So, New Moon...It was phenomenal. I loved this book. It isn't one of those books that you instinctively know will become a favorite, despite being a Stephenie Meyer novel. I was too busy worrying about Bella and Edward's relationship (and lives) to think about whether or not I liked the book. It wasn't what I expected at all. Edward and the Cullens are barely seen in the book until the (wonderful) ending, but Stephenie still manages to make them important to the story. She makes every page they are on count. Edward and Bella are intense in this book. They both have so much emotion, that, at times, it almost seems as if they will both burst. Bella, especially, practically flies off the page. At turns, she is both raw and removed, passionate and distant. As she churns through the different emotions associated with her longing for Edward, she feels real. Everything she feels is perfectly described. Sure, it did seem that sometimes Stephenie went a little overboard in her description, but it was an excess that I didn't mind at all. 

I'll go into a plot analysis or something the next time I have nothing better to do. Now, I guess, I should get back to packing.