Watch it now, before Warner Bros. takes it off of YouTube [Read more...]
Voices Soft, Words Inviting: Going Digital Won’t Be the Death of Print
My books 
“And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting…I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die…”
- Les Misérables
I love books.
I blog about them and I think words are these powerful objects that make the world turn around and around.
When I blogged about the e-book being the death of print, a little piece of me died inside. When I tweeted and tweeted about how amazing the new Nook from Barnes & Noble was looking, a little bit more of me died inside and then I read “Beyond Borders: The Future Of Bookselling†and I felt like I got a little bit of my own back.
I concur; I support; I most certainly agree – shopping for books is like shopping for a good husband or that snug fitting dress to make the opposite sex’s jaw drop. It takes time, patience, concentration and yes, you’ll know it when [Read more...]
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’s DVD Deleted Scenes More Like Novel
In a deleted scene from the sixth Harry Potter film installment, Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, released by the WB Italy, audiences get a deeper glimpse into the calm before the storm that is the first Battle of Hogwarts.
The eerie scene, set to an even eerier sounding choir, gives audiences the look and feel of darkness as it descends upon the Hogwarts Castle.
I got goosebumps [Read more...]
Harry Potter Costume Ideas
Bellatrix 'battling' Hermione at the HBP midnight show
You get one guess about where/what I’m going to be for Halloween this year…and if you can’t figure it out, then *ahem* go get some ginkgo biloba.
According to LIFE, CNN, Squidoo and a few other folks, Harry Potter costumes [Read more...]
{Tickled Pink} It is our choices that show what we truly are…
Deathly Hallows art by Frodo Bolson via Deviant Art ~ Brownie points if you can figure out the ‘characters’…
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It is our choices…that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Spoken by Albus Dumbledore, J.K. Rowling
Copyright © 2009 Sasha H. Muradali. All Rights Reserved.
{Harry Potter: A History} Something Wicked This Way Comes: Harry Potter…for Twitter
Catching on the Twitter craze, Warner Bros. has done it. Oh no? Oh yes, yes, yes!
Capitalizing [Read more...]
{Harry Potter: A History} Potter 6 Review – Trio Power: to Love, Hate and Amuse
(*This review DOES, in fact, contain spoilers of the film and the seventh book*)
UPDATE: “A Severe Severusly Amendment” at bottom July 16, 2009 – Why the Half-Blood Prince was not full of the Half-Blood Prince.
A ‘trio’ set of reviews for Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince film: to love, to hate and to amuse.
To love:-
It is called the Half-Blood Prince for a reason [Read more...]
{Harry Potter: a History} Early Half-Blood Prince Reviews Are In
By: Cydia Matos, guest blogger
Monday July 13 I was privileged enough to get an early viewing of the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. My biggest complaint? I wish the damn movie was [Read more...]
{Harry Potter: A History} 100 Ways You Know You Are Obsessed with Harry Potter
Bella Bella tricks le Strange
More Pink Book Potterness Supremo! *wheee*
1. You know you have never read too much Harry Potter.
2. You compare all other fantasy, action, mystic, love, comedy, adventure everything to Harry Potter.
3. A little piece of you died with Severus Snape.
     a. Actually, you cried for Dumbledore, Sirius, Cedric, Hedwig, Dobby, Fred, Tonks, Lupin, and all the rest.
           i. You actually hold it against J.K. Rowling for breaking part of your heart.
4. You consider Severus Snape a contemporary [Read more...]
{Harry Potter: A History} Harry Potter v Twilight
Half-Blood Prince Movie Poster (L-R, Hermione, Dumbledore, Harry, Ron)
Recently the Wallstreet Journal suggested that Harry Potter was following in the footsteps of Twilight in terms of marketing and a few other things. WRONG. No, seriously, FACT ERROR major.
It’s a set of some of the most convoluted and delusional [Read more...]
{Harry Potter: A History} Then There Were 7…no 8!
So I totally came up with a new word yesterday and I have to share it with you!
See below:
Twit •edu •Potter •cate!
Okay, I can be highly amused for the both of us!
A Muggle’s Guide to the Wonderful World of Harry Potter…(even if you didn’t read the book!) So going off of yesterday’s Harry Potter for Dummies, I give you an abridged novel guide:
(*Warning:* Spoilers below) [Read more...]
{Harry Potter: A History} For Dummies
It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me really well (even not so much) that I’m a huge Harry Potter fan. So with the sixth film, the Half-Blood Prince, releasing on Tuesday at midnight, I’ve decided to finally dedicate a little piece of the Pink Book to my favourite book series of all time. Basically, I plan on guiding you and hopefully, if not already, converting you to a die-hard Potterhead.
So as Peter Pan says, “Get ready because here we go!”
On to the first installment, Harry Potter for Dummies
(*WARNING: Contains spoilers*)
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The world of Harry Potter is a vast universe of mythology, fantasy, a little science-fiction and a lot of life. To ease you into the journey [Read more...]
