Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling

Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Author: J.K. Rowling Genre: Fantasy Rating: 10/10 # pages: 608 Date read: July 2007, October, 2008

Leaving out the summary, so there are no spoilers.

Review: I loved it. Honestly loved it. After the disappointment that was OotP and the 'okay'-ness of HBP I was thrilled to see JKR get 'back to basics'. With fun jokes she keeps the book dark, but not too dark, and she doesn't pull any puches so we all know this is real, and this is WAR.

The only thing not up to her standards is the epilogue, and I doubt I'm the only fan to think Rowling sold herself short in including that. A huge waste of pages, but forgivable after the previous 600 pages of adrenalin-inducing action. I laughed, I gasped, I cried. Thank you for a worthy ending to a wonderful series.

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The Little House In the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Title: The Little House in the Big Woods Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Genre: Classics Rating: 4.5/5 # pages: 138, Audiobook ~4hrs Date read: July 2007, February 2010, August 2012, December 2017, September 2024

Little House in the Big Woods--the first book of the series and Laura Ingalls Wilder's first children's book--is full of the thrills, chills, and spills typically associated with "boy" books. Any boy or girl who has fantasized about running off to live in the woods will find ample information in these pages to manage a Wisconsin snowstorm, a panther attack, or a wild sled ride with a pig as an uninvited guest. Every chapter divulges fascinatingly intricate, yet easy-to-read, details about pioneer life in the Midwest in the late 1800s, from bear-meat curing to maple-tree sapping to homemade bullet making.


This is one of the best comfort-book-series around - although I always get so hungry when reading it! I want to try fresh made maple syrup and culled corn too! Such a cozy book :) Even if I do skip most of Pa's tales when rereading it these days.

Reread 2024: I heard this as an audiobook this time where the narrator actually performed the songs - that was a nice touch, even if it was a tad louder than the spoken word, so I had to adjust it. Still a nice addition.