I actually read book 1 and almost all of book 2 before I kicking the inertia and switching to something else. My excuse is I needed something to listen to on my iPod in the underground, and I didn't feel bad about missing bits here and there if it got too noisy.

I'm completely puzzled about the Meyer phenomenon, but curious to see where it'll all end.

I'm considering reading Cassandra Clare's books, starting with City of Bones. Have you read them?