Update... December 2008

To all those who love the Blackdagger Brotherhood, Midnight Breed and Twilight... I have finally opened up a site to sell my character inspired bookmarks. Please check it out at...

www.stupidshinydesigns.etsy.com

July 2008 ~ GAH!! My fanfic "The Dark Dance of Temptation" was nominated for Best POV on The Twilight Awards site... http://www.twilightawards.this-paradise.com/ !!

If you're looking for something wonderful to read... pick anything from the long lists of various catagories and you won't be disappointed!!

First... grateful thanks go out to SomethingBlue, my wonderful Beta, for sharing her amazing ideas with me, pointing out all my mistakes and encouraging me to go back and make everything better! I am proud to call you my symbiote! Also, thanks to Simplicity for wonderful ideas, insights and keeping me in line with all my crazy POV mistakes. Thanks to Heart Song for all her various beta reads and thanks also to Ninetailedkat who gave me tons of techniqcal info on a major scene I couldn't have even begun to guess at on my own. Ladies... you all ROCK!!

Please feel free to look over my favorites and my Twilight community. My favorites include fanfics that have elements that I like, such as good writing, interesting plot or they just made me laugh. A few have some excellent parts to them and some not so good parts. I included them here even if I don't really care for the story as a whole. There's just no place else to put them except on my 'favorites'.

The fanfics I include in my Twilight community all stick very close to the original characters personalities even if it's an AU. These will also include any time before, during and/or after Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. Bella will always end up with Edward as it should be. I don't have many because I haven't had very much time to read other fanfics yet. If you read a fanfic you feel would belong nicely here, please let me know and I will be happy to read it and then decide. Please don't be offended if I don't agree.

Also... if you usually cringe away from any fanfic that pairs Bella with any other vampire other than Edward, please take a moment to allow Janna Banana to change your mind. She has written an awesome fanfic titled "When Darkness Turns to Light" and taken many aspects of Twilight and New Moon and twisted them to fit her AU very nicely. I think you will enjoy it!!

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Favorite books/authors...top of the list only

Twilight Saga and The Host by the glorious Stephenie Meyer

The Midnight Breed Warrior series by Lara Adrian beginning with 'Kiss of Midnight'...Alien/human vampires called the Breed. Adult content! My personal favorite vampire mate! Sorry Edward, but I would rather have a man who could bite me repeatedly without killing me, keep me young forever without turning me into a vampire, give me sons and share his intoxicating blood with me each time we make love.

Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward beginning with 'Dark Lover'... adult content! And...OH.MY.GOD!! LoveLoveLove the Brothers!

Night Huntress Series by Jeaniene Frost beginning with 'One Foot in the Grave'... adult content with an excellent strong female lead character!

Love At Stake Series by Kerrelyn Sparks beginning with 'How to Marry a Million Vampire'... adult content.

The Southern Vampire Series by Charlaine Harris beginning with 'Dead Until Dark'...some steamy smut but these books are found in the Sci Fi/Fantasy section. You may recognize this from the HBO show, True Blood... believe me... the show is basically only using the characters in name with a bit of the storyline thown in. The books are so much better than the show... Jason does breed like a cat in heat, but not in every chapter for eff's sake!!

Riley Jenson Guardian Series by Keri Arthur (Werewloves and vampies galore!)'Full Moon Rising', 'Kissing Sin', 'Tempting Evil', 'Dangerous Games', 'Embrased by Darkness' & 'The Darkest Kiss'. Adult content!

The Lords of the Underworld Series beginning with 'The Darkest Night' by Gena Showalter... adult content.

The House of Night Series beginning with 'Marked' by PC Cast and Kristen Cast. In the YA section... A whole nother vamp story... with little bits of steam thrown in here and there.

Vampire Kisses, Kissing Coffins, Vampireville by Ellen Schreiber... thanks ForeverAVampireLover for recommending it to me! They are YA and just alot of fun!

Harry Potter by JKR of course (Anything & everything! My books are all filled with little sticky tabs pointing to important clues! Looks like a rainbow is trying to explode from inside my books!) I read the last book in one day and Yes! I cried but I also found some very funny things to laugh like a lunatic at. Anything to ease the tension of losing so many wonderful friends! I swear I'm suffering a deep depression from the death of fictional characters!

Stephen King...everything! Especially the 'Dark Tower' series.

Michael Crichton...everything! Especially Timeline.

My favorite websites

http://www.bluesbookclub.com/forums/index.php

http/phade.blackdaggerfans.net/

www.jrward.com

www.laraadrian.com

www.thehostindex.net

www.stepheniemeyer.com

www.twilightlexicon.com

www.ramblingsandthoughts.com/twilight Excellent 'Twilight' fanfiction site ( you can't post there unless you're invited, which I have been, but you can read and review)

www.twilighted.net Another excellent 'Twilight' fanfiction site!!

Also, please take a moment to check out this wonderful site...

www.twilightawards.this-paradise.com/ My fanfiction 'The Dark Dance of Temptation was recently nominated for an award for 'Best POV' at this site!! If you are leary of searching around fanfiction.net to find something good, check the nominations here! They are sure to be wonderful!! Thank you so much effection for honoring all of the authors here at fanfiction.net with your reader awards!

My Ever-Growing Playlists

'Twilight'

Unwritten (Bella) So She Dances - Josh Groban (how Edward sees Bella) Creep - Muse (Edward) Fallen - Sarah MacLachlen (Edward giving in to Bella) Everywhere - Michelle Branch (Bella) You and Me - Lifehouse (ExB) Please Forgive Me - David Gray (Edward) Iris – Goo Goo Dolls (Edward revealing himself in the meadow) Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol (BxE) Don’t Let Go – Bryan Adams & Sarah McLachlan (In the meadow) She's Like the Wind - Patrick Swayze (Edward) I Wanna Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Edward) Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (Edward) The Reason - Hoobastank (Edward) Sweet Surrender - Sarah MacLachen (BxE) Everytime We Touch – Cascada (Bella) Here With Me – Dido (Bella) Angel – Sarah McLachlan & Josh Groban(Waiting in the hotel before meeting James) Mitternacht - E Nomine (running from the airport to meet James & at the dance studio) If That’s What It Takes – Celine Dion (BxE) I Only Have Eyes For You - Art Garfunkel (ExB at the Prom) I Will Believe - Nichole Nordeman (general ending theme)

'New Moon'

Awake – Josh Groban (Edward & Bella the last night he stays with her. I swear this is the saddest song I have ever heard and I cry every time I hear it!) I Will Remember You – Sarah McLachlan (Edward) Alejate (Just Walk Away) - Josh Groban (Edward saying goodbye) Hate Me - Blue October (Edward) Mi Mancherai (I Will Miss You) - Josh Groban (Bella) Why - Anne Lenox (Bella) One More Night - Phil Collins (Bella) Tomorrow - Avril Lavigne (Bella to Charlie) My Immortal – Evanescence (Bella) Remember When It Rained – Josh Groban (BxE) Until I Find You Again - Richard Marx (Bella) Missing – Evanescence (Bella) Ghost Story – Sting (Edward) Mai (Never) - Josh Groban (Bella) Stupid - Sarah MacLachen (Bella) Remember - Picture This (Bella and Edward) Better Than Me - Hinder (Edward) My December - Linkin Park (Edward) Walking On Broken Glass - Anne Lenox (Bella) The One - Backstreet Boys (Jacob to Bella) Take This Heart - Richard Marx (JxB) Addicted - Kelly Clarkson (Bella on the edge of the cliff) Going Under – Evanescence (After Bella jumps) Fix You - Coldplay (Jacob) More Than That - Backstreet Boys (Jacob to Bella in front of Bella's house) Over My Head - The Fray (Bella) Taking Over Me - Evanescence (Bella Going to Italy) Sing For Absolution - Muse (Edward) Hear Me - Kelly Clarkson (Bella as she runs through the pavilion to stop Edward from stepping out into the sun) White Flag – Dido (Bella in Edward's arms waiting to leave the Volturri) Suddenly - Superchick (Bella) My Confession - Josh Groban (Edward) Far Away – Nickleback (Edward asking forgiveness) Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx (BxE) This I Promise you – NSYC (Edward) The Shape of My Heart - Backstreet Boys (Edward) Never Let go - Josh Groban (BxE) Him - Collective Soul (Jacob to Bella)

'Eclipse'

Hamburg Song - Keane (Jacob) Mr. Brightside - The Killers (Edward) If You're Not The One - David Bedingfield (Jacob) The One I Love - David Gray (Jacob) Stab My Back - The All-American Rejects (Jacob) Clocks - Coldplay (Edward) Seduces Me - Celine Dion (BXE) Blackout - Muse (EXB spending the night in Edward's new bed) I'll Be - Edwin McCain (Edward giving Bella the ring) Broken Wings - Alter Bridge ( the battle) Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional (Edward) Hysteria - Muse (Jacob as he kisses Bella) Time - Sarah MacLachlan (Bella as Jacob kisses her) Fall to Pieces - Avril Lavine (BxE in the tent after the JxB kiss) You're Still You - Josh Groban (Edward) As the End Draws Near - Sarah McLachlan (The seconds after Edward shreds the tent before Riley appears) Uninvited - Alanis Morissette (Bella as she watches Edward and Victoria) Infra-Red - Placebo (Edward and Victoria battle) Perfect Girl - Sarah McLachlan (Bella to Jacob) Luv - Travis ( Jacob to Bella) Leave Out All The Rest - Linkin Park ( Bella to Jacob)Possession - Sarh MacLachlan (Edward) How to Save a Life - The Fray (Edward feeling a little sorrow for Jacob) Answer - Sarah McLachlan (Edward to Bella after crying all night) You Are Loved - Josh Groban (Edward to Bella after crying all night) Push - Sarah McLachlan (Bella to Edward) The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot - Brand New (Edward) When You Say You Love Me - Josh Groban (Edward) Do You Realize - The Flaming Lips (Edward to Bella in the meadow) Falling Away With You - Muse (ExB meadow) It Ends Tonight - All American Rejects (Jacob to Leah) Blurry - Puddle of Mudd (Jacob after receiving the wedding invitation) The Flame - Cheap Trick (Jacob)

'The Dark Dance of Temptation' and 'Becoming Whole'

Little Wonders – Rob Thomas (BxE) Gravity of Love – Enigma (BxE) Field Of Innocence – Evanescence (Edward's internal struggle with damnation) Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park (Edward to Bella) Savin’ Me – Nickleback (Bella's view of her humanity as a prison) My Last Breath - Evanescence (After Bella is shot by Jacob) Lullaby - Josh Groban (Bella's lullaby) Take Me Away - 4 Strings (Before Edward bites Bella) Drifting Away - Skye (The tempo of this song is the beating of Bella's heart during her change) The Key to Twilight - Yuki Kajiura (Bella) Anywhere – Evanescence (BxE) What I've Done - Linkin Park (Edward) Tu Sei - Vittorio Grigolo (When Bella becomes aware and they get romantic for the first time) Bedshaped (Cosi') - Vittorio Grigolo (this one too!) Love Song For A Vampire - Anne Lenox (Edward) In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (Edward) My Miracle - Vittorio Grigolo (ExB) In Her Eyes - Josh Groban (Edward) Now and Forever - Richard Marx (Edward) You're Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer (BxE in the forest) Keep Holding On - Avril Lavine (flying to Italy to stand in front of the Volturi) For Always - Josh Groban (The wedding) Everything - Lifehouse (the wedding night)