1. Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (J's wanting to discuss the entire series, since he read them last year)
2. Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings (reread)
3. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind
4. Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings (reread)
5. Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind
6. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
7. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
8. The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
9. Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
10. Million Little Pieces by Jonathan Frey
11. Guardians of the West by David Eddings (reread)
12. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
13. Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
14. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (reread)
15. Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country by Rosalind Miles
16. King of the Murgos by David Eddings (reread)
17. Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
18. The Giver by Lois Lowry (reread)
19. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
20. The Progressive Revolution by Mike Lux
21. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
22. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
23. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
24. Messenger by Lois Lowry
25. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
26. Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
27. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
28. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
29. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (reread)
30. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
31. The Darcy Connection by Elizabeth Aston
32. City of Glory by Beverly Swerling
33. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
34. The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
35. A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (reread)
36. Abigail Adams: An American Woman by Charles W. Akers
37. Three Cups of Tea by by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
38. A House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnernos
39. Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
40. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
41. Counting Heads by David Marusek (loved this, very surreal, Blade-Runner-ish scifi)
42. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austin and Seth Grahame-Smith (omg, total crack!)
43. Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
44. Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince by JKR (reread)

In Progress:
1. A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (got left at work for the summer, whoops)
2. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
3. The Lady Elizabeth by Alison Weir

Planned summer reading:
1. The Last Queen by C. W. Gortener
2. Sarah's Daughter by Ruth Bass
3. Vanishing Point by Mary Sharratt
4. Push Not the River by James Conroyd Martin
5. Katherine by Anya Seton
6. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
7. Made in the U.S.A. by Billie Letts
8. Mind Over Ship by David Marusek


Considering that HBP is my least favorite book, I thought that this was the best movie yet!
Things I liked:

*Lavender - she was HILARIOUS
*The pacing - I thought they made good choices in what to cut, and still get the point across. Less Tom Riddle, but enough to get the gist of what he was like when he was a boy
*The little kid playing Tom Riddle - oh so creepy and evil!
*Harry under Felix. LOLOL - his face was just grinning like crazy the whole time! hee.
*Luna - Oh, I love Luna!

Things I didn't really like:
*No funeral for Dumbledore - his death loses some effect without this tribute
*DD's wand left on his desk? How is that going to fit in with DH??
*The Burrow being burned - premature!


More cohesive thoughts once I get some sleep - I was up early to print our boarding passes for tomorrow morning and now it's time for the frantic running around. Need to go to lunchtime karate today too to get feedback from last night's test. My knees are killing me this morning from all the jumping. *pops advil like whoah*