Feeding Your Soul

It's that time of year again when the decorations are up, the radio is jam packed with holiday music, and one character franchise is beginning its end on the big screen. Harry Potter has amazed people, old and young alike, for over 10 years and today (or rather last night at midnight) the Deathly Hallows is in theaters across the country to amaze us once again. For a movie fanatic such as myself, I love this kind of movie - big budget, big effects, instense storylines - it's easy to get lost in a world not your own.  I have begun re-reading the 7th book (and I am on page 152 after 1 night) to remember the little things that got Harry, Hermione and Ron to the epic battle at Hogwarts. We all know (SPOILERS AHEAD READ AT YOUR OWN RISK) that many people die including Fred, Lupin and Tonks and that Harry fights Voldemort but I honestly cannot remember what happens in between. I could just go and watch the movie but I"m reading the book before for the same reason I read the Tw...

Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella What would you do is you woke up 3 years in the future with no memory of those past 3 years? That is the premise of Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella. A woman, Lexi, wakes up in 2007 and the last thing she remembers is 2004 - and that is just the beginning. Her entire appearance has changed, her friends hate her, she has a gorgeous husband who she doesn't remember at all, and she is the b**** boss from hell. Lexi has to decide what is important to her - this new life or the one she might have left behind. I love this book because it was so much fun to read. Lexi was getting in and out of problems and holes, making fun of herself at every turn.  I will be the first to admit it was not a deep thinking book such as Catcher in the Rye or A Thousand Splendid Suns but when does every book someone reads need to be thought provoking? Whatever you do whether it be watch TV, go see movies, read a book or magazine, the point of it is to entertain you and t...