I'm an English major and I liked Twilight

Ok Before I get started, let me clarify. I liked Twilight because I saw it as entertainment, as a "I wonder what's going to happen next" type of thing, similar to Stephen King novels and the DaVinci Code. I think to appreciate the series you have to be into vampires, and understand that Twilight fans, and I'm sure Stephanie Meyer herself are not equating the books to...say 1984 or Heart of Darkness. Some things I thought the books excelled at and could improve upon:

1) I loved the character of Jacob, and the members of the Cullen family but I thought all of the other characters were either one or two dimensional. Jacob's character and the Cullens-minus Edward were all very interesting to read about. They had faults, troubles and triumphs. But, I honestly thought that Bella and Edward were great for each other only because they were so boring! I also thought the whole "sparkling vampire" thing was quite silly. Bella seemed too...ordinary, and I honestly don't think I could describe her character at all. She only stood out because her high school friends were so incredibly dull, and I think most fans skipped over the parts that took place in her high school.

2)The drama was great but the descriptive language....not so much. Ok we all know that Edward and Bella's kisses and fights were fun to read about, as well as the love triangle. I thought the love triangle with Jacob was very intense and well developed. Truth be told, I always rooted for Jacob. But honestly, I could never picture any character or situation like I could in Harry Potter. The descriptions were bland, and the vocabulary level was much to be desired, even considering that it's a YA book. But again, it was easy to look over the language because of the intense action/love scenes.

 Anyway, don't avoid Twilight because of the ultra-hype and fangirls. All I'm saying is, give vampires a chance. 

There's 25 hours in a day up here in my Castle in the Air

A lot of these are Kids/YA books because I'm a kid at heart like that

1) The Neverending Story-THe greatest fantasy novel I have read. It's so much better than the movie(although I do love the movie) which pretty much ends in the middle of the novel. THe hardcover edition is also written in red and green ink, which is pretty awesome.
2)Howl's Castle/Castle in the Air-pretty much companion books to one another. These are intelligent, funny fantasy books disguised as children's lit. They subtly poke fun at fairy tales and the characters are always interesting and unusual.
3)The Wyrd Museum Series-I picked these books up at a bookstore in Boston one time and fell in love. NO ONE has heard of them-though I don't know why. It mixes the mythological "Three Fates" Story with historical fiction, horror, fantasy and a pretty sweet museum. It's like Night at the Museum's dark and sinister, slightly insane, older sister.
4)Wicked- Sigh. Everyone loves the musical, but most can't get through the book. True it's very weird and even I will admit that the plot of the musical is a bit better-but the characters are lively and the story is so much darker. 

5) Twilight-Just kidding.
6) Cirque Du Freak- Ok, it's vampire lit. But for the most part there's no romancing. It's almost entirely plot driven and considered YA lit-but the plot is quite good. I read all 13 of the books and loved them. Now I think that sadly I may be too old/too much of an english major to truly appreciate them again.
7) Abarat- I love love love this series! Right now it's only been two books. It is not only a unique and interesting fantasy/adventure novel about a archipelago of islands that represent each hour of the day situated right outside the town of Chickentown, Minnesota but the author is a talented artist as well. Every chapter has full color paintings of the characters and places in Abarat.