twilight Saga it carries more meaning. Click here on Bella’s Lullaby Sheet music to download, save and print it.

Here I have also included a You Tube video for Bella’s Lullaby.

I hope you enjoyed the video.  It is very movie to see the words to the book put with music that is from the movie.  At our house we will be getting a piano in the next few weeks and I so look forward to playing more of the sheet music from Twilight!  Click here to get more Twilight piano sheet music.

Enjoy,

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I found this great Twilight video depicting Bella in New Moon. The music is a song called It Must Have Been Love, originally done by Roxette for the movie Pretty Woman.  This Twilight video and music is very moving.  It brings you back to when you lost your very first love, any love for that matter.  It can be really heart wrenching to go through that kind of pain.

This is very true for Bella Swan when Edward leaves her and tells her that he doesn’t want her anymore.  That he should have stopped there relationship long before then.  I hope you enjoy the video!

If you have any Twilight videos that you would like to share with us please contact me!  I love seeing these videos created from special moments in the Twilight saga books and movies! This video we need to give credit for was done by ToxicExistance from YouTube!

Yours,

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Before I go into my thoughts about this part of the book, I have to say everyone loves these books it seems.  Have taken the book with me to different appointments I have had and everyone asks me: How do you like it?  Have you see the movie?  Is this the first time you have read it?.  It seems as if everyone has a story to tell about the Twilight saga!  I am amazed with peoples interest in me reading the book!

Last time I left off where in Twilight, Edward and Bella spend Saturday evening together.  If you have missed any of the previous Twilight Journals here are the links:

• My Twilight Journal.
• Edward warms up.
• Jacob Black.
• Port Angeles.
• After Bella know.
• Saturday in Edward’s meadow.
• Edward and Bell on Saturday evening.

After a wonderful Saturday together Bella wakes up to see Edward there with her. He had changed his clothes which he had to explain.  They spend the morning together and he takes her to meet his family, the Cullen’s.  Bella is understandably nervous.  Not only is she meeting Edward’s family but they just happen to be all vampires!  When they arrive Bella is pleasantly surprised by the warm welcome she receives.  Especially from Esme!  But what is up with Rosalie?  What is her problem?  I know Edward said she is self-absorbed but really?!

Okay, can Edward be more romantic? He wrote a beautiful song for Bella!  What girl doesn’t want to have a song written for her!  Edward shows her around and gives her a history of Carlisle.  This is very interesting and if I were Bella I would have asked about it long before now!

I think my favorite part of this section is being in Edward’s room. I love how he admits to Bella that he is not only relieved she knows everything but it makes him happy! Also I know Bella was a little frightened by Edward’s playfulness but I loved it!  He was being him and yet he was also helping Bella again understand the seriousness of being with him! I loved how he felt so comfortable that around Alice and Jasper he could show affection to Bella.

Next time I am going to cover the baseball game.  I didn’t want to include that in this post since there is a lot going on during the baseball game!

Until next time,

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PS. It is great to see all these scenes acted out in the movie (I haven’t seen it yet, so I am guessing).  Get the Twilight movie in two disc format!

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My last journal entry for Twilight, Edward and Bella were just heading back to Bella’s house after there afternoon at Edward’s meadow.  This is one of the best parts of the whole book at least so far.  In my humble opinion at least!

The ride to Bella’s house.

The ride home was pretty informative.  We learn with Bella about Edward and how he came to be who he is — a vampire.  We also learn about the rest of the Cullen’s and how they became vampires.  Once they get into Bella’s house Edward confesses that he comes to her house every night and watches her sleep.  Bella is completely shocked!  I honestly think it is sweet!  He tells her how she talks in her sleep and he likes to listen.  I can only imagine how horrified I would be to hear that the guy you like has been watching you sleep at night and listening to you talk in your sleep.

He tells her what he has he has heard, which includes his name a lot.  I think the sweetest moment is when he holds her and says “If I could dream at all.  It would be of you…”.  Then they are interrupted.  What is so funny is how her dad Charlie reacts to her change in mood.  He thinks she is going to sneak out with some guy.  Little does he know the guy is going to sit in his daughters room!

Bella and Edward at night.

After Bella escapes from her Dad she runs up to her room to find Edward.  The first thing she does is look out the window.  Of course Edward is already in her room!  Bella took the time to shower and get ready for bed.  She tries to show Charlie that she will not be leaving.  When she gets back to her room Edward is waiting.  As Edward touches Bella again, Bella brings up the fact that it seems much easier for him to  touch her and be close to her.  A lot easier then that morning. Edward says that it was completely mind over matter.  He then admits that in the meadow he was undecided still.  Okay that was a shock to me when I read that!  Edward hadn’t yet decided that he would not kill her?!  What the heck!

So there in the twilight Bella and Edward share more of each other.  They talk about past situations and continue to enjoy the once forbidden touch.  I really like this part because there is such chemistry between the two of them.  They innocently touch and cuddle, as much as you can cuddle a stone man!  After talking a long time Bella very nervously asks Edward if they would ever be able to make love?  He is very against it because of the fact she is so breakable.  He could hurt her if he lost control.  Bella asks another question of Edward “Well, do you find me attractive, in that way, at all?” He laughed and said “I may not be human, but I am a man,” he assured her. She needed to be reassured by him to know that he was not rejecting her.

Bella sleeps.

She finally fell asleep in the Twilight. Bella and Edward had such a great day together.  I think this is the beginning of a relationship that will be tough.  I am excited to read more and discover what is in store for them.  What kind of storms and bumps in the road are they going to have to weather together.  Is Edward going to be able to keep her alive?

I am totally loving this book.  I am enjoying being in the mind and heart of Bella.

Until next time,

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PS. There is a new Twilight with Bella and Edward.  I wrote about it a week or two ago the Twilight Graphic Novel.  You can now pre-order Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 it will be available March 16th, one month away!

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Saturday with Edward in Edward’s meadow is one of my favorite parts of the books so far.  There is so much that happens and such a turn in the relationship between Edward and Bella!

Okay I have to admit it I love how Bella admires Edward’s chest and face.  I can only imagine how truly beautiful the Cullen’s are.  I don’t think the movies do them justice! On the way to Edward’s meadow he continues to badger her with questions.  When they reach the meadow Bella is over come with the beauty there. Suddenly Edward is gone.

Edwards Meadow is a sanctuary

Here in the meadow Edward finally, Finally lets his guard down and shows himself to Bella, first in the sunlight and then they finally touch!!  Bella starts by only touching his arm with her finger then his hand is in hers.  She is so mesmerized by how Edward sparkles. The chemistry between the two is just electric!  Then Edward loses it for a few minutes.  He runs off, shows Bella how strong and fast he is.  I get it, he wants her to truly understand how she should be in danger!  What he doesn’t realize is that she knows she “should” be in danger  but she can’t feel it!

Edward admits his desire to take her life.

Edward tries to explain how much his is drawn to her.  How he had to resist taking her life the first day she came to school and how he ran away.  Bella finally understands a little when he describes her as his personal brand of herione.  He knows she will never complete understand.  Edward explains a lot about his behavior so that Bella knows where he was coming from.

He also admits how he truly feels about her. I love how he says “Your are the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me ever.”  Then Bella responds with “…I’m here…which, roughly translated, means I would rather die than stay away from you.” Okay so now I am in my thirties, a lot of people say that these books really influence teenagers.  This part of the book is heavy with emotion and feelings and I will tell you I don’t doubt that teenagers can feel these kind of feelings.  I hope my kids don’t feel this way about someone when they are teens.  Let me tell you why.  When you feel deep emotion such as love like this it causes you to act irrationally, at times.  I am not saying always but teenagers have not had the life experience that even twenty-one year olds have.  I just hope my kids experience this a few years out of their teens.

Yet when I read this part of the book I dream of being this age and having my first love!  I guess it is because of the newness and excitement that it brings!

No make-out sessions for Bella and Edward.

I love how Bella and Edward begin to touch one another.  It is so innocent and guarded.  There is no big  make-out scene.  I really love that.  They care so much for each other they are careful about everything they do.

Time to leave Edward’s meadow.

As it is getting dark Edward decides he is going to show Bella how he travels through the forest.  She is placed on his back and he runs.  They are to her truck in seconds and she was sick!!  Then as she is recovering on the ground Edward decides to kiss her for the first time.  What does Bella do?  She attacks him.  Grabs him and won’t let go.  I think this is pretty hilarious!

I am going to leave off right here for now.  This section of the Twilight book was full of emotion for me.  I really enjoyed it!

Until next time,

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PS. I have so enjoyed reading this book I am going to get the whole series in a box set!  They come in hard back.  You can purchase the whole Twilight saga box set from Amazon.

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Here is a beautiful rendition of Goodbye my Lover!  I saw this yesterday and it definitely stirs the heart strings!

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I am a big fan of Stephenie Meyer’s series, Twilight. Bella and Edward had great chemistry. It was so strong that it came through the pages while I was reading it. The first movie, Twilight, was a little disappointing for me. After building up a picture in my mind from the book, I thought the movie was a let-down in some ways.

The casting was great and I loved all the support players, but I couldn’t get past the lead roles in Twilight. Bella and Edward didn’t fit with the book I had read. Edward seemed to never be sure of himself and I got tired of him always looking down, as if he had no confidence. I thought this was so opposite from the book. He was the strong, independent type who didn’t care what people thought of him. If I had seen him at my school, I wouldn’t have been impressed.

Bella was a little closer to what I pictured but even then, her facial expressions were sadly lacking. I felt her mood was the same throughout the whole movie. Even when she was happy, she seemed little different than when she was upset. I had a very hard time getting into her character and feeling what she was feeling. The whole thought of her being madly in love was, in my opinion, quite unbelievable.

The chemistry was nowhere near what it was in the book. I hope the next movie, New Moon, is done a little better. Since they can’t change the characters now, I hope they at least put a little more effort into their acting and work at having some sort of spark between Bella and Edward. I felt oddly empty after watching this first movie.

My husband watched the second half of the movie with me, and although he also laughed a little at the main characters of Twilight, Bella and Edward, he did think it was better than he thought it would be.

All in all, I thought it was a decent movie but I might have enjoyed it more if there had been no expectations made by reading the books. I don’t know if I care enough to see this one again. I’d rather read the book.

Yours,

PS. I would love to hear what you think about Bella and Edward!  Do you agree or disagree with my opinion?

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