With my Nook in hand, I scan the lastest novels, the best beach reads, and explore titles that might fit into my goal of reading junk for the next few weeks. As I do every now and then, I check up on my British knitting author, Gil McNeil. And to what to my wandering eyes appear...
SHE HAS A NEW BOOK! Oh. My. I have been waiting for a year. And now on 12/27 Knit One, Pearl One is coming out. I really can't contain my excitement. Between this and Harry Potter, I might go into labor.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The lastest and next to the greatest news...
Okay, so it would be a little strange to be more excited about a book, than the upcoming birth of our baby. BUT with that being said, if you fall any where on the "I Love Harry Potter" spectrum, then you should check out www.pottermore.com and click on the owls. Something big is brewing, and I have to say that I am MORE than pumped! I am thinking that there is a new book in the mix and I couldn't be more excited. For now, I will leave my anticipation in check and not go on a ramble about the upcoming book possibilities.
RE: I want to read Crap. So far, so good. I finished one book of fluff and now I am on to the next. I finished The Reading Group. It falls into two categories for me: based in England, and it's about books. One thing I really enjoyed was that each month the book club actually discussed the book they were reading. It actually gave me some good ideas for books I may want to read in the future. Plus - it backs up the fact that Yes, we (book clubs) actually DO read books, and we DO discuss them. Book Club is not code for Man Bashing Club. Or Wine Drinking Only Club. Or Gossip Club. Don't get me wrong, all of those things are involved in some way, but at the center of it all are the books.
RE: I want to read Crap. So far, so good. I finished one book of fluff and now I am on to the next. I finished The Reading Group. It falls into two categories for me: based in England, and it's about books. One thing I really enjoyed was that each month the book club actually discussed the book they were reading. It actually gave me some good ideas for books I may want to read in the future. Plus - it backs up the fact that Yes, we (book clubs) actually DO read books, and we DO discuss them. Book Club is not code for Man Bashing Club. Or Wine Drinking Only Club. Or Gossip Club. Don't get me wrong, all of those things are involved in some way, but at the center of it all are the books.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
I want to read Crap
Not books about crap, but just that fun summer reading fluff. Maybe it is the weather? Maybe it is the pregnancy hormones, but there is something going on in my system that makes me put down the Harry Potter (gasp!) and pick up a Nora Roberts.
I actually walked by the book section today at Walmart, saw a Nora Roberts, which I may or may not have read, and I was hooked, or drawn. I felt a need in my gut to read THAT book. Thankfully the sane part of my body took over, and said...You have a Nook. Just download it when you get home...and so I will.
Another need to read: Non-fiction. What the HECK? Our book club has had a very unlucky past when it comes to non-fiction books. Sin in the Second City: Yuck. There may have been others, but I probably didn't read them. Let's face it, I am an imaginary...I love characters that I can relate to, stories that I can lose myself in...and non-fiction doesn't cut it! So I found myself looking at a new non-fiction book, and becoming intrigued. The Autobiography of an Execution. Sounds morbid, right? But for some reason, I REALLY want to read this.
So move over Harry Potter. We're making way for Nora Roberts and non-fiction. I might be insane.
I actually walked by the book section today at Walmart, saw a Nora Roberts, which I may or may not have read, and I was hooked, or drawn. I felt a need in my gut to read THAT book. Thankfully the sane part of my body took over, and said...You have a Nook. Just download it when you get home...and so I will.
Another need to read: Non-fiction. What the HECK? Our book club has had a very unlucky past when it comes to non-fiction books. Sin in the Second City: Yuck. There may have been others, but I probably didn't read them. Let's face it, I am an imaginary...I love characters that I can relate to, stories that I can lose myself in...and non-fiction doesn't cut it! So I found myself looking at a new non-fiction book, and becoming intrigued. The Autobiography of an Execution. Sounds morbid, right? But for some reason, I REALLY want to read this.
So move over Harry Potter. We're making way for Nora Roberts and non-fiction. I might be insane.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Harry Potter: As Timeless as Disney?
Obviously, I LOVE Harry Potter. If asked I probably couldn't really pinpoint the exact reason. The imagination of JK? The need for good to overcome evil? The fact that 7 books have lured me in, and I would SERIOUSLY consider naming my child Hermione?
It's really all of the above.
Naturally I would want to go to the Harry Potter theme park. Who doesn't want to walk through Hogsmeade or have some butter beer?
Anyway, my friend and I had a conversation. She felt that the Harry Potter franchise wouldn't last that long, and that it seemed a little ridiculous to build an entire theme park around this book series. Keep in mind this friend also is the one who got me started on the books. Needless to say, I am a little more obsessed than she is.
So I started thinking... Is she right? In ten years will Harry Potter and the gang still be as popular as they are now? Is it just the movies that have bewitched the mass audience? Can it be compared to Disney? Obviously Disney has years of movies and characters to keep it going. It wasn't just a one trick pony. Our parents and our grandparents grew up watching "The Wonderful World of Disney" on Sunday nights. So it is natural that Disney will forever be in the hearts of everyone.
BUT - I think Harry can live up to the challenge. My generation were the first to be introduced to the series. We can then instill our love onto our children. Kids that are in their teens now, have grown up with the books and the movies. ABC Family has Harry Potter weekends several times a year. If you ask me, I think Harry Potter is well on his way to becoming a timeless tradition. Besides isn't "magic" the key to Disney's success? And we know that Hogwarts and Potter are full of "magic" both in Hogwarts and in the ability to inspire young readers.
Let's face it...If DollyWood can last this long, surely Harry Potter can endure.
It's really all of the above.
Naturally I would want to go to the Harry Potter theme park. Who doesn't want to walk through Hogsmeade or have some butter beer?
Anyway, my friend and I had a conversation. She felt that the Harry Potter franchise wouldn't last that long, and that it seemed a little ridiculous to build an entire theme park around this book series. Keep in mind this friend also is the one who got me started on the books. Needless to say, I am a little more obsessed than she is.
So I started thinking... Is she right? In ten years will Harry Potter and the gang still be as popular as they are now? Is it just the movies that have bewitched the mass audience? Can it be compared to Disney? Obviously Disney has years of movies and characters to keep it going. It wasn't just a one trick pony. Our parents and our grandparents grew up watching "The Wonderful World of Disney" on Sunday nights. So it is natural that Disney will forever be in the hearts of everyone.
BUT - I think Harry can live up to the challenge. My generation were the first to be introduced to the series. We can then instill our love onto our children. Kids that are in their teens now, have grown up with the books and the movies. ABC Family has Harry Potter weekends several times a year. If you ask me, I think Harry Potter is well on his way to becoming a timeless tradition. Besides isn't "magic" the key to Disney's success? And we know that Hogwarts and Potter are full of "magic" both in Hogwarts and in the ability to inspire young readers.
Let's face it...If DollyWood can last this long, surely Harry Potter can endure.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Oops...I did it again.
"Hit me baby, one more time!"
This is how I feel about Harry Potter. Like a game of 21, who stays on 17? Hit me!
It is the same concept, only instead of cards and money flying down the drain, it's books flying off my shelves to be read again and again.
Here's how it happened:
We moved. Rather quickly. We were without cable and internet, so it was *destiny* or *fate* that it was the perfect time to catch up on DVD's. As if by a sign, or omen, most of the DVD's that made the move with us were of the Harry Potter collection.
One movie down, and I am ready to bust out the books. The thought really goes through my mind every time I watch them...I MUST read them again. Well, this time I bit the bullet and said what the heck.
Hit me, Baby! I am 1/3 of the way through #1. I almost feel sorry for those other books that are sitting on my shelf, that survived the move, and are still. just. sitting there. But not sorry enough to pick one up, and ditch Harry and the gang.
This is how I feel about Harry Potter. Like a game of 21, who stays on 17? Hit me!
It is the same concept, only instead of cards and money flying down the drain, it's books flying off my shelves to be read again and again.
Here's how it happened:
We moved. Rather quickly. We were without cable and internet, so it was *destiny* or *fate* that it was the perfect time to catch up on DVD's. As if by a sign, or omen, most of the DVD's that made the move with us were of the Harry Potter collection.
One movie down, and I am ready to bust out the books. The thought really goes through my mind every time I watch them...I MUST read them again. Well, this time I bit the bullet and said what the heck.
Hit me, Baby! I am 1/3 of the way through #1. I almost feel sorry for those other books that are sitting on my shelf, that survived the move, and are still. just. sitting there. But not sorry enough to pick one up, and ditch Harry and the gang.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
I live Vicariously Through Books
Don't we all...? I am sure there are a lot of good reasons why people read. Relaxation. Personal quiet time. Information. To escape.
I read so that I can experience life in all of it's different forms. As I finished the last Stieg Larsson book I was spent. I had basically just solved several murders with the help of my friends. It is really tough being a computer hacker and genius.
After that intense experience I decided I needed a reprieve. I began A Vintage Affair. For those who don't really know me that well I have always longed to be a fashion designer. Not that my current wardrobe reflects this, but it is that thing that haunts me from time to time. Anyway, in this book I am a fashion know-it-all. I run vintage clothing shop and spend my time buying clothes and imagining the people who used to wear them. Keep in mind that only the best and most pristine condition clothes make it into my shop.
I love this about books. What will I be next? Where will I go, and who will I meet?
Honestly, I am thinking about picking up a couple of books that I read last year...just to revisit those old friends.
This is what I got to look at while I was fighting criminals.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
I'm Back!!
Not that I have been anywhere. I just feel back to myself. Back to the me who read at any free moment. Back to the me who wasn't too tired. Back to me.
What was my cure? A good book of course! Some of you may have noticed that I have seemed a lackluster when it comes to the books I have read the past few months. It seemed that I just couldn't find one that I was really "into." Finally, I broke down and cracked the spine on The Girl Who Played with Fire. Voila! Mundane book reading disease is OVER!
I'm only a couple of hundred pages into it, but so far it has been the first book that I come home to and immediately think, "Is it too early to read?" or "Is it wrong to devote four hours to a book?"
Thank you deceased Swedish author...You are much appreciated in my house this week!
What was my cure? A good book of course! Some of you may have noticed that I have seemed a lackluster when it comes to the books I have read the past few months. It seemed that I just couldn't find one that I was really "into." Finally, I broke down and cracked the spine on The Girl Who Played with Fire. Voila! Mundane book reading disease is OVER!
I'm only a couple of hundred pages into it, but so far it has been the first book that I come home to and immediately think, "Is it too early to read?" or "Is it wrong to devote four hours to a book?"
Thank you deceased Swedish author...You are much appreciated in my house this week!
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