{"id":2145,"date":"2008-07-31T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2008-07-31T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/07\/countdown-to-stephenie-meyers.html"},"modified":"2008-07-31T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2008-07-31T18:00:29","slug":"countdown-to-stephenie-meyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/07\/countdown-to-stephenie-meyers.html","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s &#8216;Breaking Dawn&#8217;: Your Pre-&#8216;Twilight&#8217; Release To-Do List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve barely one day left before the much-awaited release of Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s book four in the Twilight Series, &#8220;Breaking Dawn.&#8221; (!!!!!!!!!) I&#8217;ve taken the liberty of drawing up a pre-lease &#8220;<strong>To-Do<\/strong>&#8221; list for all you &#8220;Twilight&#8221; fans between now and tomorrow, midnight.<br \/>\n<strong>Top 5 Things To Do If You Love Twilight As Much As I Do<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<strong>#1<\/strong>: Um, you&#8217;ve reserved your copy of the book right? If you haven&#8217;t, get to your local bookstore ASAP.<br \/>\n<strong>#2<\/strong>: Make sure you know which midnight party you are attending. There is a handy-dandy Twilight Series &#8220;Breaking Dawn&#8221; event locater to help! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetwilightsaga.com\/events\/find-event\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to find a midnight party near you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>#3<\/strong>: Re-read &#8220;Twilight,&#8221; &#8220;New Moon,&#8221; and &#8220;Eclipse&#8221; and then re-read them again. (If you are a real fan, you already started doing this, and as usual, flew through them in no time in preparation for tomorrow. If not, get going. They are such quick reads you&#8217;ll probably finish in time.)<br \/>\n<strong>#4<\/strong>: Make sure you have your favorite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepheniemeyer.com\/gear_shirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Twilight T-shirt<\/a> washed and ready for tomorrow night, even if, sadly, it&#8217;s a Team Jacob shirt. My Team Edward baby-T is all set!<br \/>\n#5: In the effort to evangelize, find a friend (and this will be difficult since there are so many fans) who, GASP, has yet to discover the series and convince her (or him) to go with you tomorrow night.<br \/>\nOkay. That&#8217;s all for now. Oh, by the way, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepheniemeyer.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\na handy countdown calendar (as if you had to check).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve barely one day left before the much-awaited release of Stephenie Meyer&#8217;s book four in the Twilight Series, &#8220;Breaking Dawn.&#8221; (!!!!!!!!!) I&#8217;ve taken the liberty of drawing up a pre-lease &#8220;To-Do&#8221; list for all you &#8220;Twilight&#8221; fans between now and tomorrow, midnight. 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