pickBefore I start, shout out to my Fortnite-obsessed kiddo for setting up this photo. He really wanted to included his Harry Potter Fortnite skin in the pic.
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I had a (brief) departure from my Harry Potter re-read but am now back at it with J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. This feels SO much as just a lead-in to the grand finale that in some ways, assessing Half-Blood Prince on its own merits is difficult. ⬇️
Yay, I reached my Goodreads reading goal!! I'll be finishing out the year with lots of Leigh Bardugo, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Michelle Obama's memoir.
What are you all hoping to finish in 2019?? ☃️
#botm This was my second Alice Hoffman and it was really beautiful. I'll definitely be picking up her newest novel!
pickGreat world-building, interesting, unique characters, and a slow-building but well-executed plot. My one reservation from giving this 5 stars was the narration - while Clarke endeavored to emulate that style of a 19C novel, this felt, on more than one occasion, strained and off.
pickI found it to be a great story but didn‘t particularly care about the characters
pickFull of humor and magic tricks, Harris has presented a fun middle grade book. I was engaged throughout, and it almost had the Lemony Snicket feeling of slight snarkiness in the storytelling. Good read! My #WrittenByAnActor read for #MiddleGrade #BBRC .
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This is type of story we all deserved from Twilight! A fun destinies intwined romance with a fight against good and evil to help protect creatures from the brink of extinction. My favorite part of this book was probably the constant referencing to different ideas and theories throughout history and Matthew was able to witness.
#allsoulstrilogy #witches #darwin #evolution #science #magic
I finished watching the US version of the Office - and it‘s opened up a whole new world of meme and gif recognition/understanding for me
Soo obsessed with these pictures from @SheLovessToRead ‘s wedding ⚡️📚
#books #bookclub #harrypotter #bride #wandsready #deathlyhallows #boundbyhallowsbookclub #mybookclubisbetterthanyours #bookclubbride
(Read Rainbow Rowell's take on this--what is UP with some of what Dumbledore chooses *not* to tell Harry!?!) This is a perfect penultimate story, leading right in to Death Hallows.⠀
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As for the movie . . . it's solid. Jim Broadbent as Slughorn is brilliant, and I love watching the young actors develop into these familiar, well-loved roles. ⬇️ 3h