My wife nearly tore through the books. I'm pretty ho-hum about the whole deal because I thought the first movie completely sucked. Tremendous, epic suckage. It also creeps me out that the effeminate poofter who played Edward is such a sex symbol. What's going on here ladies??
At any rate, I'm going to give the books a try. I'm a fan of the genre for sure ever since Underworld and, I'll admit it, all the Blades.