Twilight, Vampires And Addiction (Giveaway!)

Any Twilight fans out there? I know I am! (Which is sometimes kind of embarrassing to divulge.)

I have to admit, I never really thought twice about the Twilight series and its potential impact on today's culture. I knew that I loved it (read the entire saga in one week) ... and that my nieces loved it. I mean, there are 48 million copies in print... (Plus multiple movie deals.) Somebody loves it, right?

If you are a Christian parent you will definitely be interested in the new book Touched by a Vampire by Beth Felker Jones. Her book actually delves into the hidden messages in the Twilight saga and is the first piece to investigate the themes of Twilight from a Biblical perspective.

A fascinating read to be sure. If you are concerned about Twilight and the message it is sending to your teen, you will definitely want to give this book a look.

GIVEAWAY ALERT!! I have one copy of Touched by a Vampire to give away. (Just in time for the holidays!) Leave a comment below if you would like to be entered. Leave a comment on my main blog Hip As I Wanna Be and you'll get two entries. I will select a winner at random on Saturday, December 5th.

ANOTHER VAMPIRE GOODY:

What a surprise this book was for me. Let me just say that I am a huge vampire fiction fan. I mean, I once stood out in the rain for three hours just to meet Anne Rice. Yes, I totally have issues.

So when Thirsty came across my radar screen, I was interested immediately.

As it turns out, it was a completely different storyline that gripped me. You see, the main character Nina Parker, is alcoholic. She is facing intense struggles including an ex-husband she still loves, a shattered relationship with her angry teenage daughter and the fact that she must return to the hometown she abruptly abandoned two decades earlier. Her arrival back in town and the subsequent events that follow ignite the desire of of a two-hundred-fifty-year-old vampire who sets out to claim her.

As I said, it was Nina's struggles with addiction that really moved me. Her story is written in such a compelling and truthful way that I barely put it down. I highly recommend it.


NOTE: These books were provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.