Bookrings Participated In - 2009

The Australian Virtual Bookbox (OZ VBB) (freelunch): ONGOING
Jennifer Government - Max Barry (chinch): FINISHED 14/01/09
Saturday - Ian McEwan (FreePages): FINISHED 16/01/09
The Blessings of a Good Thick Skirt: Women Travellers and Their World - Mary Russell (ETMadrid): FINISHED 20/01/09
Billy's Tree - Nicholas Kyriacos (bookseekerAT): FINISHED 28/01/09
Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched The World - Vicki Myron, Bret Witter (catsalive): FINISHED ?10/04/09
Things The Grandchildren Should Know - Mark Oliver Everett (freelunch): FINISHED 29/03/09
Spook - Mary Roach (velvetsack): FINISHED 28/03/09
Good In Bed - Jennifer Weiner (penelopewanders): FINISHED 17/04/09
The Women - T.C.Boyle (freelunch): FINISHED 20/04/09
Like Water For Chocolate - Laura Esquivel (FreePages): FINISHED ?20/06/09
The List: A Love Story In 781 Chapters - Aneva Stout (littlemave): FINISHED 25/06/09
English As A Second F**king Language (mary-T) RECEIVED AND READ 11/08/09
How Proust Can Change Your Life - Alain de Botton (starflash) FINISHED 20/09/09
Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Pixette) RECEIVED 9/10/09
Towelhead - Alicia Erian (froggirlwendy) FINISHED 12/11/09
Black Boxes - Caroline Smailes (L1nda) FINISHED 3/12/09
Passing - Nella Larsen (lakelady2282) FINISHED 17/12/09

Twilight and abstinence?

FROM BRISBANETIMES.COM.AU TODAY (2/12/09):
Robert Pattinson believes the Twilight movies are a metaphor for sexual abstinence.
The 23-year-old star – who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the saga - is unable to have a sexual relationship with a human because he fears that if he goes further than a kiss, his emotions and the power of his body may injure his beloved.
But the British actor thinks the abstinence makes the films even sexier, because the central characters are unable to do anything about their lust for one another.
He said: "The success of the Twilight books comes from the fact that fans can lust after Edward and yet, certainly in the first book, there's no actual sexual contact between him and the series heroine.
“Twilight is a big metaphor for sexual abstinence, and yet it's erotic underneath. There are so many elements in the story which are sexy."
The books which the films are based on were written by Stephanie Meyer, a Mormon who does not believe in sex before marriage.
The latest film in the series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, has already taken over $230 million and has turned Robert, the leading man, into a global heartthrob.