Random fun fact of the day!
I’m trying to improve my writing skills (today’s exercise: opening lines). So I grabbed 5 books off my shelf. Bear in mind that most of my reading these days is done electronically, or borrowed from the public library, so I don't often buy books anymore. This is what I ended up with:
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And believe me, you don’t know fun until you’ve dragged €700 worth of shipping across town to the local FedEx store. On your bicycle.
But yeah, I really should go back and re-read the whole series. So great!
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"Hey, surprise ending!" Said Uncle Jesse on Full House after reading the first and the last lines in A Tale of Two Cities. For some reason I never forgot that.
You know, I picked up Harry Potter back when it first came out to see what all the fuss was about and didn't see what the fuss was all about. I kind of didn't give it much thought since then till last summer when I weirdly picked up the fifth book spontaneously and thought it was amazing. I got completely hooked after that. I dunno, the first one didn't really reel me in, I guess.
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Better late than never on the Potter books! Did you go back and read the rest of them after Book 5? The third book was my absolute favorite and remains that way to this day. I still break it out and re-read it occasionally.
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Sirius was my all-time favorite character (followed very closely by Hermione). I was never able to get much into the movies, though I've seen some of them. It could be because I'm kind of not a movie-watching person. I prefer books and tv shows. I really loved the fourth book -- it appealed to the action/adventure lover in me.
Ugh, that was a ridiculously rambling and meandering response...where is my head today?
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