spoiler-free zone

[arguchik]

i have finished the new harry potter book. i will not post anything about what happens. i was left with enough questions, though, that i'm going to start the whole series over again sometime soon, and read it through carefully. most of the books had me turning pages so quickly that i know i missed stuff. with the newest one, i tried to pace myself, but after about page 250 i knew i wasn't stopping until i got to the end. it seems to be the way to read this kind of fiction.

i'm a little worried about reading the early books again--that i'll get annoyed and start really critiquing them. i don't know why i'm worried about that. there are certain books that i cannot read if there is a pen anywhere near me. pens activate my critic mode--and by "critic mode" i don't mean "hater mode." i mean the mode of reading through a critical theoretical lens.

ah well. time to go get my flexcar so i can help glaucon move.

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[writerpunk.livejournal.com]

Mine still in the mail.... :(

It's okay to be a little bit of the critic...

Try teaching a whole quarter of HP... though that was quite fun... and the students didn't totally rebel either...

[rojonoir.livejournal.com]

Thanks for no spoilers - malafrena and I were out of town visiting relatives, and right as the books were about to go on sale, both kids started throwing up (apparently food poisoning). We spent the night cleaning up vomit and soothing unhappy children. Saturday morning came and we had to pack up and fly home - with the two-year-old still having a fever. On the plane malafrena realized she had it too. Sunday was spent recovering and only a bit of reading, after the kids went down to sleep. Everyone is much better today, but I'm only on page 350.