1. BlogFest was awesome! I loved seeing all the comments and gaining new friends/followers.
2. I miss seeing comments on my reviews and other posts.
3. To help remedy the above, I will be venturing out of my own little world to interact and comment more on other blogs.
4. What can I do to facilitate more interactions / blog love here?
5. Anything you really want to see here that I don't already do?
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The Twilight Gospel
*Source: Sent to me, for free, from LitFuse Group in exchange for my honest review and participation in the blog tour.*
You've read the novels, yes? Now what are you to do, as a responsible reader, if you want to get something more out of the Twilight series beyond a teen Romeo and Juliet like vampire fantasy? Mr. Roberts tackles this exact idea.
So often popular books and movies get dismissed as being poor moral influences on our young readers. Sometimes parents, educators, and clergy will even try to ban or forbid certain texts.....usually only with limited success. Mr. Roberts does, with this novel, something I wish more people would do. Instead of dismissing or banning the book he takes a closer look at both the postives and negatives in order to spark thought and discussion.
This book is a mere 155 pages....practically a pamphalet when compared to the novels it is discussing. However, the author is able to touch on a variety of topics. He tackles some of the obvious plot points....vampires....sex, but also many topics that are not usually pointed to.
Discussion Points / Chapters
1. Forgiveness
2. Loving Your Neighbor
3. Violence
4. Sacrifice
5. The Unborn
6. Money
7. Sex
8. Power
Overall: This is not an in depth study of the Twilight novels. It is a good solid conversation starter for parents. I wouldn't recommend just handing this book to a young Twilight fan, but it does give the grown-ups in their live an idea of where to start the conversation.
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