Twilight - aka my latest obsession

I'm obsessed with good stories. I'm the girl who stays up until 3 or 4 am finishing the book she started earlier that day. I can go without food or drink or even moving for hours on end if I find one that really hooks me in - seriously, I'm nuts for a good story.

So when the hubby rented Twilight from Netflix (the best thing money can by for under $5 a month btw) I made fun of him for days. Little did I know, when he finally convinced me to watch it I was instantly and obsessively hooked. I'm not talking the "oh that was really a good movie" hooked - I'm talking talking what it must feel like to be addicted to drugs -hooked. The next day I had found out when the 2nd movie was coming out and had found my way into borrowing all 4 of the books from a co-worker. I know how old all the characters are and what else they've been in. Today, I'm going to buy the blue-ray version of the movie so that I can watch it obsessively until I get my "fix".

What is it exactly that's got me so doped up? Its not the actual actors, although they play their parts well. I just adore the characters and the whole "first love" thing. I actually squeal with delight (yes, out loud) when the characters innocently realize how they feel about each other. Its the feeling I had with Anne of Green Gables when I was 13 (both the books and the TV series). It makes me wish I were 13 (or 17) again.

I also love when magic is in a story - I read each of the Harry Potters in 1 day (and am horribly sad there are no more to come). I remember loving several books from when I was younger (i.e. Matilda) and even some computer games (i.e. Myst)... that I got obsessed with. I really wish magic was real. The dangerous vampire (the ultimate bad-boy) who falls head-over heals for the otherwise ordinary and oblivious girl... seriously, why can't we live like that?!

*Sigh* I can't wait to read the rest of the Twilight books and see the next movie (November!) The only bad part is knowing how hard I'm going to fall when I'm all done and looking for my next taste of reading-heroine.