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November 21, 2008

'Twilight' is here

Fans of Stephanie Meyer's vampire series finally got to feast on the big-screen version last night, as Twilight opened with midnight showings across the nation. More than 8.5 million copies of Meyer's books have been sold in the U.S., so there's a huge, waiting audience -- especially girls. Hundreds of premiere screenings sold out, and the L.A. premiere was a teen shriek-fest.

If you didn't get to see the movie, but want a taste of the frenzy, check out the reports and review from The Sun and this photo gallery of the L.A. premiere. Here are profiles of the movie's stars: Kristin Stewart (Bella Swan) and Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen).

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 6:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I committed to reading Twilight. I thought, hey, she's sold a billion copies (I didn't know at the time it was only 8.5 million). She must be a good storyteller. Ergo, I'll learn something, about storytelling, if not vampires.
Wow (he exclaimed blinkingly) am I on the wrong bus.

Posted by: jl | November 22, 2008 3:10 PM

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While she always preferred The Hardy Boys to Nancy Drew, Nancy Knight grew up reading nearly everything she could get her hands on, including a probably unhealthy amount of R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, with the obligatory Jane Austen thrown in. She'll still read just about anything you put in front of her, especially the funny or weird. She lives in the city with her books, cat and drum set.

Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is an assistant managing editor and Sunday editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.