Master List of Books! If you're ever in need of a new read...

[Zakiya]

yeah. every time im on my home page, i just add all the books i see to my to-read shelf. LOL!

[Rebekah Faith]

Hahaha, I'm slightly more picky about it, but if it sounds really good then I add it.

[Zakiya]

Nahh, sometimes I don't just add them. I look at the title; if it doesnt catch me I look at the cover; if that doesn't catch me, I have to read the synopsis. But usually the title or cover has me.

[natalie]

I have so many to-reads and re-reads. It's crazy

[Zakiya]

Haha forreal! I don't have a lot of rereads, but they seem to be increasing a lot this year.

[natalie]

Me too!

[Zakiya]

:) My biggest rereading project this year is to reread the entire Harry Potter series and the companion novel. I've only reread the first one so far.

[natalie]

I've only reread the 6th one.

[Zakiya]

That's my second favorite one. Deathly Hallows is the best one to me :)

[natalie]

The Beathly Hallows is my favorite, too. :) Then Order.

[Rebekah Faith]

Companion novel? Which one?

[Zakiya]

Rae-- The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Natalie-- Yeah, OotP was pretty good, but I think that one would be somewhere around third or fourth. I've never really put them in order before...

[natalie]

If I put them in order it would go something like this:
Book:
Deathly Hallows
Order of the Phoenix
Prisoner of Azkaban
Half-Blood Prince
Goblet of Fire
Sorcerer's Stone
Chamber of Secrets. But they all get 5 stars. :)


Movies (so far):
Deathly Hallows Part 1
Goblet of Fire
Chamber of Secrets
Sorcerer's Stone
Prisoner of Azkaban
Half-Blood Prince
Order of the Phoneix

[Rebekah Faith]

Zakiya- well, there are several. Beedle, Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where TO Find Them, (and I think there may be one more, but I can't remember right now)

[Zakiya]

Rae-- Oh yeah lol. Forgot about those :). I wish I had them!

Natalie-- Mine would be:
Books:
Deathly Hallows
Half-Blood Prince
Goblet of Fire
Order of the Phoenix
Prisoner of Azkaban
Sorcerer's Stone
Chamber of Secrets (They didn't all get five stars from me. I think 3, 4, 6, & 7 got 5's.)

Movies:
Deathly Hallows Part 2 :) we already know its gonna be EPIC.
Deathly Hallows Part 1
Order of the Phoenix
Prisoner of Azkaban
Goblet of Fire
Chamber of Secrets
Sorcerer's Stone
Half-Blood Prince

[Rebekah Faith]

Here's my order-
Books:
Deathly Hallows
Order of the Phoenix
HalfBlood Prince
Goblet of Fire
Prisoner of Azkaban
Sorcerer's Stone
Chamber of Secrets

Movies:
DHp1
HBP
GoF
OotP
SS
CoS
PoA

[Zakiya]

Cools! Seems like we can all agree that DH has been the best for both books and movies :)

[Rebekah Faith]

Well people have other opinions. My older sister is quite a big fan of PoA (the books) and my brother's fave HP book is HBP

[Zakiya]

Well I meant the three of us; LOL. But you have a point! One of my friends has read PoA ten times. Every time she has nothing to read, she rereads it.

[Rebekah Faith]

They're good books to reread.

[natalie]

People who love Sirius love PoA, and hate OoP. :) & then I guess they enjoy GoF, too.

[Zakiya]

Yep! Sirius is the reason why PoA got 5 stars from me. I think I gave OotP a 4 just because he died lol.

[natalie]

Wow, haha. My friend LOVES Sirius, and she hates OoP, hates it. But she loves PoA.

[Rebekah Faith]

Haahaahah, that's good reasoning. ^_^ I just didn't like PoA as much

[Zakiya]

Natalie- lol yeah ;)

[natalie]

I liked PoA because I love Lupin. And I love Sirius, but he's like a bad guy in it.. I don't understand why SB lovers like that one so much, becuase he's a bad guy & he's not like really in it himself.

[Zakiya]

Yeah, but we get to meet him in that book. That's why we love it so much. Because a cool person is finally coming into the mix.

Lupin was awesome, too! That's another reason why I liked that book/movie. He was the only DADA teacher that they actually liked.

[Rebekah Faith]

*shrugs* To each their own, I guess.

I haven't really liked Lupin since reading DH- I think of him as Harry so eloquently described him. A coward.

[Zakiya]

Hmm. Something to think about.

[Rebekah Faith]

Yeah. It just sorta got into my thoughts. ;)

[natalie]

I love Lupin, but yeah, I don't like what he did, but I understand where he was coming from. I like pretty much all the DADA teacher's.

Reasoning:
Quirrel - AVPM made me love him. :)
Lockhart - I don't really like him
Lupin - I just love him, haha. He's Lupin.
Moody - I like Moody, not Barty Crouch Jr.
Umbridge - The only one I hate. And I mean hate.
Snape - Snape has always been my favorite.
Carrows(?) - I didn't really get to know them, but I hate them, lol. :)

[Zakiya]

LOL agreeing with Carrows and Umbridge. I think there really has always been a soft spot in my heart for Snape :)

[natalie]

Severus Snape is the bravest, kindest, sexiest man on the planet. :)

[Taylor]

:D

I don't know anyone who likes Umbridge.

[Zakiya]

Taylor- RIGHT! lol

Natalie- I agree with everything except sexy lol :)

[natalie]

Umbridge is horid. Except when it's Joe Walker.

Haha, it's a joke. But.. I do think he is pretty sexym lol. I have issues. :)

[Zakiya]

Haha we all do. I'm sure yours is not the worst :)

[Kate]

Rae*WrockerGirl*Ruhbacon* wrote: "*shrugs* To each their own, I guess.

I haven't really liked Lupin since reading DH- I think of him as Harry so eloquently described him. A coward."

I think the intent was to show that he was human with human flaws, inluding the one of being overwhelmed by love. It was not the right move, but neither was it the move of a coward. At the time, Harry needed to say that, but it isn't truly accurate.

[Zakiya]

Nice explanation, Kate. I agree.

[natalie]

Yes, nicely said.

[Rebekah Faith]

Yeah, and I get that- completely. Everyone has flaws- some more prominent than others.

[Casey]

wow these are some really great suggestions, you could add John Green's books to the list, Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns. those and The Catcher in the Rye are my favorite books at the moment.

[John]

Taylor wrote: ":D

I don't know anyone who likes Umbridge."

I love to hate Umbridge.

[Taylor]

Don't we all? :)

[Kate]

She's an amazing character to hate.

[Irene]

Yes she is, I think JK perpously designed her that way.

[Rebekah Faith]

Hahaha she's wonderfully written and those are the best characters. And a villain really HAS to be written well or else it's no good. lolz ^_^

[Kate]

Exactly. There are plenty of characters in those books that I don't like, but as characters are great. Umbridge is only one example (although a great one). I love her as a character, but hate her as a "person". (I'm not really sure what words to use there, but I think you get the gist of it)

[Rebekah Faith]

Yeah, if the villains aren't well-written then you can't appreciate their evilness. You have to like the ability of the author to create an amazing character that you can hate in context of the story.

[Kate]

I think it's a much harder thing to do to create a realistic villain than any other type of character. Because no villain is just pure evil. They are people, and like any other character they have to act like people, which many authors fail to have them do. That's why you have to appreciate a character that you detest. If you can have that sort of emotion about them, they are crafted much more finely than most.