River ,'Objects In Space'
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."
Which would be more meaningful in retrospect if he didn't just continue on with the information-withholding and failure to trust Harry with his plans and ideas for the next year.
I did like the fact that JKR addressed this in DH, when she has Aberforth state that secrets and lies were the way that the Dumbledore boys were raised, and that Albus embraced it.
I did like the fact that JKR addressed this in DH, when she has Aberforth state that secrets and lies were the way that the Dumbledore boys were raised, and that Albus embraced it.
Right. I always thought a lot of the dynamics in that family looked like a family where one of the parents is an alcoholic. Which isn't how it maps to the story, but those sibling relationships that are involved with concealing family stories and resentment about leaving vs. caretaking has a Children of Alcoholics vibe to me.
GRRM is going to read a selection from Winds of Winter at Worldcon.
Is it wrong that I want to sneak into his house and chain him to his computer?
Well, he's still doing the ADWD publicity tour. (And at least he has selections to read.)
Is it wrong that I'm kind of tempted to go to Reno? I'm not much of a con-goer, though.
I know! I want to know what happens next!
(He says that it's easy to get in the day of .. . )
Someone on G+ posted a question asking for everyone's favorite children's book, and listed To Kill a Mockingbird. I love that book, but I wouldn't call it a children's book, right?
Is a children's book up to but not including YA? I was probably a pre-teen when I read it, but I don't know what the target age is seen as.
I read it in 8th grade, and I was not ready, personally. But I think it is commonly assigned at that age.