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Although I am homeschooled, and have been all my life, as a sixteen-year-old girl I am not entirely segregated from popular culture. I might be less likely than your average teenager to “go with the flow”, but that doesn’t mean I don’t *know* when Miley Cyrus does something even more scandalous than last time, or Justin Bieber tops the charts for the second week running, or a series of poorly-written vampire romance novels by a Mormon author becomes an overnight phenomenon. And… well, what a coincidence. Those same novels are exactly what I sat down to write about.

I remember my first-ever exposure to the Twilight series. I was walking down one of those ritzy red-flagstoned pavements outside some row of enormous stores, and I saw the cover of Breaking Dawn on a six-foot-high poster in the window of a brightly-lit bookstore. I remember noting the title and the name of the author and the odd picture of the red and white chess-pieces on the front before walking on. That must have been just before the series took off, because I had never seen or heard of it before, and it was some months until I saw one of the covers again. Now, perhaps two years later, perhaps a little more, I doubt if there’s one teenaged girl in the entire country who isn’t familiar with the black and red covers of the Twilight series; and most of them have read the books inside the covers too. And so have their mothers; and their aunts; and their fifth cousins twice removed. The Twilight series has taken an almost unprecedented hold over the female population of this country, and I fear that the result, in the emotional baggage these women and girls are going to carry, already is and will continue to be astronomical.

In brief, the series relates the first-person tale of a seventeen-year-old girl who relocates to a small town and falls for a pale, mysterious guy who, though he attends her high school, is soon revealed to be a 108-year-old vampire. Bella, our narrator, is quickly enmeshed in a rom
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I really love my kindle. It was a gift from my husband and when it arrived both of us were totally captivated by it! It really is easy to use, and feels very rich and sleek in my hands. I like to read during my commute, but with a real book, if I have to stand on the bus, negotiating page turns can be difficult. With the Kindle I hold it in one hand and with the click of my thumb on a well-placed button I am onto the next page.

My points of criticism:

1. This is my main gripe: It really should come with some sort of case. The K1 came with a case, so I’m not sure why the K2 does not. The screen feels vulnerable without one, and I’m a little reluctant to carry it in my purse until the case arrives. (Oh, yeah, and the case won’t arrive for 3 weeks. What’s THAT all about?) My “unveiling” experience was not as grand as I’ve seen documented on the web by other buyers, but I understand they want to cut back on things like packaging in order to keep the price competitive. I respect that, however, a case is one thing they should NOT have skimped on. Even a cheap vinyl sleeve would have been better than nothing.

2. It works a bit more slowly than I thought it would, but I can forgive that, considering I am one of those total slaves to current technology who wonders how I ever survived childhood having to turn on the T.V. 10 minutes before a show to let the console “warm up”.

3. I think the screen could be granted more real estate on the front of the unit. Note the difference between the look of the original IPod and the IPod Video and you’ll see what I mean.

4. The keyboard feels a bit cumbersome, perhaps because I am used to the tiny one on my blackberry. I suppose I will get used to it over time.

5. I’m concerned about my content being “reclaimed” by Amazon, as I have heard has happened to other owners. I’m not sure how they can justify taking back something you paid for with no refund, but allegedly it happens. I’ll cross that bridge when
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