Comments on: Teenage Wizards, Nesting, and Daily Chores (A.K.A. Books I Have Been Reading Lately)

By: Atheist Wizards, Desperate Mothers, and Dead Mockingbirds, (A.K.A. What I’ve Been Reading Lately) | Half Kindled

Wed, 13 May 2015 13:58:47 +0000

[…] posting my review of the final two Harry Potter books last fall, a friend challenged me to read this quite lengthly […]

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:13:58 +0000

Is Harry a man for all seasons? haha

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:13:05 +0000

Yeah, I think most of our concern was over a missperception of what was in the books. I knew someone who dabbled in the occult and was a fan of Harry Potter, so I presumed it was a causal relation. I am glad that I was mistaken.
I will have to check out the Truck story. I definitely get burned out on fiction and have to switch to non fiction for a while.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:04:49 +0000

That’s so funny Victoria, I did something similar. I read the first book, stepped away from the series for over ten years, watched the first four movies with my brothers this year, and then read the whole series. I haven’t seen the last three movies, but I think the books have way more depth to them and that a lot of the Chritian symbolism gets lost in the translation to film. Happy hunting for the rest of them! We had all but 5 and 7, but I was able to borrow them for free on my kindle. I will have to keep an eye out for hard copies to finish our collection for the kids!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 15:53:36 +0000

I read the first 3 HP books when they first released and then I just waited for the movies. BUT. Now I’m older and wiser and realize that I really should have been reading the books! So…I’m collecting the paperbacks and as soon as I have them all, the fun begins! I’ve got four right now and it’s a fun little game trying to find them at booksales and in used book stores.

By: Denise Brigode

Denise Brigode — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:29:19 +0000

I am glad you have finally got around to the Harry Potter books. I read them because my kids were reading them and I enjoyed them. I remember some of your family being concerned about the magic aspect & that was why you didn’t read them back then but I didn’t/don’t understand what the concern was. I have been trying to read more for pleasure the last couple of years and have found I don’t find most fiction as enjoyable because it is predictable. I have found the biographies of comedians, like Carol Burnett and Alan Alda, to be fun reads. You my have seen my FB post on “Truck, A Love Story” by Michael Perry. I heard about it from him on NPR and would recommend it.

By: Jenna@CallHerHappy

Jenna@CallHerHappy — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:26:36 +0000

The Harry Potters are ALWAYS good for this weather. ALWAYS (pun intended)