Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reading. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (revisited)

After two days of reflection I have come up with the following:

JK Rowling rushed the end, whether for deadline reasons, or she was getting tired of the story.

Point 1-The death's of Lupin and Tonks were completely unnecessary, but if they had to die it should have been written. This book wasn't the longest, so it could have had a few more pages. If not more pages, some of the glut in the middle should have been cut.
Point 2-She could have had a chapter about the aftermath of the battle.
Point 3-The Epilogue should have touched on some other characters that so many have come to love.

Hopefully at some point JK Rowling will revisit this tale and fill in some of the gaps, explain some of the deaths.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Now Reading

A book by Stephen Coonts' called Stephen Coonts' Deep Black: Jihad (Deep Black). It is quite good, I bought it on the way to the hospital to visit my grandfather and in my haste I did not realize it was part of a series. However, it is a stand a lone novel. I certainly plan to look for the rest of Stephen Coonts' novels. For any fans of novels about terrorism, I recommend this author.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Favorite Activities

My favorite activity is reading. I read on average two books a week. Mostly science fiction, but a smattering of other fiction and non fiction can be found in my library. I also reread books. It seems like I can always find something new in reading them. I get a lot of pleasure out of rereading books. I have never met anyone else like me. Anyone out there?

Right now I am rereading The Riftwar Sagaby Raymond E Feist. I highly recommend it.