Why I Hate Twilight, Hellraiser Mini-Review and Compiling the Best of 2009

So the past couple weeks, all I've really had penetrate my ears is the screaming banshee-esque squadron of figurative girl-boners that came as a result of the release of the newest installment in the Twilight saga: New Moon. You know, as a rational human being (or on a much lesser level, a pure-blooded male), it's quite easy to hate on Twilight just on the basis of it being insipid and dumb. But I'm willing to give one aspect of the Twilight-zeitgeist a pass: the books themselves. Sure, they started this whole mess and its debatable whether or not the writing itself passes a fourth-grade level but anything that gets people to read a mutha-lovin' book, be it Twilight or Harry Potter, should be a good thing. Unfortunately, most people are reading ONLY Twilight or Harry Potter nowadays but that's not necessarily the fault of the book but the fault of the readers. Of course, I'm not one to talk. The only two books I've read this year were "I Drink For A Reason" by David Cross and "How To Succeed With Women" by some random guy.