Archive for the ‘Books/Magazines’ Category

Remember what the correct title of a book is when you’re recommending it to a friend

J had raved to me about reading “The Inheritance of Loss.” In an effort to be erudite, I had purchased the book and started to read it last week. I unfortunately had trouble getting through it, ending up on around page 100 after a few hours of half-hearted reading. So, talking to J a few [...]

Rediscovering Reading

To occupy my newfound freetime, I’ve taken up reading. In the past month I’ve read Prep, The Search, The Headmaster Ritual, HP7, and the Time Traveler’s Wife. All excellent books. Well, the Headmaster Ritual was the worse of them all. I’m now onto The Inheritance of Loss. I feel like I’m doing some hit parade [...]

HP7 / Arrested Development

So yes, I finished Harry Potter. I don’t want to give anyway any spoilers to the vast majority of people who haven’t read the book, but suffice it to say, it was much different than previous versions, although not in a bad way, but in one that just made the book not as exciting as [...]

HP7 is Coming

Of course the internet is buzzing with spoilers, activity, etc of the upcoming HP7. Myself included, will be getting the book as soon as possible and reading it this weekend. Hopefully the next update will be my own impressions of the book.