Re-reading the Saga

WARNING: *Breaking Dawn Spoilers below*

OK, so as most of you Twilight addicts know, it is not acceptable (and dang near impossible) to read the Twilight saga just once. So, I'm 3/4 of the way through my second reading. And you know what? I'm starting to get depressed. Just knowing that I will eventually be done with the series... Again...

I think you'll agree with me when I say that I just want to go live in that Forks that exists in Stephenie Meyer's books. Not in the literal since, as in pack my bags and change my geographical location (though that would be ok too) but in the literary since, the Forks that exists in the minds of Stephenie and us readers. I want to be there; to wrap myself in a rainy Forks cocoon and forget my real-world problems. I wish there were some way that Stephenie would continue the story. Of course I realize that a lot of the very things I love about the series would be hard to continue now that Bella and Edward have married. The innocence of them both, the yearning to consummate their love. Ahhh... Although I wouldn't mind if Stephenie expounded on the marital bliss that Bella and Edward share, and I do mean that in the carnal sense.

One thing that was particularly interesting to me is the fact that (in Breaking Dawn) Bella can unveil her mind so that Edward can read it. I would love to read more on that and his feelings about being able to see into her mind when she lets him. It's another avenue that further books could explore.

As far as new story lines go, I'm not really interested in evolving the Jacob and Nessie story. I think I would have much rather preferred Jacob to imprint on someone unrelated to the story so far, or no one at all. I truly love the Jacob character. He's so earnest and sweet. How could you not love him? I would like to see him happy with a girl who's his age now. Or, forget the Nessie dynamic and continue the love triangle between him, Bella and Edward. I thought there for a minute in Breaking Dawn that Stephenie was considering a Jacob/Leah union. Glad it didn't go that way though. Maybe she could develop a story focused on Jacob becoming chief of the Quileute tribe and dealing with the pressures of that. He could imprint on a vampire girl and be bitten. Perhaps it would do something screwy like turn him into a super-creature. Scratch that, I think I was channeling 'Underworld' right there..

If we don't get anymore Twilight books, I wish Stephenie would at least finish (the infamous rough draft) Midnight Sun for us. And I would want it to be 1,000 pages long. Maybe it could be a Twilight/New Moon combo from Edward's point of view. His voice is so engrossing! I love reading all the thoughts that were behind Edward's solemn, tortured looks. So, like all of you, I really mourn the indefinite 'shelving' of Midnight Sun. I hope that the irresistible draw that the Twilight characters have for all us fans is felt by Stephenie and it will lure her back to finishing it. My hope is that she would write New Moon and Eclipse from his point of view as well. Anything to keep it going!

I would be interested in reading more about Emmett and Rosalie, Alice and Jasper; heck, I'd even read about Renee and her old man. Anything, gimme anything, I tell you!

Maybe Stephenie will never continue Midnight Sun, or the Twilight saga. But she should be aware that she could really go in any direction and expand on any of the characters and story lines, and we Twi-hards would eagerly eat it up.