November Book List
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chestnutcurlsBoth Sides of Time, Out of Time, Prisoner of Time, and For All Time by Caroline B. Cooney (re-reads)
I love this quadrilogy (? :)), but had never read all four books in succession. They're good time-traveling romps. Annie unintentionally travels back in time to the late 1800s, where she falls in love with a nice Victorian guy, thus meddling with not only his life track, but that of his spunky younger sister, weak-willed stepmother, Lionel Luthor-esque father, and plain, sweet girl friend who also loves him. Then Time brings her back to the present. So in the second book she goes back again to clean up the mess she created. In the third book the spunky sister, finding herself in an unrelated mess, travels to the present day and ends up in the care of Annie's brother. Finally, Annie attempts to go back in time once more to be reunited with her love - except Time doesn't cooperate and sends her to ancient Egypt instead. They're great books and don't take long to read. I highly recommend them.
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
The newest, next-to-last volume in the Wheel of Time. A couple of storylines were resolved, but there are still about a million to be tied up in the last book. While I enjoyed this book, the ending left me feeling completely unfulfilled. I was shocked to turn the page after the last part and find that that was the end. But that's my own fault for expecting otherwise from Robert Jordan. :P I've told many people that the biggest plus of reading Wheel of Time is that it gives you tons of inside-joke vocabulary with those who have also read it. It is fun to greet friends by saying, "I see you. May you always find water and shade."
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (re-reads)
Yeah, I'm re-reading HBP already. Give me a break. :) I did get more meat out of it this time, when I wasn't reacting out of sheer emotion. On another note, for anyone who's familiar with both JKR and L.M. Montgomery, do you see parallels in how each of them writes romantic material? It really stood out to me this time. Both of their quasi-romantic relationships consist of a lot of misunderstanding and lashing out, and then when a couple is finally together, she skips right over the good, happy stuff. Think of Harry and Ginny's faintly sketched relationship vs. Anne and her love letters to Gilbert. Just an observation. I mean, we know why LMM wrote that way, but what happened to JKR?
Also, I now agree with the popular opinion that Dumbledore could very well still be alive. I'm not convinced, but I think it's very possible. Check out www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com. The thing that most convinced me is that, every other time we've seen someone get hit with an AK, they have collapsed lifelessly on the spot. None of them have gone flying into the air. Interesting, no?
More next month.
I love this quadrilogy (? :)), but had never read all four books in succession. They're good time-traveling romps. Annie unintentionally travels back in time to the late 1800s, where she falls in love with a nice Victorian guy, thus meddling with not only his life track, but that of his spunky younger sister, weak-willed stepmother, Lionel Luthor-esque father, and plain, sweet girl friend who also loves him. Then Time brings her back to the present. So in the second book she goes back again to clean up the mess she created. In the third book the spunky sister, finding herself in an unrelated mess, travels to the present day and ends up in the care of Annie's brother. Finally, Annie attempts to go back in time once more to be reunited with her love - except Time doesn't cooperate and sends her to ancient Egypt instead. They're great books and don't take long to read. I highly recommend them.
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
The newest, next-to-last volume in the Wheel of Time. A couple of storylines were resolved, but there are still about a million to be tied up in the last book. While I enjoyed this book, the ending left me feeling completely unfulfilled. I was shocked to turn the page after the last part and find that that was the end. But that's my own fault for expecting otherwise from Robert Jordan. :P I've told many people that the biggest plus of reading Wheel of Time is that it gives you tons of inside-joke vocabulary with those who have also read it. It is fun to greet friends by saying, "I see you. May you always find water and shade."
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (re-reads)
Yeah, I'm re-reading HBP already. Give me a break. :) I did get more meat out of it this time, when I wasn't reacting out of sheer emotion. On another note, for anyone who's familiar with both JKR and L.M. Montgomery, do you see parallels in how each of them writes romantic material? It really stood out to me this time. Both of their quasi-romantic relationships consist of a lot of misunderstanding and lashing out, and then when a couple is finally together, she skips right over the good, happy stuff. Think of Harry and Ginny's faintly sketched relationship vs. Anne and her love letters to Gilbert. Just an observation. I mean, we know why LMM wrote that way, but what happened to JKR?
Also, I now agree with the popular opinion that Dumbledore could very well still be alive. I'm not convinced, but I think it's very possible. Check out www.dumbledoreisnotdead.com. The thing that most convinced me is that, every other time we've seen someone get hit with an AK, they have collapsed lifelessly on the spot. None of them have gone flying into the air. Interesting, no?
More next month.
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Date: 2005-12-01 07:57 pm (UTC)i like the dumbldore theory...
i'll have to re-read and think about that some...
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Date: 2005-12-01 08:06 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2005-12-01 10:39 pm (UTC)I'm also still 100% convinced that Sirius is alive. He has to be!
Your weekend sounds fun. :)
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Date: 2005-12-02 12:22 am (UTC)I agree. He's my favorite character and I want him back in book 7!
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Date: 2005-12-02 12:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 02:42 pm (UTC)I totally agree with your Star Wars analogy. :) Even if Dumbledore is alive, I have no doubts he will stay "dead" until Voldemort is defeated, because Harry does have to face it alone. She makes that pretty clear at the end of HBP.
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Date: 2005-12-02 12:41 am (UTC)You're right about the similarities of Rowling and Montgomery in their romantic writing. You know how in Order of the Phoenix, we never actually "see" Cho kiss Harry? It's about to happen, and he tells Ron and Hermione in the next scene that she did, but the actual kiss isn't there. I hope they do it that way for the movie too. I think it's funnier and cuter that way, then if they actually showed it.
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Date: 2005-12-02 02:46 pm (UTC)I liked the whole Cho thing too. It was clever. :)
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Date: 2005-12-02 01:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 02:50 pm (UTC)Cooney is great. I have several of her other books.
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Date: 2005-12-03 06:46 am (UTC)Oooh, very good points about JKR & LM Montgomery. *nods* And very interesting thoughts on Dumbledore!