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I swear, LDS people are so queer that it is so easy to tell if someone is LDS. When David Archuleta and Brooke White sang their hearts out on American Idol Season 7, people suspected that they were LDS, even though the two did not talk about their beliefs on the show. The people were right.
I had the same wild guess about Stephanie Meyer while I was reading her books in the Twilight saga. Her profile said she got her writing degree from Brigham Young University. When someone goes to BYU, there is 90% probability that that person is LDS.
Second, her beliefs are all over her books. The vampire lover boy in the saga, Edward Cullen, insisted that he and Bella Swan marry before they make love, because, according to him, it is the right thing to do. In all the years that I’ve been reading novels, I haven’t come across a novel where the guy had to insist that.
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Gee, it is November already! It’s been a long time since something has kept me from the Internet this long. This time the culprit is a gorgeous vampire named Edward Cullen. 
The truth is, I got caught up with work. But the rest of my time was spent reading the Twilight books and whatever else about it that I can find on the Internet–blogs, fan sites, and forums. I have become one of the shrieking loyal fans of the Twilight saga. In fact, I spent the Halloween weekend cooped up in my room, which I rarely do, because I always have to go out of the house on weekends. I didn’t even see my housemates for days!
I first heard about Twilight a long time ago, but I thought it was just another story. Now I regret not buying the books in Lexington, where the books are everywhere and are cheap. Bookstores in the Philippines are running out of stock. I had to buy my copies hardbound, which I also rarely do, because the paperback versions are sold out in a flash.
It is true that the series is overrated—-it is not fair to raise it to the level of the Harry Potter series, and to liken Stephanie Meyer with J.K. Rowling. I can find holes in the story here and there, some parts are dragging, and the voice shifts awkwardly sometimes. I also found six proofreading errors! Initially I thought I probably was just cross-eyed from lack of sleep, but now I’m sure I wasn’t. I searched Google and found that there are others who noticed, too. I hope the publishers realize it. I mean, Twilight is heaping awards; it can’t have proofreading errors!
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