Little Men was my favorite Alcott as a young girl, but rereading it earlier this year, the preachiness drove me batty. I really enjoyed rereading Eight Cousins/Rose in Bloom though, very nostalgic. I have Jo's Boys on my shelf; I'm pretty sure I never read it before.

I just finished Ford Madox Ford's the Good Soldier, which I thought was great. It felt a little slow, but was such an interesting narrative. It's not long (which is probably why it seemed slow to read; I thought I'd finish it faster), but the words are so precisely chosen; each sentence has weight.

NEW YORK - No word yet on when the next Harry Potter book comes out, but at least there's a title: "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince."

"Well the door opened at last and I showed you the title of book six — the genuine title, the title that will appear on the published book, the title I have been using in my head for ages and ages," author J.K. Rowling wrote on her Web site.

The British author's U.S. publisher, Scholastic, confirmed the title on Tuesday

(And let the fic speculation begin)

The Half-Blood Prince? Please tell me that's a joke.

The Half-Blood Prince

Maybe it's the Half Blood-Prince, who was largely dismembered in a freak accident.

(I believe I mentioned my hypenation issues. Apparently they haven't gone away.)

Nope, that's a story from Yahoo News.

Yarg. CNN confirms it too. I can't pinpoint why, exactly, but that strikes me as a really dumb title.

She also said that "Half-Blood Prince" refers to neither Harry nor Voldemort.

I'm guessing Hagrid, for some reason.

Oooh, a Royal Muggle-Wizard cross. This can't be good news for the Malfoy types.

I'm guessing Hagrid, for some reason.

Yeah, that was my first guess. I mean, he's the only half-blood we know, isn't he?

Maybe Draco's mom's a Muggle. And alliterative.