"It is essential that you understand this!" said Dumbledore, standing up and striding about the room, his glittering robes swooshing in his wake; Harry had never seen him so agitated. "By attempting to kill you, Voldemort himself singled out the remarkable person who sits here in front of me, and gave him the tools for the job! It is Voldemort's ( Read more... )

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Boy amd I glad I'm done reading this book. It's kinda like torture. Church Of England/Spanish Inquisition type torture, but torture nonetheless. ("Talk, will you!" "But it hurts!" "Oh, I'm sorry...loosen it up a bit.") Especially when you've JUST finished Book 1 because JKR spends a lot of time explaining ( Read more... )

I should really get in the habit of doing this AS I finish the books. Cuz it's easier.

Whitethorn Woods, by Maeve Binchy: Book 10: Maeve is and has been one of my all time favorite authors for years, so when I saw her new book out I simply had to buy it. Once again, she's awesome. The interesting thing about Maeve's books is how many times they ( Read more... )

I just finished reading Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, who interestingly enough is a woman. It was pretty good. Apparently its received all sorts of awards and good reviews, and when I started it I really couldn't figure out why. But then it shifted (or maybe my attention shifted) and it became quite good and hard to put down ( Read more... )

( HP Book 7 title talk, and a question for the grammar nazis on my flist )

So, sometimes you're at work and the hem of your pants comes undone. So you've got a big floppy thing going on on your left leg. And you find yourself almost tripping on it, so something needs to be done to avoid 1) injury and 2) unnecessary embarrassment from falling on your face. So you staple your pants. Because, like you have any other choice ( Read more... )

Things that are awesome

1. Wendy's Vanilla Frosty. Pure vanilla goodness.

2. The Bird And The Bee song "I Hate Camera" that I just heard on The Current.

3. Impromtu dance party with Heather to "I Can't Get Next To You". Of course, initiated by me.

4. Successfully killing the first half of my day on craigslist.org doing ACTUAL WORK.

5. OOTP ( Read more... )

I'm on a Harry Potter kick recently, but I'm forcing myself to not read the books right now because I just read them (3-6) in August. I really need to get out and buy the new Janet Fitch book and there's this book about spelling bees (yeah, i said spelling bees) that I read about in a magazine that I want to find.

But back to Harry Potter: ( Read more... )

dammit, i had a clever and witty rant all thought out and now it's left my head ( Read more... )

1. if i could stop sleeping in until 11 or 12, i could probably fall asleep before 1.

2. Harry Potter book 7 spoilers meme. Full of funny. And if you read nothing else? Read this thread. I've read it 4 times tonight and it's leg-slapping funny every time ( Read more... )