Tea & Books - What are you reading?

OMG, I am having the same feeling! I think for me it’s a combination of:

- J.K. Rowling’s first adult novel being released
- Emma Watson starring in a non-HP film (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
- Me not being able to remember Ron Weasley’s name the other day

After all that, especially the last one, I was like umm…no, forgetting a main character’s name is unacceptable. Must read the books again!

My Grandson (age 11) were reading the Harry Potter books. He had a head start, & as he would finish a book he would loan it to me so I could read it. Something happened when we got to book #5. He was taking forever to finish it, so I started reading something else. That was months ago. Of course, I’ve seen all the movies more than once. Maybe I should just request it at the library, after I finish the current series I’m on, that is.

Yeah I’m glad i started to re-read thm. The only thing is I like the movies and have watched them alot. Different people say things in the books then in the movies! I was reading a part where in the movie Herminoie says it in the book its Seamus! I was like :O that isnt right.

awww… I hope you get hold of a copy soon :D until then there are many other books with which to spend hours on :D

Great book!

I loved A Discovery of Witches, & the sequel to it! I’m not sure when the 3rd book of that Trilogy is suppose to come out, but I’m looking forward to it!

So far, I’m really liking A Discovery of Witches. I was in the mood for something “halloweenish”!

I have the first but am hesitant to start it until the third is released. :)

It’s really good. I’m looking forward to get the second one!

My book club just chose A Discovery of Witches for our early November discussion. Just in time to enjoy over Halloween (although now I have 2 weeks to read 575+ pages!)

If I could get the ebook in Canada it would be on my list as I would love to read it. I can get the other two ebooks in the series though..

I read that years ago and then several times since. I love his writing. Bridge of Birds has so much to recommend it and will always have a place on my bookshelf.

I enjoyed that book! It was very quirky, but the main thing I enjoyed about it was the unpredictability. I’m too good at knowing what will happen next when I’m reading (or watching movies), which does get old after awhile. So when crazy stuff happened during that book, it was both surprising & exciting for me. But a lot of terrible things did happen. I read the sequel…it continued the unpredictable & crazy mode, but I enjoyed it.

I also read The Magicians back in August, but haven’t read the sequel yet. I thought the book was very well written and certainly thought provoking. Grossman also did a good job keeping a looming sense of dreading going in the plot.

I was intrigued by your description, Mercuryhime, and tried The Magicians, but I couldn’t get into it. I gave up about one quarter of the way through it when I realized I didn’t care about any of the characters or really find the plot compelling. And that constant “looming sense of dread” got to me too. Maybe some other time I’ll try again, as I do like both HP & Narnia, and don’t mind a bit of darkness & existentialism.

JaneFan, I didn’t much care for the characters either. I did think they were rather realistic though.

Janefan, I think the book is badly marketed towards Narnia and Harry Potter fans. While Grossman is clearly playing off both series, The Magicians is not something that would appeal to those fanbases. There is a lot of darkness in that book, and it grows as the book reaches climax.