I read Twilight for the fist time on a plane to Hong Kong in Aug. of 2007. I was taking a trip with my cousin and my friend had bought it for me and made me promise to read it on the plane. I didn't want to read a vampire story. it sounded really odd to me but i promised because i trusted my friend. Normally a 17 hour plane ride is something i would want to sleep as much as possible through, however I was hooked! I'm from AZ and am NOT a fan of cold, wet, and/or snow. Needless to say, Bella and I bonded from the beginning! ;) While in Hong Kong, I became so obsessed that I made my Cousin read it and then scowered the city for an English book store that had New Moon. Eclipse had just been released in the US and wouldn't be overseas for a while so we had to make do with just that. The two of us then read New Moon together straight through anytime we were sitting down. I had problems sleeping due to the jet lag and it was cloudy nearly the entire time we were there. Adding that to the fact that I had read Twilight about 5 times and New Moon about 3 times- all within 3 weeks- I was beginning to think I was a Vampire. :) The moment i got back from China, my mother told me we were going to drive to Utah that night. (12 hour drive) so all i wanted to do was head to the nearest store to pick up Eclipse! Who needs sleep anyway? I've been hooked ever since. Ya, who knew your whole world could bee turned upside down by a Vampire novel?!