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I just closed a tab that was a page on Henry Jenkins' website. My friends suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I attempted to wade through that ponderous prose and just gave up and asked for a summary. Yet I kept the tab open...thinking I would read it? Idk.

Seriously, do I need to read the books? I am inclined to read them so I can negotiate the show from the proper perspective, but I hesitate as I was burnt on THAT OTHER VAMPIRE CRAPFEST TEEN SERIES. How bad are they, with Twilight as the gold standard?

Are there coms and junk yet? I just dumped all the ontds off my fl so I have room for new garbage coms I can scroll over.

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I read the books at the age of 13/14ish and liked them. I considered rereading them when the show started, but knew that if I did attempt a reread today I'd be extremely disappointed. If memory serves, I'd say that they are better than Twilight, though almost anything is better than Twilight.

If you decide to read them, I wouldn't set your standard very high for them. They are your typical sci-fi young adult novel in which the author tries to play out her own fantasy of the ordinary teenage girl suddenly being the center of a mysterious, dangerous world where multiple hot guys are falling all over themselves to be with her.

I looooooooove your description of 9/10ths of romance novels and chicklit. BRIL!