Books I Want to Read (under constant construction)

Saving Francesca (again) - Melina Marchetta
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Time Traveller's Wife (again) - Audrey Niffenegger
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Nineteen Eighty-four (again) - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (again) - J.K. Rowling
Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
Sense & Sensibility (again) - Jane Austen

2: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

BEWARE SPOILERS FOR DEATHLY HALLOWS AHEAD!

Started: 21 July, 2007
Finished: 22 July, 2007

Phew. I can't believe it's over.

It took me way longer to read this book than it did for any of the previous ones. Jamie and I came home and read chapter by chapter, discussing between chapters. The problem was, Jamie is a much slower reader than I am, so I was relieved when he decided to go out in the evening so that I could devour the last 2/3 of the book in peace. So I finally finished at 4:30am.

I had tears rolling down my face for about half the book. It was a triumphant finish, but I was kind of left feeling... disappointed. I think a re-read is in order. Then maybe I can sort out my feelings.

RIP:
Charity Burbage
Hedwig
George Weasley's ear
Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody
Rufus Scrimgeour
Ted Tonks
Bathilda Bagshot
Peter Pettigrew
Dobby
Vincent Crabbe
Fred Weasley
Fenrir Greyback
Remus Lupin
Nymphadora Tonks
Colin Creevy
Nagini
Bellatrix Lestrange
Voldyshorts
Hogwarts itself is pretty much destroyed
And so many nameless innocents and not-so-innocents

But most of all...
..Severus Snape

1: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling

Started: 15 July, 2007
Finished: 20 July, 2007

Well, I think It's obvious why I read this one. I really crammed it in, I was dying to read it just one last time before Deathly Hallows, and I made it. Just.

I love this book. I think it's my second favourite of the lot (after OOTP). Probably because it's so Snaperrific. I've probably read it about 7 times now... Hmmm, anyway, I don't really think there's anything else to say about it that hasn't been said by other people.

Intro to 101 books in 1001 days

So...
I decided a few years ago to start keeping a Book Book. I stole the idea from Suzi. The idea is that I keep track of what books I've read, and when I read them. Well, I kept it meticulously until a few months ago, when I stopped for some reason. I don't exactly know why, but anyway... the point is that I'm now going to start a Book Journal. I'm going to write a record of the books I read, when I read them, as well as writing a little bit about each of them, why I read them, what I thought about them, etc. And as a bonus, I'll be able to keep track of the 101 books I need to read for the 101 things in 1001 days thingy I'm doing at the moment.

Anyway, here's the list as it stood when I stopped doing it a few months ago. If I can remember what I read since then I'll add it to the bottom. It's mostly Harry Potter anyway.