Confession

I have a confession to make.

I absolutely LOVE Harry Potter.

I needed a mental break from reading new material, so I decided to re-read the last three Harry Potter books. The first four, I'd already read several times, so I didn't go back to the beginning. From the fifth book on, however, I've read only once, and knowing that an awful lot had been left out of the movies, and that, therefore, my parents would have a LOT of questions about the films, having never read the books themselves, I decided to refresh myself before they see the films based on the seventh book.

I say all of that simply to say that I am NOT neglecting my precious paper companions, but simply revisiting old friends...friends who are quite thoroughly reviewed by better critics than I, and which I therefore do not feel the need to critique :-)

Do let me say this one thing, though: the final chapters of books five and six are, if anything, more heartbreaking the second time through. I'll be keeping kleenex nearby for the re-reading of the seventh.