Vi’s Comments (group member since Jun 04, 2011)

Vi’s comments from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.

Ah, sounds good LK.

Sorry, you lost me at hour/day chips. No idea what that means.

And I just realized, is a BR here and is at another group both of which are in September. Need to reconfigure the books.

LOL! I think most of us would fall under that category.

I tried to sort out my books for September but gave in halfway through. It's just amazing how much books I have.

Leslie, sometimes I think you are too nice :D

We should do it for the next book then!

Puzzle #125 sent for Moonstone. I like this version of Romeo & Juliet much better!

Leslie wrote: "Good morning Team! Today is the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and in honor of that, here is a picture of my family's neighborhood after the flood.


And after the water went down


And 8 ye..."

Wow, Leslie! But it's so good to see the progress. I too can't believe it's been 8 years already.

@Melissa: Nah, you totally didn't sound like that at all. I was nodding at everything you said and it really felt like meeting a kindred soul. (Most of the reviews when I finished reading were overwhelmingly positive)
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I totally agree! Why did Aunt B had to die? She was really one of the highlight characters in the series - especially a female who was strong and capable of holding the clan together. I know the wolf clan alpha is a female but isn't she portrayed as being a little weak and not quite able to hold the clan together?

So true about Kate's face. I was like, oh yea? How come I haven't heard of it before in the previous books. If the clans accept her as the consort, then doesn't that mean she's supposed to be worthy of it?

And I completely agree about the progress of the relationship. It really didn't sit well with me at all. The part about marriage was also a little out of the left field. It wasn't exactly mentioned in the previous books and Curran talking about it was surprising to say the least.

We should have BR'd together with Leslie. We would have had fun. And I am very glad you felt like this too!! (hide spoiler)]

Book

I'm about 28 chapters in finishing with the appearance of Barty Crouch in the school grounds. I still have 9 more chapters - this is a loong audiobook! And the next is even longer! Has anybody seen the movie yet?

Also moved past Sirius's reappearance and it strikes me as always how much Sirius loves Harry and the risks he's willing to subject himself. I wonder though, where he lived for the past few months. It can't be easy living with a Hippogriff, can it? Not exactly easy to conceal oneself though most people don't know about Sirius and Buckbeak.

Anyway, this book led me to two questions:
- If the security in Hogwarts is that strict (you can't apparate/disapparate nor fly in) then does that mean Floo network works? If not, then how did Sirius pop in the fireplace? Or is that not Floo network?
- In book 3, when Sirius was being convicted, couldn't Dumbledore have used Veritaserum/extracted memories from Sirius, Harry, Hermoine & Ron to convince Fudge? Won't the Ministry accept that as evidence?

Anyway, GoF is the first book where we get to see the not-so-good portions of the Ministry; namely the treatment/prejudice of/against non-human beings like the house-elves, giants. I really liked how Rowling set that up with the prejudice rampant in the pure-bloods and how Hermoine tries to fight against it.

I *almost* missed this thread. LK, is the narrator good?

Bye LK! Sweet dreams!

Lisa Kay wrote: " HP

I do - very much - however, agree with you on the casting of Lockhart & Umbridge."

*grins* Fan of Daniel Radcliffe, are you? I love them both but my first preference would always be Snape aka Alan Rickman. He's my absolute favorite.

Lisa Kay wrote: " HP

**gasps** Vi!"

*Shrugs* Rupert Grint's much better. I thought he was sort of short-changed in the later movies with their focus on Harry-Hermoine non-romance. I will concede he got better compared to the first two movies.

★ gwendolyn ★ wrote: "HP

OK I gots to thinking and the worst of the worst is Voldemort and then the list down down from there."

Sure, Voldemort is bad but he's been set up the as the EVIL guy from the start and he doesn't fail. But he doesn't annoy/irritate the reader. I mean, he gets the most screen time in Book 7 but they are somewhat interesting (his recollection of murdering Harry's parents for example) in that we get to see incidents I never thought we'd see. And incidentally, his is the only other PoV we get to see (excluding the Pensieve)

The difference between Voldemort and Lockhart, Umbridge is that they are set up to be annoying, irritating persons. And in Umbridge's case, very loathsome both in book 5 & 7. Voldemort doesn't get to that level of annoyingness in any of the books.

But the movie casting was spot-on for both Lockhart & Umbridge. They stayed so true to the spirit of the characters. And I'm probably opening myself to rotten tomatoes when I say I'm not that impressed with Daniel Radcliffe. His acting is just ok.. Not that great. *ducks*

Karen wrote: "One of my favourite series :) And one of the few trilogies where the second book is my favourite. You should absolutely fit in the third book somewhere - it is great!! "

I have so many books waiting for Sept that I hardly know which to start first. But I'm definitely finishing this within the first few days. But really, I agree. The first book was good, the second is even better. I'm expecting the third to be awesome.

Ashley Marie wrote: "Steven wrote: "I beg to differ... Umbridge is WAY worse than Lockhart!!! :P"

I disliked Lockhart and Umbridge for different reasons, but hated them both.

Umbridge is villainous and horrible, defi..."

Lockhart is very, very annoying in the audiobook. Jim Dale did a great job with the narration that you really want to punch Lockhard in the mouth just when he smiles.

OoP is one of the most angsty books in the series. Umbridge is very loathsome. I can't wait to see how Jim Dale does her.

I finished up yesterday and it had so man WTH! revelations. I really want to start the next book asap but I'm putting it off for September 1 as it fits so many challenges. And it seems any book that I think of picking seems to work for September. Finally, decided to start as I'm in a Western mood. Enjoying it immensely.

Rebecca, sorry to hear you didn't enjoy but way to take one for the team. Any thought of even trying it has gone out of my mind.

@Melissa: Man, I loved your rant. Finally, someone else ranting along with me. Honestly, it's times like these that I miss physical books. (view spoiler)[I want to go into the book and bash Curran on the head so many times. I was a lot more sympathetic with Kate - she was trying to be relationship-y female but her attitude also annoyed me and especially the part with Hugh. Honestly, this book was like very annoying. Mahon being nice to Kate was like pity-nice. (Just like pity-sex but more irritating) Blergh!!

Aunt B was the thing I will miss most in the series. She's such a leading figure in the series. (hide spoiler)]

Ah, so we have 3 more other than me (Maybe counts as yes!). Can we have a thread for it? We can continue from #2 October onwards..

Hey, Kristin!! How are you? So good to see you!

Then Chrome's getting weirder.