Book #28 - The Tales of Beedle the Bard

[janetlin]

Now that NaNoWriMo is over I can actually get back to reading! Also now that I've taken my one final and the semester is therefore over. Wheee!

So the book was enjoyable, but I felt a little disappointed. I thought there would be more to it; either more details in the stories we already knew from DH, or more stories, perhaps ones that weren't already mentioned. I know, I'm horribly ungrateful. If I were Rowling and I gave this lovely little gift to my fandom, and they bitched about it not being enough, I'm not sure what I'd do. But the fact remains that I didn't find it quite up to expectations from all the hubbub about it - either in its original special edition, or after hearing reports that _preorders_ for the standard edition outsold Twilight.

"Dumbledore's" notes and commentary throughout were a nice little surprise, though they don't give much deeper insight to the wizarding world (which are the parts _I_ enjoy about the HP books. Aside from, y'know, the Malfoys).

Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Author: JK Rowling
Pages: 107

28 / 36 books. 78% done!

Comments

[moon-very-thin.livejournal.com]

I wasn't exactly bowled over by BtB myself, but then I have no problem admitting to being a little ingrate :)

A lot of DD's commentary really annoyed me, actually. I mean, given what a git he turned out to be in the end, I really didn't need him to explain to me how I was 'supposed' to read a fairy story.

I loved the bit about Kettleburn's musical though. And her little folkloric rhymes about wand wood.

But most importantly of all - Headmistress McGonagall is now canon. w00t!

By the way, I've not been commenting all that much on LJ this year, but I just wanted to say I've enjoyed reading your book updates and alternating between "Right on!", "No wai!" and "Ooh, must put that on my to-read list."

[janetlin.livejournal.com]

Hee, which ones were "No wai!"?