McKenna picks a team
10 June 2010
I had my first So Over It sighting yesterday.
I take McKenna to the Barnes and Noble by my house for story time. The manager there keeps a ton of my books on the shelves, and you can see them when you come up the escalator. I always peek over there hoping the shelf is randomly empty because of some fluke rush. It never is, but anyway. Yesterday I was shocked when I glanced over and saw all three books on the shelf. Seriously! I don’t even have my copies yet. Nor does my publicist have hers!
So if you want a copy of So Over It before I even have my copies, head over to Barnes and Noble at Oak Park Mall here in Overland Park, Kansas and they’ll get you hooked up.
That’s not really what I planned on talking about today. What I actually was going to say is that last night I found myself sitting in an empty house (well, McKenna was sleeping) and I ignored the laundry waiting to be folded and the dishes needing to be done. Instead I laid on the couch and watched New Moon for the first time since seeing it in the theater.
Watching the movies never leaves me satisfied. All it does is make me want to re-read the books again. There’s something about Bella and Edward – I feel, anyway – that just doesn’t completely translate to the screen. Jacob still works for me, but I don’t love Bella and Edward in the movies the way I do in the books.
My daughter is apparently Team Edward, though. Or at least she’s Team Robert Pattinson. I showed her the movie cover and said, “McKenna, who do you think is cuter? Him or him.” She seemed to understand the importance of her answer. She looked back and forth from Jacob and Edward before finally pointing at Edward and saying, “Him.”
That’s okay. I understand we won’t always agree on everything. And she’s young. There’s still hope for her to “get” the Jacob appeal. A mother can hope, anyway.
Comments
Sure you don’t… :)
Posted by Stephanie Morrill on 10 June 2010
Well, I mean she comes by the Jacob preference naturally—I was just shocked she pointed at Edward and IDed him as a vampire. =)
Posted by Roseanna White on 11 June 2010
I just pulled up the trailer and had Xoe look at it. She didn’t even have to debate. Pointed at Jacob and said, “He’s more handsome.” Then pointed at Edward and said, “He looks like a vampire.” ??? I swear I don’t let her watch these things, I don’t know where she gets it from.
Posted by Roseanna White on 10 June 2010