Broadening my Horizons

Hello. My name is Becca. And I have discovered that I am a literature snob.

I began Twilight last night since I don't have to work this weekend. I am work right now (on lunch) but I have Saturday and Sunday off. I wanted to silence those who think I don't know what I'm talking about because I haven't yet read the books.

So I began Twilight knowing it would be a fast read since people who are normally slow readers have finished it in a couple days. And so far... my opinion stands. It would have probably riveted me... five years ago. And I'm not trying to be harsh or mean or stuck up as far as books go... but it's just the writing style, the setting, the feelings of "he loves me... he hates me... he loves me... why isn't he talking to me?". Which yes, I know can happen in even the best of books, but this is so black and white. If that makes sense.

I go in phases with my literature. Right now I'm very in to Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Among those greats, everything else kind of pales in comparison. I don't generally care for modern day stories anyways, but this is a little too high school for me. Honestly. I'll be glad I've read it once I'm finished just to add it to my literary knowledge and to be able to back up my views with actual statements from the book. Like I said, I would have liked it in high school extremely. It's kind of like High School Musical or Harry Potter. I was really interested in them for awhile, but now even those are starting to seem a little too "young" for me. Which, if you knew how I felt about Harry Potter before, you would be surprised how "blah" I am now. I think the reasoning is that I was reading Harry Potter while I was the same age as Harry. Now it just seems silly that these high school kids, Bella and Edward, are falling in love and having all these life crises etc. etc. etc. I do admit that being a vampire and having those issues in general would be more dramatic than normal high school. But on my side of life now (and I am still extremely young) I think it just seems a little too... you know. Yuck. It used to be just middle schoolers that bothered me. I think high schoolers are added to the list now too. College students are getting there.

I sound like a horrible person!

Work is not going well.

Anyways, I'll post when I get home. This day will be an amusing read. Much better than my Twilight issues.