To TWILIGHT or Not to TWILIGHT?

The Washington Post has an article today about women who consider themselves readers of quality literary fiction who avoided the Twilight series, dismissing them as stupid and poorly written, and then finally read them, and then were hooked.

I have to say, I have had no interest in reading them. I like very literal books, and I think the vampire/werewolf part would really turn me off. And they're for teenagers, no?

So, those of you who have read the Twilight books – fill me in. What is so good about them? Am I really missing out? I have to say that the Post article has made me reconsider… a little bit.