Month: February 2017

Harry Potter 5: The Emo Years

870 pages. Really? Am I reading a children’s book or Leo Tolstoy here?

Honestly, I never thought I’d read a book with this many pages. Then again I never thought I’d wistfully long for the days of George W.Bush, but alas… here I am. Life comes at you fast. Maybe if Infinite Jest was one part in an exciting fantasy series I’d actually get around to reading it. Or maybe finishing these Harry Potter books will give me the confidence to take on Marcel Proust. But probably not.

Ch 1 – Dudley Dursley is now going by “Big D” and it just so happens that “Big D” is also my karaoke name! Wow, Dan and Dudley. Two Big D’s. So much in common. (more…)