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Wednesday, September 5, 2007

A post that was supposed to go to 50 Book Challenge

Hmmmm...this was supposed to go to the 50 Book Challenge community, but I've just discovered it's being moderated for...people who post nothing but lists of books. The irony is that I don't usually post just lists of books, but I was feeling too tired to write proper reviews of these books. I have a feeling I'm going to be rejected, so I'm posting this here for archival purposes.

25. Incredible Hulk: Prelude to Planet Hulk by Daniel Way - 144 pages, 7 out of 10.
26. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami - 607 pages, 9 out of 10.
27. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger - 368 pages, 9 out of 10.
28. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 309 pages, 8 out of 10.
29. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 341 pages, 8 out of 10.
30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 435 pages, 8 out of 10.
31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling - 734 pages, 8 out of 10.
32. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling - 870 pages, 8 out of 10.
33. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 652 pages, 8 out of 10.
34. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - 784 pages, 8 out of 10.

I had a fit of madness just before the last Harry Potter book came out and decided to reread the first six books again before reading the last. This was a very good experience - I had forgotten a lot of the plot of the books, since I had read them so long ago and I discovered things I hadn't realized the first time around (like Sirius Black being mentioned within the first 10 pages of the first book). I also realized that I no longer had a "favorite" book; books that I didn't like the first time seemed much the better the second reading. I felt at the end like I had lived with these characters for ages.




# of Books Read: 34
# Total Page Count: 14491
Average rating: 8.07
% towards total books for the year (60): 56.67%
% towards total pages (18,000): 80.5%

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