Welcome to the Twilight Reading Group

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Welcome to this section of the reading group at Delta College. In the reading group, we come together and share the unique experience of using a screen reader to read. It is a friendly and supportive place where we have interesting discussions about what we read.

The reading group is open to all users of screen readers, from beginning to advanced. We will be reading the exciting book by Stephanie Meyer, Twilight.

Synopsis:

Weekly readings:

Part One:
Part Two:
Part Three:
Part Four:

Part Five:
Part Six:
Part Seven:
Part Eight:

Part Nine:
Part Ten:
Part Eleven:
Part Twelve:

Part Thirteen:
Part Fourteen:

Comment on what you have just read:

For additional information about the Twilight Saga or Stephanie Meyer, click on the following links:

Online movie trailer

Author's homepage

Amazon.com information, including a special movie of the author talking about the Twilight saga.

Synopsis of book:

Headstrong, sun-loving, 17-year-old Bella declines her mom's invitation to move to Florida, and instead reluctantly opts to move to her dad's cabin in the dreary, rainy town of Forks, WA. She becomes intrigued with Edward Cullen, a distant, stylish, and disarmingly handsome senior, who is also a vampire.

When he reveals that his specific clan hunts wildlife instead of humans, Bella deduces that she is safe from his blood-sucking instincts and therefore free to fall hopelessly in love with him. The feeling is mutual, and the resulting volatile romance smolders as they attempt to hide Edward's identity from her family and the rest of the school.

Meyer adds an eerie new twist to the mismatched, star-crossed lovers theme: predator falls for prey, human falls for vampire. This tension strips away any pretense readers may have about the everyday teen romance novel, and kissing, touching, and talking take on an entirely new meaning when one small mistake could be life-threatening.

Bella and Edward's struggle to make their relationship work becomes a struggle for survival, especially when vampires from an outside clan infiltrate the Cullen territory and head straight for her. As a result, the novel's danger-factor skyrockets as the excitement of secret love and hushed affection morphs into a terrifying race to stay alive.

Realistic, subtle, succinct, and easy to follow, Twilight will have readers dying to sink their teeth into it.–Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library