Sorry about being absent for a while there, peeps. But after the amazing YA Scavenger Hunt (Congrats, awesome winners!) I went on vacation with my family down to Universal Studios in Orlando FL. I got a breakfast invitation to dine at the fantabulous Three Broomsticks in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and could not refuse. […]
Wow. All I can say about Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows is that this movie was EPIC. I’ll say it again … EPIC. What an amazing conclusion to a peerless book/movie franchise. I will admit that I did see HP7, part 2, twice in theaters, and yes, twice in 3D IMAX. Extravagant, I know, […]
The latest Deathly Hallows 2 trailer looks awesome! I’m seeing a few comments here and there that it doesn’t look like the book, but I’m hoping that the directors will take some cinematic license with this one – if only for the amazingly climactic and dramatic end-scene of this seven-book saga. I, for one, cannot […]
Having nixed the 3am showing in IMAX of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I, on Friday morning, I woke up very early on a Saturday morning to make it to the 9:30am show. I have been a Harry Potter fan from the first book and from the very first movie, so of course […]
A few of my classic and more recent favs: – Tolkien: Lord of the Rings trilogy – J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter series – C.S. Lewis: Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, Narnia series (7 books) – Phillip Pullman: His Dark Materials trilogy – Holly Black: Tithe, Ironside, Valiant – Melissa Marr: Wicked Lovely – Christopher Paolini: […]