harry potter and the cursed child

It's now taking me one month to read a book. What has my life come to?! The Cruelest Month did not have me as engaged as the first two books in the series, but overall it was a good one and I will definitely be picking up the fourth installment in a little while.

One quote/excerpt from one of the main characters in the series really got me: 

"I did. But I hated being left out more. Everyone does, don't you know that?" Clara thought of all the wedding invitations she hadn't received and how she'd felt. Partly relieved at not having to go to the party and bring a gift they couldn't afford, but mostly offended at being left out. Forgotten. Or worse. Remembered but not included.

Being on the younger side of motherhood and all the other roles I fulfill, one hard area to keep fueled are friendships. So often I have to say no, or give a rain check because a lot of my friends are last minute people and last minute happenings aren't really a possibility for me so in the long run it seems like I always say no and then eventually I feel like the invites to tag along are few and far between. Blah, blah, blah, I know enough with the sob story.

Next up though we have Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two, #18 for the year. I was going to start it on Friday but thanks to my damn nails that slayed, I started it yesterday. The script style sort of takes a moment to get used to but it's good, no large paragraphs! My biggest flaw is that I'm typically reading past whose line it is and at the end of a page I'm like, 'wait, what is actually happening.' Annoying story: typically I buy my books online since they are cheaper, for instance this book was 40% less online. Well, they were 20% off in store, and I had a 20% off coupon to use so even though I knew I wouldn't get to it in a little while I thought I would just get it in store for 40% off. Well, all the way at the end of the coupon it said this book was ineligible.

..and I'll just leave this here for you.

Expelliarmus!
Leia

alan rickman 1946-2016

This has been a horrible week for 'prominent' losses. First David Bowie (on my birthday of all things) and now Professor Snape.

It's a hard loss especially being so unexpected.

Always.

Leia

wingardium leviOsa

Guys! Guys, guys, guys, guys, guysssssss! My newest book has arrived in the mail! Why all the hullabaloo? It's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone the illustrated version! Growing up I read these books like a mad woman. Tearing through each sentence as if it could disappear at any second. Why didn't these get released sooner? Oh, yeah. They were too busy constructing an entire theme park and they were just now able to market/produce/deploy their next money making gambit, and do I blame Harry Potter Inc.? Hell no! J.K. Rowling, hats off to you and major kudos; you have created something iconic and it's clear that Harry and his friends are not going anywhere, anytime soon. Fingers crossed Kennedy and Piper will loves these books as much as I do. 

This will be the first book I have picked up since school started. I've already read the book (more than once), so I won't be taxed with minor details or missing important tidbits - the main reason why I haven't picked up a new book since September 17, 2015.. SEPTEMBER 17, 2015! This my friends is an absolute record for not having a novel in my hand (even now having a new book I probably won't get through it for another three weeks).

For reference these are most, not all, of the books I read over a three month period (June-September); roughly one book/week or every couple days depending on content. To say it again.. I'M ECSTATIC to have a new book!

How did I find the time to read, you ask? As I've said before my job has a lot of downtime which I may or may not spend reading. *On the off chance my supervisor would ever stumble upon these words: I most definitely DO NOT spend my downtime at work with my nose in a book. If I am at home there is little to no chance for enough free time to read a book, and if free time is found it is usually spent catching up on weeks/months of TV shows. Books are expensive, you say? Yes, they definitely can be. But it's one thing in life that I almost feel necessary. It's great for the mind and hey, unlike a $20 entree at Outback Steakhouse, you will have it forever (unless you're irresponsible and have the tendency to lose things). And who's to say you need to buy new books? Buying online alone saves a lot of money. For instance the same Harry Potter books costs $39.99 in store at Barnes & Noble but is only $24.99 online at Barnes & Noble.

And for the little readers in your life? Kennedy currently has a couple of favorites:

 

The Some Bugs book is fun because the ladybug is featured on each page and she loves getting to see/find where he'll be next. When it first came out, I picked up The Book with No Pictures and she was not the biggest fan. Maybe I'm too boring and don't read it to her in a fun enough manner or she's too young to enjoy it since there is no visual. Oh well!

"Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."

Leia