Cojones

Can one really say things like this out loud?

Cojones

Can one really say things like this out loud?

Book #5 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Bit behind the times for read_hp, but I'm still making progress.

CoS I'm kind of meh about. I never disliked it as much as I dislike OotP, but it was never one of my favorites, either. I think really I like it only for the backstory it provides in regards to Tom Riddle. And, well, it's always nice to be able to roll one's eyes at a character like Lockhart.

Whee! Now I can move on to Prisoner of Azkaban!!! *dances*

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Authot: J.K. Rowling
Pages: 341 (paperback)

5 / 50 (10.0%)

Book #5 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Bit behind the times for read_hp, but I'm still making progress.

CoS I'm kind of meh about. I never disliked it as much as I dislike OotP, but it was never one of my favorites, either. I think really I like it only for the backstory it provides in regards to Tom Riddle. And, well, it's always nice to be able to roll one's eyes at a character like Lockhart.

Whee! Now I can move on to Prisoner of Azkaban!!! *dances*

Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Authot: J.K. Rowling
Pages: 341 (paperback)

5 / 50 (10.0%)

Book #6 - Girl With a Pearl Earring

One of the reasons _why_ I'm behind in my Harry Potter is that I picked up several books while in the airport on Sunday, one of which was Girl With a Pearl Earring. I'd seen ads for the movie (intrigued, of course, because it has Colin Firth), but had never got around to watching it, so I figured I'd at least read the book. And I like it. It read very fast, which is always a pleasant surprise. There's no high-flown, contrived drama, no action, no salacious romance (alas). It's very like Vermeer's paintings, in that: simple, perhaps even understated, just a glimpse at life. The main character is a simple girl, a maid in the painter's house. She isn't fanciful, she doesn't daydream, she has a very real understanding of her place in the world and doesn't seek to try for "better," and it's refreshing to read a period piece without the improbably "progressive" heroine that has become so cliche.

Title: Girl With a Pearl Earring
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Pages: 233 (paperback)

6 / 50 (12.0%)

ETA: Wow, I just realized that I'm halfway to my personal goal of twelve books this year. Maybe I can bump that up to 24, two books per month....

Book #6 - Girl With a Pearl Earring

One of the reasons _why_ I'm behind in my Harry Potter is that I picked up several books while in the airport on Sunday, one of which was Girl With a Pearl Earring. I'd seen ads for the movie (intrigued, of course, because it has Colin Firth), but had never got around to watching it, so I figured I'd at least read the book. And I like it. It read very fast, which is always a pleasant surprise. There's no high-flown, contrived drama, no action, no salacious romance (alas). It's very like Vermeer's paintings, in that: simple, perhaps even understated, just a glimpse at life. The main character is a simple girl, a maid in the painter's house. She isn't fanciful, she doesn't daydream, she has a very real understanding of her place in the world and doesn't seek to try for "better," and it's refreshing to read a period piece without the improbably "progressive" heroine that has become so cliche.

Title: Girl With a Pearl Earring
Author: Tracy Chevalier
Pages: 233 (paperback)

6 / 50 (12.0%)

ETA: Wow, I just realized that I'm halfway to my personal goal of twelve books this year. Maybe I can bump that up to 24, two books per month....