I always assumed the "kedavra" was a play on "cadaver".
If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater.
Book ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - May 23, 2011 11:56:37 am PDT #14862 of 28288
Because books.
Laga - May 23, 2011 2:28:53 pm PDT #14863 of 28288
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I always assumed the "kedavra" was a play on "cadaver".
me too! (until I watched a documentary on the history of stage magic) Rowling said she chose the curse based on the origins of the word but I haven't heard her say it has a larger meaning in the context of the books. That was just an assumption I made after I watched the magic doc.
Strix - May 23, 2011 3:04:40 pm PDT #14864 of 28288
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Remember that time Harry Potter killed a basilisk when he was TWELVE? Eat your heart out, Kvothe.
BWAH, P-C!!
hippocampus - May 24, 2011 6:03:56 am PDT #14865 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
x-post from Natter, with added request for help:
HKF got a chapter book in the mail from my MiL. She's been reading for a while, and will trade pages of whatever we're reading together (Narnia, atm), but when I suggested she might be able to read this on her own and could ask me for help with tough words (it's a thinner book than Narnia, with slightly larger print, but still a big-person chapter book), she sat down on the floor in the hallway and started reading. 45 minutes later, she was still reading. She finished the book this morning. Her first full book on her own. I'm all choked up.
Now HKF has declared that she is going to Read Everything and that we will still read Narnia/HP/etc. at night. So, any suggestions from librarians, teachers, and readers for books that are at the grade 2-3 level (shorter chapters, slightly larger print seems to have flipped the switch for her), I would appreciate it! The book that my MiL sent is part of the Ivy and Bean series, which I'd not heard of. So, strong, smart female characters, geeky topics, etc., happily received.
DavidS - May 24, 2011 6:07:12 am PDT #14866 of 28288
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So, any suggestions from librarians, teachers, and readers for books that are at the grade 2-3 level (shorter chapters, slightly larger print seems to have flipped the switch for her)
Isn't that prime Beverly Cleary territory? So Beezus and Ramona, maybe? Or possibly Mouse on a Motorcycle.
Hil R. - May 24, 2011 6:07:45 am PDT #14867 of 28288
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
What about the Ramona Quimby books? Coraline, but that might be too scary.
Amy - May 24, 2011 6:09:19 am PDT #14868 of 28288
Because books.
I'd start with the Judy Moody books or the Junie B. Jones books. Sara loves Junie B., and Judy Moody seems to be a slightly updated take on the same theme -- curious little girl with a lot of personality taking on the world.
Hil R. - May 24, 2011 6:10:00 am PDT #14869 of 28288
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Ramona x-post.
How about Charlotte's Web, or some of the younger Judy Blume books, like Freckle Juice?
Hil R. - May 24, 2011 6:16:58 am PDT #14870 of 28288
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Maybe the Boxcar Children, but those can get pretty retro with the gender roles. Amelia Bedelia. I've never read it, but I've heard good things about Just Grace. Same for Roxie and the Hooligans. Some of the American Girl books. If she might like historical stuff, then All-of-a-Kind Family. Encyclopedia Brown and Cam Jansen are fun mysteries -- Encyclopedia Brown especially for that age group, since each chapter is a separate story. The first two or three Little House on the Prairie books.
hippocampus - May 24, 2011 6:27:20 am PDT #14871 of 28288
not your mom's socks.
Isn't that prime Beverly Cleary territory? So Beezus and Ramona, maybe? Or possibly Mouse on a Motorcycle.
We've read those together, and she's reading MoaM at school - and I think she's decided if she's read it with us, it's too hard? I don't know, and I'm working to fix that. Same with Little House - she's read through those with us I don't know how many times.
Encyclopedia Brown especially for that age group, since each chapter is a separate story.
oh right! Excellent idea.
Judy Moody books or the Junie B. Jones books.
I'm googling these now.