I loved the Harry Potter books. I loved the Harry Potter movies. When it snows, I feel a compulsion to bury myself in blankets and watch all the movies again. With hot chocolate.
We’ve had plenty of opportunities to do that this winter, as it’s been dangerously cold to go outside and every time we’re above 10 degrees F, it snows a foot or so.
Some time this fall, a former student of mine revealed on Facebook that she had never read the Harry Potter series and was going to do so this winter, for the first time, as an adult reader. After the New Year, I got to thinking: it’s been a long time since I’ve read the series (I was in college), I’ve always wanted to re-read them, and I did just purchase them all for my nook when Pottermore was having a sale. The stars had aligned and even Professor Trelawney would see that they want me to read the series again.
I’m currently on book #4 and I can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying them. Knowing how the story ultimately ends, I’m now catching so many little things I didn’t realize had significance before. J.K. Rowling’s truly masterful writing and story telling is just blowing me away.
Naturally, I’ve only got a few thousand pages of story left, so I’m scouting my next series to dive into.
I have to admit here – I’ve learned to knit socks while I read, thus combining two of my favorite things. It’s fantastic! And I’m not sacrificing knitting time to read or reading time to knit.
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On deck:
- to re-read the Hunger Games books before the final movie installment comes out this Christmas.
- catch up on my favorite Patricia Briggs series, Mercy Thompson & the Alpha & Omega series
- the next volume in the Eternal Guardians series (not a children’s series, btw)
Since not all books are created equal and sometimes I imagine the author reading them to me anyway, I’m going to be doing some audiobooks this year, too.
In the Audible queue:
- the Outlander series (also not a children’s series)
- As You Wish, read by Cary Elwes
- Yes Please, Amy Poehler
- One More Thing: Stories and other stories, BJ Novak
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