I'm a reader, have been for as far back as I can remember. When I was just breaking into the teenage years, and had yet to know everything and hate everyone, my dad used to take me to this great locally owned bookstore (which to this day is one of my favorites) and would tell me to pick out one book. Well, anyone who is an avid reader realizes that narrowing the selection down to one book in a bookstore filled to the brim with shiny new books is virtually impossible. So...I rarely left that store with less than two books. Because, how do you say no to a kid that is begging for books? Poor dad and his wallet never stood a chance.
When I went back to school several years ago my days were so full of classes, commuting, textbook reading, paper writing, and work, that leisurely reading time became damn near non-existent. Since graduating I think I have spent equal amounts of time in the public library and sending out resumes. The library and all of its free loner books is my new favorite place. Some women shop for shoes, I linger at the library reading the back jacket of all the new releases.
When Harry Potter first came out I was one of the gazillions of people on the "Harry Potter Rocks" bandwagon. I love the stories and the amount of imagination that oozes from every page.
J.K. Rowling is a freaking genius in my humble yet very relevant opinion. I was furious when the books were turned into movies since the Harry Potter craze was an "Oh my God my illiterate child is reading this totally cool book series" craze. But, I digress, that's another post...ahem.
Anyway, I got through Book 5 before returning to school. Even as I was reading The Order of the Phoenix in '03 I realized that I needed to start back at Book 1 because I couldn't remember a lot of the back story. Then I went to school and Harry Potter became a distant memory. Now the last book in the series has been released and I have re-embarked on my Hogwarts journey. I'm back up to Book 5 and have been very careful to shield myself from climax ruining information. I shush people who talk about the books, don't read articles, and change the station when anything HP related is the topic of discussion.
Then Yahoo fudged it all up. They had some headline posted about the controversy over Dumbledore's homosexuality that simply could not be ignored.
DAMN IT! How does that fit into the story line? I couldn't care less about Dumbledore's sexuality but now I'm left wondering...was he in love with Tom Riddle before he went all Evil Empire on the wizarding world? Does the ministry have it out for him because they're bigots? I'm trying not to think about it but I can't make this tidbit of knowledge go back in the box. It's out.
So, my request is...give me 3 weeks. I should be done with the whole series by then. Until then Shut up about Dumbledore!
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5 comments:
I like what you've done with the place! Cozy, warm, inviting, yet clean and simple -- guess i should stop blathering and read what ya wrote...
I like your new skin, my dear. It's soft and inviting - nothing like you.
xoxo
I'm glad that you both like the skin. It's a blogger template. I was tired of the old one, it looked too...unprofessional. Simpler is better I guess. Now I need to get back into writing entertaining posts as nobody actually commented on the subject matter. Good skin, dull writing. Hmmm...
I'm a self-proclaimed HP fan and I find the recent "outing" of Dumbledore completeley irrelevant. Don't worry about it and enjoy the books!
I'm listening to #5 on tape and the guy reading it is incredible. I struggle between hurrying through a book to find out what happens and not wanting to reach the end. I'll find out all the juicy details soon enough and then I'll be sad that it's over.
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