{"id":237,"date":"2009-04-07T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbicmsblog.reedbusiness.com\/elogic_660000266\/2009\/04\/07\/twi-la-la-la-la-light-boys\/"},"modified":"2009-04-07T10:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T10:01:00","slug":"twi-la-la-la-la-light-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/shelftalker\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Twi-la-la-la-la-light + boys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a little funny for you on a grey afternoon. (Well, grey in Vermont, at least.) A group of wily youth has filmed an ongoing video series called Twilight the Musical<\/a>, a spoof of, well, you know — and it’s really well done. Part 1<\/a> (watch in HD for much better quality) starts off a little slowly, but revs up, and Part 2<\/a> is utterly hilarious.<\/p>\n

I found these on Twilight Guy: A Guy Reads the Twilight Saga<\/a>, one of the very slick websites started by 20-year-old new YA author Kaleb Nation<\/a>. The TwilightGuy site actually boasts a blurb from Stephenie Meyer<\/a> herself: "…this new site made me laugh buckets." I agree; it’s a very funny look at the book from a young man’s perspective. He’s reading the books purely for research, of course; as he says, "At least, that is my alibi."<\/p>\n

At our store, we find more and more boys asking for the series without sheepishness or apology. It’s pretty heartening, actually. Reminds me of a sixth-grade boy in my library — one of the cool kids, to boot — shrugging off the jeers of a few buddies who saw him reading Little Women<\/em>. "It’s a really good book," he said. "You’re missing out." Now, the Twilight<\/em> shift probably wouldn’t have happened without the movie, and without the natural curiosity of teenage boys who want to see why their competition (Edward Cullen) is making an entire generation of girls swoon. But I like to think some things are changing.<\/p>\n

Are there any other formerly-known-as-chick-lit books you are finding boys gravitating toward? And which ones do you wish<\/em> they’d pick up?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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