Meyer's Breaking Dawn release set to come out this weekend

The countdown to Stephenie Meyer's final book in the Twilight series has already caused quite a stir. Facebook groups, LiveJournal communities, and websites including Meyer's own (updated and put together by her little brother, Seth) are pumping fans up as they anxiously await the Breaking Dawn release.

Two days and counting. The spoilers start coming out of the wood works and people try to ruin the fun for other Twilighters. Most moderators try to be helpful - telling people not to post spoilers or to post warnings behind a cut. Some even warn readers where spoilers can be found so they can stay away. But of course there are always a few that can't help but give into temptation.

Since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, fandom has slowed to a crawl. Events set in stone by J. K. Rowling have fic writers trying to come up with new ideas. And new ideas begin to become more and more alternate universe than the main dream of Rowling's series.

With the announcement of the Twilight movie - some fans became rather upset in the choice of actor put into the role of Edward. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire co-star, Robert Pattinson, dives into his first American movie role as the dark, mysterious Edward Cullen.

When asked by MTV news how he learned how to do an American accent, Pattinson said he "grew up watching American movies and stuff" so he "learned how to "act" from American films."

"I think it's turned around now," Pattinson told MTV news about how it was received that he would be playing Edward Cullen. "I remember when I first got cast, that was quite funny. It's kind of the same reaction I would've had if I were a little girl: "What?!?" I looked at the "Twilight" [message boards] the other day, and it seemed like it turned around. But for a while, I was staying inside and I kept my doors locked. I watched a couple of these YouTube videos of people who were complaining about the casting. I don't know. They should have been given parts in this movie."

Most fans seem to have accepted Pattinson and rising star, Kristen Stewart (Jumper, The Messengers) as Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.

As the book release date draws closer, most gamers and fanfic writers are starting to cut themselves off completely from anything that will spoil the book for them.

Meyer, a graduate of Brigham Young University, has a bachelor's degree in English. She lives with her husband and three young sons in Phoenix, Az. With the publication of her first novel, Twilight, booksellers chose Meyer as one of the "most promising new authors of 2005".

Breaking Dawn promises to be one of the most waited for books since the final Harry Potter novel. Most fans of the Harry Potter series have eagerly searched for something fill their time with. This series gives them a first person view of a young girl and how it feels to fall in love, have a broken heart and make new friends.

Hopefully the end of the series won't be disappointing to fans - and since Meyer's next project is the companion novel to Twilight, Midnight Sun, fans won't have to let go of Edward Cullen just yet.