We’ve added the information on chapter seven in the discussion area of the lexicon.  You can participate in our discussion over at the message boards.  Come on over and enjoy the fun.  Just a reminder that the lexicon is a spoiler free site, so those of you that have read New Moon and/or any of the spoilers for New Moon should be cautious when answering the questions. 

 I posted too quickly and I forgot to add that at 7:00pm Eastern USA time on Friday ( that’s 11:00pm UK and I believe 9:00am Saturday in Australia) our Lexicon Chatroom will go live. Watch our message boards for the link.

~Pelirroja

Chapter Number:  Seven

Chapter Name:  Nightmare

Page Numbers:  129-151 (Hardcover)

Date of Chapter:  March 5-8, 2005

Summary:  Bella comes home after her trip to LA Push and goes up to her bedroom. She puts on headphones and listens to a CD that Phil had given her so she wouldn’t have to think.

Bella falls asleep and has a dream. In the dream she is in the forest near the ocean. She’s trying to follow the sound of the waves so she can find the sun. Suddenly Jacob appears, grabs Bella, and tells her to run. Bella shrugs him off desperate to complete her quest to find the sun. In fact she can hear Mike calling to her. Next, Jacob transforms into a reddish brown wolf with black eyes and starts to growl.  Bella can now hear Mike’s voice screaming for her to run, but she is distracted by this white light that is approaching her from the direction of the beach.  Out of nowhere, Edward steps from the forest smiling at her with pointed teeth and saying, “trust me”.  Just as Bella moves toward Edward the wolf jumps up and leaps in between them with his fangs aiming at the jugular. 

Bella then awakens from her dream screaming. She is on her bed fully clothed. It is 5:00am and thankfully Charlie is already out fishing, so she didn’t wake  him up. Unable to go back to sleep, Bella looks up vampire information on the Internet. Most of it is gory or information on role playing games. She is heartened somewhat by an entry about Italian vampires called Stregoni Benefici who are the mortal enemies of evil vampires.   She evaluates all the vampire information and decides Edward fits some criteria like pale skin, speed, strength, and beauty; however, he doesn’t fit other criteria as he obviously can be out in the daytime.

More frustrated than ever Bella takes a walk in the woods to clear her head. She comes to the conclusion that whatever the Cullens are vampires, superheroes, or something she hasn’t thought of, they are not normal humans. She decides that she has two options 1) to take Edward’s advise to be smart and avoid him, or 2) to let things go on as they had been because clearly Edward could have hurt her several times and chose not to. Bella chooses the latter and further comes to the conclusion that she is completely drawn to Edward. In her dream, she realizes she screamed when the wolf attacked out of fear for Edward’s safety. Bella walks home now relieved that she has made a decision about her relationship with Edward. 

Bella spends the rest of that day and the next uneventfully with Charlie. When she goes to bed on Sunday, she notices that the window in her room opens much easier than she would have expected.

When Bella goes to school on Monday it is bright and sunny.  She runs into Mike who again tries to ask her out on a date. Bella bluntly tells him that she isn’t interested, but that Jessica is. Bella looks for Edward in her classes, but he isn’t there. Then, at lunch she notices that his whole family is absent too. When Bella goes home Jessica calls and moves the date that she and Bella are supposed to go dress shopping because Mike has asked her out to dinner. Bella goes outside to read and falls asleep on the quilt after being frustrated that all the characters in Jane Austen novels seem to be named Edward. Bella wakes up with a start when she hears Charlie’s cruiser pull up, but also has an eerie feeling she isn’t alone.  Bella tells Charlie that the following evening she wants to go dress shopping with the girls. Charlie is confused because Bella isn’t going to the dance, and then decides that it’s just a girl thing.

The next day at school the weather is sunny and the Cullens are absent again. Right after school Bella meets up with the Jessica and Angela(Lauren can’t go) so they can go dress shopping in Port Angeles.

Characters Involved:  Bella Swan, Charlie Swan, Mike Newton, Jessica Stanley, Angela Weber, (In Bella’s dream) – Mike Newton, Jacob Black, and Edward Cullen

Characters Mentioned:  Phil Dwyer, Alice Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale, Lauren Mallory, Renee Dywer, Tyler Crowley

Places Visited:  the Swan home, the woods surrounding the Swan home, Forks High School.

Memorable Quotes:
“He stared at me like I’d just spoken in pig Latin.”
~ Bella referring to Mike’s reaction to hearing Bella’s essay on Shakespeare is about whether Shakespeare treatment of his female characters is misogynistic.

“I don’t think that’s the best idea…if you ever repeat what I’m saying right now I will cheerfully beat you to death, but I think that would hurt Jessica’s feelings…Really, Mike, are you blind?”
~ Bella turning down Mike’s offer of a date and telling Mike of Jessica’s feelings for him.

“Weren’t there any other names available in the late eighteenth century?”
~ Bella thinking how the heroes of the Jane Austen novels all seem to be named Edward.

“I wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman.”
~ Bella musing how Charlie doesn’t understand why she’s going dress shopping if she isn’t going to buy a dress for herself.

“Bells, I fed myself for seventeen years before you got here.”
~ Charlie letting Bella know he can fend for himself while she goes dress shopping.

Important Information Learned:
Bella’s bedroom window opens easily even though, in theory, she is the first one to open it in years.

Bella screams in her dream not because she is afraid of Edward, but because she is afraid for him.

Bella does extensive research online about vampires and discovers that not all vampires are considered evil.

Renee has sent a bunch of emails that get snippier in tone because she hasn’t heard from Bella during the week, but Bella just replies with a quick response that says she’s been out with friends and busy with school work and now enjoying good weather.

Bella decides that Edward isn’t a normal human being but she is still not sure if he is a vampire.

Bella agonizes over choices carefully evaluating all facts that she has amassed, but once she makes a decision she never looks back to second guess herself.

That’s right folks, according to Stephenie:

"I’ve just gotten offical permission to post the first chapter of New Moon in July! The reason they’re letting me do this early is because indications are that New Moon will be out earlier than expected. Looks like Amazon was right on this one. Just a few short months to go!

And I should have my tour dates this week or next, so I’ll be able to confirm where I’m going."

In addition, Stephenie confirmed the date and time of one of her upcoming I Love Edward Cullen parties. Where better to hold it than the library in Forks, Washington.

Forks Memorial Library
171 Forks Avenue South
Forks, WA 98331

The signing will be Thursday, July 20th at 6:00 p.m.

We’ll post more details as son as we have them.

 

~Pelirroja~

Sorry for the slow delay on getting information posted.  Vacation and summer fun have been distracting me!  Bad admin!  Bad!  I promise to get back to work and keep the information rolling.

I’ve added the information on chapter six in the discussion area of the lexicon.  You can participate in our discussion over at the message boards.  We’re getting to the really good stuff now!  And I feel that I need to remind some of you that the lexicon is a spoiler free site, so those of you that have read New Moon and/or any of the spoilers for New Moon should be cautious when answering the questions from now on. 

And speaking of New Moon, I’m wanting to get a head start on the information that will be posted here once New Moon is released.  Before I can do that, I need you help in making sure I have the characters from Twilight covered.  Put your tracking skills into work and help me find all those minor characters in Twilight that don’t yet have a bio posted.  I plan on making a master list of the teaching staff at the high school, so you don’t need to give me the names of anyone at the high school.  Anyone else, however, is open for grabs.  If  it’s a very minor character with only one or two mentions in the whole book, please tell me what page you found their name on.  It will make my job that much simpler!  Feel free to post it here in a comment or e-mail the lexicon.

Thanks!

Alphie

 

Chapter Number: Six

Chapter Name: Scary Stories

Page Numbers:  110 – 128 (Hardcover)

Date of Chapter: March 3rd – March 5th, 2005

Summary: Although prepared for his absence, Bella still finds herself looking for Edward at lunch the day following the blood typing. She also discovers a more unpleasant side to Lauren who gives her unfriendly glances and makes malicious comments about her to Mike.

That night, Bella asks Charlie about the camping at ‘Goat Rocks’, where Edward had said he was going to be that weekend. Her father replies that it is not a very good place for camping at this time of year, as there are too many bears.

On Saturday, Bella goes on the previously arranged day trip to First Beach with a group from school. While there, she meets an old friend, Jacob Black, the son of a tribal elder of the Quileutes tribe.

Driven by a comment by one of the other La Push kids named Sam, Bella flirts awkwardly with Jacob to get him to explain why the Cullens are not allowed on the lands belonging to the Quileutes.

Jacob tells her about the old tribal stories of how the Quileutes are supposed to be descended from wolves, their ancestors being werewolves. He also tells her about the only known enemy of the werewolf – the ‘cold ones’, (vampires), who made a treaty with his great-grandfather many years ago, which resulted in them agreeing to stay off Quileute land. Jacob explains that the ‘cold ones’ who made the treaty are in fact the Cullens who are currently living in Forks.

Although Jacob says he does not believe the stories, Bella is visibly shaken by his tales and has to try hard to disguise her shock from Jacob.

Characters involved: Bella Swan, Jessica Stanley, Lauren Mallory, Mike Newton, Angela Weber, Charlie Swan, Jacob Black, Sam Uley

Characters Mentioned: Billy Black, Rachel Black, Rebecca Black, Eric Yorkie, Ben Cheney, Connor, Lee Stephens, Samantha, Tyler Crowley, Alice Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Edward Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Esme Cullen, Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale, other teenagers from the reservation.

Places visited: Forks High School, The Swan residence, Newton’s Olympic Outfitters store, La Push, (First Beach).

Memorable quotes:
“They claimed they didn’t hunt humans. They supposedly were somehow able to prey on animals instead.”
~How the cold ones of Forks were different.

“They are the same ones.”
~Jacob Black explains the startling truth about the Cullens.

Important Information Learned:
The Cullens are vampires who, following a treaty many years ago, are not allowed on the lands belonging to the Quileutes.

The Quileutes are supposedly descended from werewolves.

The Cullens are not like normal vampires as they do not drink the blood of humans, preferring instead to feed off animals.

It’s Saturday morning and we had a wonderful time with Stephenie yesterday. For more details, and, of course pictures, vist this link on the message boards.

Pelirroja 

Stephenie has announced that the t-shirts pictured a few weeks ago at her website are now for sale.  Make sure you read all the information about the shirts before you order them.  They run small so order a size larger than normal.  You can read more about it here.

On a personal note, I will be off the boards and pretty much out of site for an extended weekend jaunt to NYC to visit Pelirroja.  One of the many things we have planned is to head down to DC to have lunch with Stephenie herself while she is at the book convention.  I promise you that a full report will be posted here for your entertainment as both Pel and I will most certainly act like fools.  Alas, Imogen could not escape the marking of her students’ papers to join us in NYC or she would have most certainly been with us. 

Alphie

The chapter discussion on Chapter Five – Blood Type has been posted on the site. Please join in our discussions of ‘Twilight’ on the message boards.

Chapter Number: Five

Chapter Name: Blood Type

Page Numbers: 85-109 (Hardcover)

Date of Chapter: March 3, 2005

Summary: During lunch Edward sits apart from the other members of his family and motions for Bella to join him. During their conversation Edward insists that he is not good for Bella, but he’s given up trying to stay away from her. He also lets her know that, in general, he’s very good at reading people, but he can’t read her. When lunch ends, Edward tells her that he’s ditching Biology class.

When Bella gets to Biology class, she discovers that the lesson involves blood typing. This is a problem because Bella tends to pass out from the sight and smell of blood. Mike is assigned to take Bella to the nurse. Unfortunately, Bella is weaker than she thought and practically passes out on the sidewalk in between buildings. Fortunately, Edward appears out of nowhere and carries her, much to Mike’s ire, to the nurse.

Edward talks the nurse into letting him be excused so he can drive Bella home. On the car ride Bella discovers that they both like to listen to Debussy. The conversation then turns to Bella’s relationship with her mother, and Edward remarks that Bella seems "old" for her age. Edward then tells Bella a little bit about his family.

Bella invites Edward to come to the beach with the rest of the kids the next day, but Edward declines because he says he doesn’t think Mike will like it and he is going camping with Emmett in the Goat Rock Wilderness.

Characters Involved: Bella Swan, Mr. Mason, Mike Newton, Jessica Stanley, Edward Cullen, Mr. Banner, school nurse, Ms. Cope

Characters Mentioned: Eric Yorkie, Angela Weber, Lauren Mallory, Mrs. Goff, Lee Stephens, Alice Cullen, Charlie Swan, Renee Dwyer, Phil Dwyer, Carlisle Cullen, Esme Cullen, Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale

Places Visited: Forks High School

Memorable Quotes (there are so many classic quotes this chapter):
"I’m trying to figure out what you are."
~ Bella telling Edward why she’s staring at him.

"I’ve decided that as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly."
~Edward explaining to Bella why he invited her to sit with him at lunch.

"Um, well, bitten by a radio active spider?"
~Bella sharing one of her theories with Edward.

"Kryptonite doesn’t bother me either."
~ Edward debunking Bella’s superhero theories.

"You scared me for I minute there. I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods."
~ Edward explaining to Bella why he showed up to help.

"I usually am—but about what in particular this time?"
~ Edward’s response to Bella when she tells him he’s right.

"I think you could be if you wanted to."
~ Bella’s response to Edward when he asks if she thinks he’s scary.

"So… try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?"
~Edward telling Bella to take care of herself during the beach trip.

Important Information Learned:
Bella is sickened at the sight of blood, and because it smells "like rust and salt."

Edward, although he continually warns Bella that it would be better if they weren’t friends, has decided not to stay away from Bella and "let the chips fall where they may."

Edward carries Bella as if she weighs nothing.

Bella thinks Renee would support a choice she makes even if Renee disagreed with it because Renee would want Bella to be happy.

Edward is very curious as to if Bella is afraid of him.

Edward’s eyes are now a deep gold color.

Edward seemed to consider the trip with the kids until he realized it was to the beach.

You’ve got to go and read this now! Midnight Sun has the first chapter posted on Stephenie’s site. Now you can read the beginning of ‘Twilight’ from Edward’s point of view. Why are you still reading? Get over there now! Imogen 🙂