The second book in the Twilight saga is entitled New Moon and if the first book was about finding true love, then this book is about losing true love. I am not particularly fond of this book. It is because it contains so little Edward. We are introduced to the other paranormal group just up the road however. We meet those that live La Push Reservation, home to the Quileute Tribe. Some we've been introduced to before, like Jacob Black. Others are new.
If you couldn't wait for the library to hand you this next book in the series, you read the beginning chapter that was at the end of Twilight. A teaser that leaves you wondering what happens to Bella when she cuts herself at the Cullens house. Her blood makes them thirsty, none more so than Jasper who has the least control. Edward gets Bella to safety but the damage is done.
The next few days he becomes more and more distant to Bella. She's desperate to break through to Edward when suddenly he starts to talk to her again. Only she wished he wouldn't. I wished he hadn't too. He breaks it off with her at the edge of the forest. It is better than the sewers Angel dumped Buffy in, but I was heartbroken and Bella more so. Here it is, I thought, the end of a good story (but just you wait... keep reading).
So deep is her grief over losing Edward she loses herself and becomes a walking shell. It isn't until half a year later that she can even stick her head above the water. She does it only because Charlie is running scared and pulling ultimatums about going to Florida to live with her mother. Bella can't do that. Doing that means leaving the magic of Forks behind and relegating Edward to a memory and not a reality. So she asks a friend to the movies... anything without romance. She couldn't handle that. It's after the movies that the story gains interest again. She hears Edwards voice... in her head. His voice is a beautiful hallucination warning her of the danger ahead.
What follows next is a series of stupid reckless moves as Bella fights to hear his voice. She turns to Jacob Black to help her fix motorcycles, thinking the danger in riding them would provide her with Edward's voice. She becomes Jacob's friend, and over the hundreds of pages left he becomes the sun to warm the desolation of her life. I don't like Jacob. He keeps pushing the friend boundary, so certain of Bella turning to him and forgetting about Edward despite her repeated warnings that she'll never love anyone but Edward.
But then the story changes again and it's like sweet music playing in your mind because you just know Edward's coming back into the picture. And like Bella, you fear you are going to miss him, lose him again. The book ends on the sweetest note imaginable and you close this sad book feeling ridiculously happy. The ending is four and a half stars.
Rating: 3 Stars
Originally posted 2008-11-19 04:13:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
The official countdown for June 30th has begun. That means it’s time to get ready for your Eclipse party. Every Twilight themed party needs games. Below are some of the games you can entertain your party with while waiting in line or at home before/after the movie:
How to Play: Players have one minute to name all the characters, actors, and places in the Twilight Saga that start with any given letter of the alphabet.
Who Wins: The person with the most names listed or with the most unique names listed (derived by crosschecking everyone’s lists) wins.
Twilight Charades:
Divide the group into Team Jacob/Werewolves and Team Edward/Vampires. Evenly. If there’s an odd number, have the person who sits out designate what the others will act out and keep time.
How to Play: Every member of the Jacob/Werewolves Team will impersonate a vampire or human character. It’s up to Team Edward/Vampires to figure out who they are as quick as they can. Afterwards it’s time to switch and the Edward/Vampire Team will impersonate a werewolf or human character (preferably different humans than already depicted) with the Jacob/Werewolf Team guessing.
Who Wins: The team with the shortest time wins!
Alice’s Visions:
(Game Name taken from Twilight Scene-It.) You will need paper and pencils or a chalkboard/dry erase board and chalk/markers.
How to Play: Players will try to stump the group by drawing scenes from the Twilight and New Moon movies. Each drawing is given three minutes. How many turns taken depends entirely on the amount of players participating, if necessary divide group into teams again. For every drawing guessed correctly, the guesser/team will get a point. In team play, if at the end of three minutes the scene is still unknown the team of the drawer will get one minute to guess. If they get it right the team earns two points.
Who Wins: Team with most points.
Eclipse Jeopardy:
If a small party, play as individuals. If a large party divide into teams.
Set up: You will need index cards, pencils, and tape. Come up with 5 questions to fit 6 categories for a total of 30 questions. Put the questions and answers on one side of the index card and the value amount for the question on the other side. Create a board from the index cards by taping them up on a wall or window.
How to Play: A player or team will pick a category and dollar amount. Someone will take the index card down and read the question on the back. A correct response earns the dollar value of the clue. If the response is incorrect, reveal the answer and no points are distributed.
Category ideas include: Individual Actors, Entire Cast, Movies, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Vampires, Werewolves, Humans, and Stephenie Meyer.
Who Wins: The person or team with most money at the end of the game.
Newborn Hunt:
Play in backyard, at a local park, or soccer field. You will need a flashlight and perhaps a pair of extra batteries.
How to Play: This is a mix of hide and seek and tag. Players try to hide from the seeker who guards the jail or safety zone depending on rules. If it is the jail, then all players hit with the light must go to the jail and wait. If it's the safety zone, players will try to get there while avoiding the seeker.
Additional Ideas for Game Play:
Have players form pairs or teams. Any untagged pair or team member can release a caught person from jail.
If teams are formed and there's no jail, just a safety zone, you can play by points. Team with the most safe people at the end of two rounds wins.
Play starts with just the seeker, no teams, as the seeker tags other players, these players join in the hunt. The winner is the last man standing. If a new round begins, the last player tagged is now the seeker.
Who Wins: No real winner. Game is ongoing as the seeker position is handed over, usually to first person tagged.
Today, we’re welcoming back a familiar voice here at LRP, hello Terry Spear. Thank you for visiting, let’s chew the fat awhile. Susan looks over at Terry whose shapeshifted into an Arctic wolf, and is currently chewing the fat from a rib bone. Terry, honey, what I meant was, let’s have a friendly talk.
Susan: I understand you enjoy reading, particularly historicals and paranormals. Would you share the title(s) of some of your favorite reads?
Terry: I loved Celtic Fireand the Immortal Highlander, but so many others too. Both have a paranormal bent with a historical past. I love time travels, but there aren’t as many out there that I can find to read!
Susan: I’ve read other shapeshifting novels where the hero uses a fur pelt to shift. What is the catalyst that initiates your weres to shift? Is it a certain moon phase, or a strong emotion such as anger?
Terry: I was just reading about wolfsbane and how in some fables, the flower can cause the person to shift, in others, it prevents them from shifting, in others, it kills the creature. LOL. I love how stories can be so different from one another, which shows just how vivid imaginations can be.
In my stories, werewolves for the most part are born as such. The full moon has more of a draw on werewolves who have more human roots in their genes, than for royals who have had mostly werewolf genetics. And the royals are the only ones who can shift during any phase of the moon, whereas, the others can’t become a wolf during the new moon. So that leaves newly turned wolves with little control over their shapeshifting ability in the beginning. In To Tempt the Wolf, two of the men who are turned, deal with it in different ways, just like people will handle a situation differently based on their personalities. Some are stronger, some more weak-willed. In Wolf Fever, the heroine has been recently turned, and she’s fighting the shift. But when she’s accosted at one point in the story, she suddenly feels the urge to shift. In another instant, she’s cold and can’t get warmed up, as well as the full moon’s strong pull is causing her trouble with the compulsion to shift. In Legend of the White Wolf, the heroine also has difficulty controlling the shift when she’s threatened. So for each, it depends on their personality as to what might trigger the need to change.
Susan: Your heroine (Faith O’Malley) in Legend of the White Wolf is smart, beautiful and fearless. Which heroines do you prefer writing, the strong heroines, or the vulnerable ones?
Terry: Definitely strong, with vulnerabilities. I’ve never cared for the Tomb Raider type who had no flaws or vulnerabilities, or the heroine in Alien who was the same way, tough, hard as nails, no feelings. At least that’s the way it seemed to me. On the other hand, weepy heroines who rely on everyone to do their bidding, doesn’t do it for me. I remember years ago watching a movie where the hero was struggling to fight some evil bad guy and the woman was standing helplessly nearby, screaming, her hands on her cheeks, eyes wide, and my mother saying, “Pick up a lamp! Clobber him! Do something!” I agreed with my mother. A heroine who stands up for right is a heroine in my book.
Susan: I consider you a multi-faceted author. You have been known to write urban fantasy, YA, Scottish-Medieval romances, romances with paranormal and romantic suspense elements. Is there another sub-genre you “secretly” wish to write for?
Terry: I’ve written a couple of time-travels and someday, I’d like to do some for publication. In part, it’s my love of history. Tossing a hero or heroine into the rabbit hole of the past and watching them thrive, stirs my imagination. Making them realistic is the real challenge though. I’d still love to do it.
Susan: Some readers may not know this, but you create gorgeous wooly teddy bears. Have you created one to resemble an Arctic wolf?
Terry: LOL. Thanks, Susan! I’ve been asked to create a werewolf bear…In fact, if I ever design one, I have a couple of orders for them! I did create vampire bears for authors. Someday, if I ever get caught up, I do want to try my hand at one.
Susan: In Legend of the White Wolf you familiarize your readers with at least two packs. I personally would love to be part of Leidolf’s red wolves. Will you include new packs in your upcoming werewolf series?
Terry: Seduced by the Wolf is all about Leidolf and his poor pack. In Heart of the Wolf, readers got a glimpse of the abused pack under Alfred’s rule. Leidolf took over that pack, and now has the task to heal them. I have to make a comment here, that if it hadn’t been for my editor, Deb, being upset that the red pack was doomed for extinction, Leidolf wouldn’t have come into the picture to save the day. So thanks to Deb for her concern for the reds in the Portland area! Leidolf has also taken on another real problem, and he’s one of the characters in Legend of the White Wolf.
For Taming the Highland Wolf, we’ll see what Highland werewolves are made of. That’s Book 7 coming in the spring of 2011. I’m pretty sure there’ll be two conflicting clans…it’s a Scottish thing, you know.
Susan: Could you give us a little glimpse of your next title in the series, book five called Seduced by the Wolf due out in August 2010?
Terry: Ah, yes, Seduced by the Wolf, Leidolf’s story. He’s a royal red, with barely any human influences, and is pretty arrogant about it. Fans thought he ought to have a newly turned heroine because of it. But what he encounters knocks him totally off balance—a wolf biologist, red royal werewolf type—who plays by her own rules. She has NO intention of joining his pack or any other. And man does he want her. Now, if she didn’t want him back, he might give up on her. But he knows, or at least he hopes it’s not just wishful thinking on his part, that she’s just as intrigued with him as he is with her. And so, he’s not about to give her up. But she’s not about to give in either. The perfect couple, don’t you think?
Susan: What would you say to readers who “haven’t” had the pleasure of reading your werewolf series? Why should they pick up your novels?
Terry: If you’re looking for werewolves who are real wolves at heart, look no further. For adventure, mystery, romance and intrigue, the series has it all. I love combining mystery and intrigue, having cut my teeth on mystery novels when I was younger. But adventure stories with a combined mystery like the Bourne series, fascinated me even more, and add a romance, some subtle humor, and even better yet, the paranormal, and you’ve got the perfect scenario!
Heart of the Wolf, Book 1, started off the series with its wolfish characters and more realistic portrayal of life as a werewolf and the trouble with pack behavior. Destiny of the Wolf, Book 2, came next, which showed a gray pack that actually runs a town in Colorado. To Tempt the Wolf, Book 3, reveals a rare werewolf scenario, and a hero who has lost everything—his pack, his sister, his home, and his memory, and fights the urge to take a human for his own. And Legend of the White Wolf, Book 4, presents Arctic werewolves in Maine, who move about freely, not secretly like the wolves in other stories, although that’s only their wolf counterpart. No one, or mostly no one, knows what they truly are. Seduced by the Wolf, Book 5, shows what happens when a wolf biologist prefers living with wolves rather than her own werewolf kind, and the red pack leader in the area has other plans in mind. Wolf Fever, Book 6, coming in the fall of 2010, is about a psychic newly-turned werewolf nurse, who fights fully becoming one of the werewolf kind when she can’t even control her psychic visions. But Chester McKinley can’t quit thinking about the woman who solved the murder case through her psychic talents that HE was trying to solve. Is she for real? And do her abilities include a mesmerizing kind of sensuous control that she’s used on him? Taming the Highland Wolf is Book 7, and I can’t wait to get started on the hunky Highland story! And Dreaming of the Wolf, Book 8, is Jake’s story from Destiny of the Wolf. He doesn’t believe in dream mating. So what happens when the woman of his dreams desperately needs his help?
Susan: Thank you Terry, for spending the day with us at Love Romance Passion. Please feel free to visit anytime, even as a white furred Arctic-if you prefer.
Terry: LOL, Susan, thanks so much for having me again! I loved your fun questions and wish you and your readers a warm and cozy den with the best to read during the winter season.
LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF—IN STORES FEBRUARY 2010
Award-Winning Author introduces the next installment of her paranormal romance series
A 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Award Winner!
Night Owl Romance Reader Choice Award for Best Paranormal 2008
In this fourth in Spear's series, Private Eye Cameron MacPherson and Faith O'Mallery are both on quests that lead them into the world of magical wolves...
Cameron arrives in the Canadian Arctic to search for his partners in his P.I. business who are late returning from a hunting trip. Faith is there to discover what her father had seen in the same area years earlier that had made him lose touch with reality—man-wolves, he called them.
The two tumble into an icy world of enemies bent on destroying the lupus garou kind. As they turn into lupus garou themselves, and bond with the pack that only they can rescue from destruction, Cameron and Faith find their soul mates in each other.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry Spear has an MBA from Monmouth University. As an eclectic writer, she dabbles in the paranormal, historical and true life stories for both teen and adult audiences. She is the author of Winning the Highlander’s Heart and The Vampire in My Dreams (young adult). Spear lives in Crawford, Texas.
Giveaway: 2 copies of Legend of the White Wolf are being generously donated by Terry and Sourcebooks. That means 2 winners! Open to US and Canadian readers only, sorry international readers. To enter, simply ask Terry a question. One entry per relevant comment; multiple entries allowed! Ends: February 3, 2010.
Edward Cullen is the gorgeous aloof boy who sits with a select group of people at lunch. He keeps to himself and has a fantastic brooding expression that simply makes the girls drool. He's into music: listening to it, playing it, and creating it. On top of all that he's a vampire and that gives him the bad boy edge. Can we say swoon?
Jacob Black
Boy Type: Mr. Fix-It
Jacob Black is the ultimate handyman. The place you're likely to find him is the family garage as he loves cars and spends all his time, efforts, and money fixing them up. In fact, Bella's truck is just one of his pet projects. Jacob is good at fixing more than just cars-- he can fix problems and people too. Must be his warm and fuzzy nature. His friendship with Bella is what brings her out of the dark in New Moon.
Mike Newton
Boy Type: Guy Next Door
Mike Newton is the boy next door. His life is pretty easy. He has good friends, a good family, a good entry level job, and good looks. He can be pretty bright too and make smart observations. He wishes Bella would give him the time of day. He's persistent to a point and yields defeat when it's apparent things won't be changing.
Eric Yorkie
Boy Type: Sweet Nerd
Eric Yorkie is on the school newspaper, part of the yearbook staff, and on prom committee. He's active and smartly dressed, a little dorky, but that's all part of his charm. He's not used to asking girls out and misses his chance more than once. Perhaps all he needs is a little nerd girl loving!
Tyler Crowley
Boy Type: Popular Jock
Tyler Crowley is the popular jock. He's definitely into something athletic like basketball or football. Like Mike Newton, it's not hard for him to find a date, unless it's expecting that date to be Bella. Tyler is a flirt and very outgoing. If it isn't his muscles flashing, it's his shiny car as it comes toward you.
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Originally posted 2009-05-15 05:19:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
I saw this movie opening night with seats at a premium even with every theater devoted to the midnight showing. Talk about a rush! Unofficial reports are claiming New Moon topped Dark Knight and other movies in opening midnight showing sales. Despite the big bucks and the glory of a fanbase it really is unsurprising that New Moon tanked in critic ratings. Every critical review I’ve come across so far has been written by a guy. Maybe I’m biased – okay I am, but the point is still valid and if their reviews are valid then so is my review.
On the whole I believe the acting was infinitely better in New Moon than in Twilight. Yes, some of the dialogue is cheesy, but it is good cheesy. Much of the mushy stuff was in the book or modified from the book. I like mushy. If for nothing else, give the actors credit for saying it all with a straight face.
My guilty pleasure for New Moon is reading the beginning breakup scene and the ending sequence over and over again. Edward/Bella angst = yum. Therefore it is easy to see why I did not mind the “moping” scenes with Kristen Stewart. Critics are saying she’s completely expressionless and sucking the life out of the movie, but they don’t understand that the movie is about losing true love.
A new moon is the absence of the moon and is a metaphor for the absence of Edward. The moping is done for a reason. I think Kristen did a great job and had a lot of nuances in her face to express pain and depression. Her nightmare scenes reflected her acting skills from being bitten in the ballet studio. While I think the nightmares could have been toned down by say one maybe two in the middle part it wasn't terrible. They were a great way to show Charlies care and love for his daughter.
Robert Pattinson impressed me with his ability to look like he wants to cry and can’t! He has really improved as a actor.
To that I say ditto. I understood Edward was supposed to be wholly against leaving Bella but I hadn’t quite understood Rob’s expressions were meant to be expressions of tearless crying. When I got that (during the actual breakup scene) it was so much better for me.
She [Bella] never crosses a line from friendship with Jacob, but it is easy to see how he would read her signals differently. Stupid girl, to court disaster on more than one front.
I was prepared to hate this movie because of the majority being spent in focus of Jacob, but Taylor Lautner truly surprised me and in a good way. He did a phenomenal job and I especially enjoyed the scenes at Bella’s house. When Jacob and Bella hug, he embraces her like a lover, but she clasps her hands behind his back in a manner that screams friendship. Their almost kiss by the phone and when he begs her not to leave by Alice’s car are very charged.
There were some beautiful shots in this film. The scene in Italy with all the people dressed in red and Bella running through the crowds is the one that stands out the most. There were lots of fluid scene splices though some of the cutting between scenes bugged me. The ones that did made the movie feel HP5 rushed in a way that if you hadn’t read the book would make you think they left something out (though nothing really is).
My favorite trick I must say is camera rotation around Bella while showing three months passing by.
I agree! It was absolutely perfect. Loved the seasons and the activities shown that others were doing outside.
In addition, I really liked the CGI in this film; it’s easily 100x better than Twilight which is a good thing too! The werewolf shifting, ghost Edward, the vampire fights, the cracking on Edward’s face is fantastic! Yes, even the sparkle is better.
The vampire eyes looked really fake to me, and too perfect if that makes sense. Even though vampires are suppose to look perfect like that, and have golden eyes I still didn’t like them. People still have color changes in their eye, even if the overall affect is brown … or in this case red or yellow gold. The eye color is very flat.
The eyes did look very strange and I think Captain Yarr hit the nail on the head. They’re strange because they’re flat. Without the minute changes in color you’d see in a real eyes the overall effect is blank, static, and solid color contact looking.
Alice didn’t look like a fashionista either. Her outfits were pretty strange. Rosalie and Jasper’s hairstyles changed to make them look older, but Rosalie didn’t really look like herself and Jasper’s hair just looked sloppy.
The Volturi were awesome! Loved them and Jane and Alec even. As I said earlier the fighting here was well done. A good job by everyone (cast and crew) all around!
I will definitely get this on DVD as soon as possible.
Edit: After second viewing, I have add by saying Kristen Stewart does an amazing panic run. It's truly a panic mode and not something cheesy. Kudos to her!
Continuation from New Moon Bash: Party Ideas. This post deals with party favors, party food, party setup, and party games.
Temporary Tattoos:
They’re cheap and fun! Apply them to the arm or cheek and declare your team pride. You can use them as cheap party favors and they’d be great to wear at the movies.
Rubber bracelets are another cheap favor idea for your New Moon movie party. You can get them in a variety of styles and colors and for any team. Show off your wolf and vampire pride!
Obviously the music of choice will be the movie soundtracks! What better way to hang out and have fun than listening to the New Moon Soundtrack or Twilight Soundtrack?
Party Supplies:
You're going to need New Moon themed party supplies. Check out the listings below for ideas.
So there you go, lots of party supplies to pick and choose from. Ebay is a great way to save money on your party.
New Moon Party Games:
Last time I shared some DIY games. This time I'm sharing official party games about the Twilight Saga. You can play Scene It? to jog everyone's memory about Twilight right before heading out see New Moon or play the official New Moon party game or whip out those trading cards.
You have to have yummy party snacks and food! Below are some ideas and if you included the making of them during the party with all the guests you're sure to have a blast.
Werewolf Kibble (Puppy Chow):
Ingredients:
1 12oz. box crispix
1 stick (8 tblsp.) butter
1 cup peanut butter
2 cups chocolate chips
3 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Melt butter, peanut butter, and chocolate chips in microwave.
Stir together until smooth. Pour over crispix and fold until all are coated.
Put mixture into a plastic garbage bag with powdered sugar and shake until all are coated.
Feeds: A whole pack of werewolves. While I can't give an exact feed ratio, suffice it to say it takes about a weekend of 6 college boys and girls to finish. It's delicious!
Jell-O Vampire Popsicles:
Ingredients:
1 (3 oz.) pkg. Jell-O -- any red flavor
1 package Kool-Aid -- any red flavor
1 cup sugar
2 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water
Directions:
Bring 2 cups of water to a boil.
Dissolve Jell-O, Kool-Aid, and sugar in boiling water.
Add the 2 cups of cold water and stir well.
Pour into Popsicle molds or ice cube trays or Dixie cups.
Freeze partially then add sticks.
Freeze until firm (about 2 to 3 hours).
Feeds: About 2 dozen vampires. Whew - now you don't have to watch your neck so much.
Needs: black T-Shirt, red and white puff paint, cardboard
Instructions:
Put cardboard inside the shirt.
Design your own fan shirt in puff paint. Proclaim your Team, draw the Cullen Crest or a wolf, recreate the book cover, whatever it’s up to you.
Let dry and then wear to the movie/bed.
Games:
Have each invitee come to the party with a list of 10 New Moon questions, facts, and pieces of trivia. Collect them all and divide the party into two groups. Group which answers the most correct wins a New Moon themed prize. I suggest a quick trip to Walmart for a few items such as the Rosalie's Necklace or Alice's Choker Necklace.
Keep a score sheet during the movie for certain words or phrases that are said in the film or by the crowd. Person with the most tallies wins! Think of it like that road trip game where the passengers select a color and count to see which color appeared the most in the oncoming traffic over a period of five minutes.
Holy baloney eaten by a talking fish-head on a tricycle... wowza. This New Moon trailer looks so much better than the other trailers and it's really interesting to hear Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) describe the novel/movie story. I hardly have words to describe how freaking cool it looks. Is it November yet?
Welcome to the fourth edition of love of movies carnival. How many of you saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this last week? What did you think? I was surprised I didn't get a ton of movie reviews for it. I wrote mine at 3AM when I got out of the midnight premiere on Wednesday. I was very careful to leave spoilers out for those who hadn't read the book yet. I saw it again yesterday with my family and the majority agreed with my assessment of the movie. The one who didn't prefers more Voldemort and just more going on. The New Moon trailer (sequel of Twilight) at both show times was welcomed in screams by everyone in the audience. November will prove to be exciting too.
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Likes:
Jasper - hot. Great clips from the birthday sequence.
Jacob transforming into a werewolf - nothing like the creepy wolf/man thing of Harry Potter. It's well executed, which makes me extremely hopeful for the rest of the special effects.
The 3 words being included that Hardwicke didn't provide in Twilight.
Laurent with his creepy red eyes and his dialogue. Nice.
Edward's kiss on Bella's forehead.
Costumes. Yum.
Dislikes:
Bella's new look makes her look like the actress and not like the character. Sorry, it's true. Definitely a big irk as I just loved the long curly hair from before and the pale practically makeup-less look. Would have been happier to see a difference between the birthday scene and the scene with Laurent as it would have perhaps just shown Alice's influence, alas that does not seem to be the case.
Didn't like how rushed the 3 words were. It's too hastily cut or spoken... one or the other. Makes it all very awkward.
Toss-up:
I can't decide if I like or dislike the awkward delivery of a majority of the lines. I'm sure they sound better in the movie and the awkwardness would still fit with the characters as they grow throughout New Moon, but at the same time I'm wondering why some of the lines are delivered in such a jerky/jilted manner.
New Moon will officially be underway soon and that means it's time for a little celebration and a contest. Goody! As you know preternatural romance on the rise and not just for vampires and werewolves, though they seem to get most of the attention. For this contest it's time to visit paranormal romance covers. Your mission is to create a slinky sexy cover featuring some supernatural hotness. Pick your poison by focusing on werewolves or vampires.
Vampire Covers Must Include:
fangs
a composition of dark colors
a red object
full or partial chest and stomach
Werewolf Covers Must Include:
a wolf
a composition of dark colors
the moon
bare chest and stomach
Both Types of Covers Must Meet the Following Requirements:
male model is someone you know personally
all elements used must be your own or available under the Creative Commons license
final image is 468 x 420
original title (on image) and accompanying summary of book (not on image)
I will hand select the winner from entries received on or before March 21. You have limited time - so get started! Winner will be announced March 22nd-24th depending on the number of submissions. Contest is open to all!
By submitting you agree that the work is your own and that Love Romance Passion has the right to share it on the blog.
Turn your submissions into Keira at reviewromancenovel@yahoo.com
"Yes, it's true," a source at Summit Entertainment confirmed to MTV News Friday evening (February 20). " 'The Twilight Saga's Eclipse' is dated for Wednesday, June 30, 2010."
Source for fabulous insight. Read Summit Entertainment's press release.
Bravo to Summit Entertainment for not dragging out the awesome like everything is going with the Harry Potter franchise. I mean really? Deathly Hallows is going to be two movies and I just don't see how that's possible considering how short the book is in comparison to the book sizes of Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix. I'm not concerned at all by how close the release dates are though that seems to be a concern for some. I have very good faith that the movie will be done on equal or better footing when it comes to the special effects, acting, and filming.
Though I am a little concerned about SAG Getting Ugly Again. This could be very bad news for New Moon production and would certainly knock Eclipse back on the time line as well.
Good news for Robert Pattinson fans - he's going to announce at the Oscars, but we might not see him on the red carpet. Make a bowl of popcorn and watch tonight at 5 PT/8 ET!
Variety mentions in this article that the Twilight sequel, New Moon, will film for two weeks in May in the ancient Tuscan city of Volterra, Italy. Visual map below:
Stephen King delivers a smack down to Meyer in an exclusive with USA Weekend. The part that I liked best of the article was the analysis of the Twilight books:
"...People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it’s very clear that she’s writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It’s exciting and it’s thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because they’re not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that’s a shorthand for all the feelings that they’re not ready to deal with yet."
How do you feel about the King's words on the quality of writing between Meyer and Rowling? I'd be interested - leave a comment!
I've been combing the internet trying to find out more about New Moon, and I am sure many of you are doing the same. I haven't found an official website that will host information about the movie. Which is surprising since I know the script has been written and the actors signed/resigned for the new film. In an effort to learn more I went to Summit Entertainment and checked out their press releases.
From a press release on December 13, 2008:
"Production on NEW MOON is scheduled to begin in the coming months and the studio is planning to release the film towards the end of 2009 or early 2010."
More information on production and release dates was found at Reelz Channel:
If Reelz is right, the movie will start filming in March of 2009 and be released for audience (world-wide?) consumption on November 20th, 2009. That would be fantastic! While I honestly can't say that I love Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) I do look forward to this movie.
One of the things I hope they do is have Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) appear or briefly manifest himself during all of Bella's hallucinations. He could appear over her shoulder scolding her, or hover just out of eyesight and be blurry or ill defined... a menacing guardian angel.
Luckily for Edward fans 90% of the time he and Bella (Kristen Stewart) are separated from each other occurs in a blink of an eye... remember how the chapters became month titles? Not much to go on there - a reckless episode in Port Angeles with Jessica, the idea to refurbish some motorcycles, learning to ride the motorcycles, urge for gory movie, Jacob turning wolfy, more stunts, some cliff diving and wham - back to the hot vampires. 30 minutes to 45 depending on length of film montage... right? right? I hope!
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- More fun than Barbies! From what I can tell, they're better looking than the Twilight versions of the characters.
- Cute shirts are a complete win!
– snuggle up with your favorite love triangle
– snuggle up with your favorite werewolf
– snuggle up with your favorite vampire
- snuggle with your favorite couple.
– because we all are
or 
– a surefire crowd pleaser
– listen to the first book in your favorite YA series
– time to feed the human… for the Bella Swan/chef in you
and the 
, but so many others too. Both have a paranormal bent with a historical past. I love time travels, but there aren’t as many out there that I can find to read!
, two of the men who are turned, deal with it in different ways, just like people will handle a situation differently based on their personalities. Some are stronger, some more weak-willed. In Wolf Fever, the heroine has been recently turned, and she’s fighting the shift. But when she’s accosted at one point in the story, she suddenly feels the urge to shift. In another instant, she’s cold and can’t get warmed up, as well as the full moon’s strong pull is causing her trouble with the compulsion to shift. In Legend of the White Wolf, the heroine also has difficulty controlling the shift when she’s threatened. So for each, it depends on their personality as to what might trigger the need to change.
is smart, beautiful and fearless. Which heroines do you prefer writing, the strong heroines, or the vulnerable ones?
type who had no flaws or vulnerabilities, or the heroine in 
who was the same way, tough, hard as nails, no feelings. At least that’s the way it seemed to me. On the other hand, weepy heroines who rely on everyone to do their bidding, doesn’t do it for me. I remember years ago watching a movie where the hero was struggling to fight some evil bad guy and the woman was standing helplessly nearby, screaming, her hands on her cheeks, eyes wide, and my mother saying, “Pick up a lamp! Clobber him! Do something!” I agreed with my mother. A heroine who stands up for right is a heroine in my book. 
is all about Leidolf and his poor pack. In 
, readers got a glimpse of the abused pack under Alfred’s rule. Leidolf took over that pack, and now has the task to heal them. I have to make a comment here, that if it hadn’t been for my editor, Deb, being upset that the red pack was doomed for extinction, Leidolf wouldn’t have come into the picture to save the day. So thanks to Deb for her concern for the reds in the Portland area! Leidolf has also taken on another real problem, and he’s one of the characters in Legend of the White Wolf.
series, fascinated me even more, and add a romance, some subtle humor, and even better yet, the paranormal, and you’ve got the perfect scenario!
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Eclipse has a release date for theaters!
