I beg forgiveness, as this has NOTHING to do with your post (although I love The Hobbit and the Windows v. Mac commercials).

But since you are probably one of the most well read people of supernatural/ghost-y/werewolf-y/vampire-y stories on my flist, I am dying to know what you think of the Twilight series. I don't know if you've read them, I'm not sure if you've heard about them (I hadn't until May) but I kind of just want an opinion on them from someone who has read lots of similar things before and knows what she's talking about.

I have one friend who keeps trying to get me to read them but I keep hearing they're a lot of crap. I thought you might know best.