My friend Amanda is pretty cool.  Cool enough that when she says I need to read a book, she actually sends me said book.  I got a book in the mail the other day…

That’s right.  You are seeing this correctly.  The Harvard Lampoon wrote an entire book parodying the Twilight franchise.  There’s a “famous” line from Twilight that they have on the back cover of their book, and I’m definitely going to share it with you here, it’s  just too hysterical not to.

About three things I was absolutely certain.

First, Edwart was most likely my soulmate, maybe.

Second, there was a vampire part of him – which I assumed was wildly out of his control – that wanted me dead.

And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me.

I hope you laughed as hard as I did while reading that.  This book is freaking incredible.  Now, it’s not great literature, by any means, but damn if it isn’t great for a laugh.

It was wonderful because it was raining less.  It was terrible because Tom hit me with his car.

“I’m so sorry – I didn’t see you!” he said, driving away to find a parking space before the lot filled up.  I picked myself up and smiled knowingly.  Tom’s constant attempts to get my attention were flattering and sometimes surprising.

While writing this blog entry, I actually finished the book, go me!  Anyway.  If you’re a Twi-hard and like the book series as-is… don’t read this book.  It’ll piss you off and get you all huffy that someone is parody-ing the glorious storytelling of Stephenie Meyer.  (I hope you imagined me rolling my eyes as I typed that.)  However, if you love to poke fun at the series and now almost none of it makes sense, this book will be your best friend.  It only took me a few hours to read, because it’s just 154 pages, but it was so worth my time.  I kept laughing out loud and rereading parts that were so ridiculous and hysterical.

Then, suddenly, I remembered the accident, and Edwart’s snow-proof body, and his eyes that changed from I-don’t-remember to green, and I knew.  YES! VAMPIRE!

Yes, I enjoy Twilight, so don’t go jumping all over me for posting this.  While I found it a slightly entertaining read, and enjoy the cute boys in the movies… I also know that the books flat out suck when it comes to writing style and plot.  And 85 pages of how godlike Edward is.  Just saying.  I enjoy a good parody!

The bottom line?  This book was so entertaining, and a much quicker (and better) read than Twilight.  It even has an “homage” to New Moon, with pages of nothing.  Except, it’s not quite months.  You’ll have to read it and see, haha.  Here, it’s on Amazon.  And it’s cheap.  Or maybe you can ask Amanda to borrow her copy as soon as I send it back.  Now, onto reading the other book this lovely lady sent me!

Tags: book, laughs, parody, twilight

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