tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892818611054355154.post7001040278875407711..comments2022-12-01T01:10:58.517-08:00Comments on Bling!: Crazy Reading Project: IntroductionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892818611054355154.post-78386037135283123912011-06-28T18:30:27.408-07:002011-06-28T18:30:27.408-07:00You should totally start by reading all the books ...You should totally start by reading all the books in the penguin classics cloth bound collection, because then you have an excuse to buy them! (search Coralie Bickford-Smith)Chic and Charrminghttp://www.chicandcharming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892818611054355154.post-50523614398140703212011-06-16T14:37:51.392-07:002011-06-16T14:37:51.392-07:00You know, it's funny that you mention Harry Po...You know, it's funny that you mention Harry Potter, because I have such strange/mixed feelings about those books. I refused to read them for a while, and then read them all in a row before Deathly Hallows came out. I always finished the book without really remembering much of the plot points, and feeling vaguely uneasy, possibly made worse by all the hoopla over those books by evangelicals. And then I read Deathly Hallows to just finish it out, and loved that book. It took me a while to figure out what bothered me about the other books, and I came to my own conclusion that in every book until the end, Harry is the accidental hero. He ends up making the right decision and doing the right thing only because it is the easier thing, and he has people around him pushing him into the right thing. He doesn't actually make a conscious decision to be the "good guy" until the last book.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553143922848179586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3892818611054355154.post-38518729673071585162011-06-16T14:30:39.223-07:002011-06-16T14:30:39.223-07:00You go girl! I would love to do something like tha...You go girl! I would love to do something like that one day. But at the moment, I am finishing the Harry Potter series! I just started The Half Blood Prince. My goal when I started this in December was to have them all read by the time the final movie comes out.... I don't think its going to happen, especially since the Deathly Hallows is very long!Kimberly Hyndsnoreply@blogger.com