Vampire Series Sinks Teeth Into Star Women's Skiers

The Twilight phenomenon has sunk its teeth into the Canadian women’s ski team.

It turns out that two of the team’s top skiers, Emily Brydon and Britt Janyk, have become hooked on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling series about a family of modern-day vampires living in Forks, Wash. The series is a phenomenon and a movie based on the first book, Twilight, broke box office records in its first weekend.

Brydon said she got hooked onto the series by her former teammate, Allison Forsyth, who had to retire this year because of knee problems.

“Allie said ‘Emily, you have to read this book,’” said Brydon. “I was like ‘Really? I don’t like vampires. This stuff does not interest me.’ She was like ‘Trust me, read this book.’ She knows I love to read books. She knew that I would appreciate a good book. She forced me to read it. And then after the first one, I said ‘You don’t have to force me anymore. I’m a convert.’”

Added Janyk: “The books are so amazing. Emily and I can’t put them down. I just finished the second book and I didn’t want it to end.”

At 28, neither Brydon nor Janyk fits the typical profile of the devotees of Meyer's books – they are a particular hit among teenagers – but it’s become pretty clear the audience is an ever expanding one. This comes from a household where both my wife and 12-year-old daughter have been greatly enjoying the genre.

“It’s huge,” said Brydon, whose season opens at Lake Louise in less than two weeks. “I love books that transcend age. I’m much older than your daughter and I love it. It’s like the best brain candy. It’s mindless but fulfilling. I alternate. I have serious books and then I have brain candy books. That’d be my brain candy.”

Brydon said she’s already passed one of the books on to teammate Brigitte Acton, and that one of the other skiers has asked for the set for Christmas.

“It’ll make it through our team. We’re like a mini book club.”

Comments

[Delicious Monster]

Vampires to make rather delicious monsters so what do you expect. It seems a harmless habit.