When the Twilight book series first caught on, I wondered if it would become the next Harry Potter. I think I can say at this point that the Twilight phenomenon has definitely reached Harry Potter levels. A new sign of its pop culture status is the Twilight parody, Nightlight: A Parody, written by The Harvard Lampoon and released today. 

The National Lampoon has not written a book parody since Bored of the Rings in 1969. Nightlight's heroine is named Belle Goose. When she moves to Switchblade, Oregon, she meets super-hot computer nerd Edwart Mullen. Belle is described as "pale and klutzy" and Edwart has "zero interest in girls". Belle suspects that Edwart is a vampire after he doesn't eat his tater tots at lunch.

I haven't read the book yet, but I did read the first chapter of Nightlight: A Parody on the Entertainment Weekly website. Hope this will give you something Twilight related to enjoy and help hold you over until the release of the New Moon movie on November 20th. Nightlight: A Parody looks like great fun.

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