I was a freshman in high school when the first book was released; I read it the summer before sophomore year. I was a senior when the first movie released; my friends and I saw it opening night. Through the years I have gone to midnight releases, both for books and movies. I have stayed [...]
Wednesday, Wednesday, Weddy-Weddy-Wednesday…time for another roat trip, and this week YA Highway wants to know: Who are your favorite literary couples? (You know – the ones you like by themselves, but LOVE together!) I would be lying if I didn’t mention Ron and Hermione here, because I love them together (and apart, but mostly together). [...]
I don’t have much time to post today…hello – a 3500 word count goal for the day kinda takes away blogging time. But, I can’t just leave y’all with nothing, so I thought I would share two movies I am really freakin’ excited to see! Can’t even wait. You might also like: Two For Tuesday: [...]
My sister Rani is probably the coolest sister ever. Don’t believe me? Well, here’s two reasons why: 1. Happy birthday to me! Rani and my Mom and Step-Dad all came to celebrate my birthday last weekend, and this is what Rani gave me as a birthday gift: That’s right: my sister gave me ten new [...]
Yeah, that’s how hard I laugh when I watch this. I snort. Maybe you just need the right kind of humor, I don’t know, but I find this hilarious. Thanks Rani and Shannon for introducing me to the Potter Puppet Pals and getting this song eternally stuck in my head. Happy Friday, everyone! You might [...]
For this week’s Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: If you could be any book character, who would you be? I had an epically tough time answering this one. Epically. I am going to be really straight forward here: I lead a pretty boring life. There I said it. I don’t mean to [...]
In 2008*, J.K. Rowling gave the commencement address at Harvard University. There is really nothing I can add to this; her speech is moving. Enjoy!** J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo. *I just realized that this address was giving the same day Geek Husband and I got married. Perhaps even [...]
Again with the spoilerage. If you haven’t read Harry Potter and don’t want me to ruin it, stop reading here. I mentioned to someone that I was planning Harry Potter Week, and they immediately said I needed to do a post about the books vs. the movies. But here’s the thing: I am really good [...]
Um, I should probably just state up front that if you haven’t read the Harry Potter books, are planning to, and don’t want any surprises ruined, you should just not read this post. Harry Potter started out being all about the action. Sure, there was friendship and longing and identity issues and so forth, but [...]
It’s Harry Potter week on the blah-g this week! That means four posts this week are devoted to the wonder that is Harry Potter. Yay! A couple of weeks ago, during the “Gender in YA” discussion on Twitter, there was a bit of discussion about dysfunctional families in Young adult literature. One commenter even went [...]
