Day 54 - Last Book You Read

Day 54 - Last Book You Read

Well, I can't say that I read it.  I actually listened to it.  :)  I've been listening to all of the Harry Potter books on CD as I travel to and from places (mainly from work and home) since March.  Last week, I finished the 5th book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

I have really enjoyed all of the Harry Potter books, but this one has probably been my least favorite.  It's one of the longer books in the series and it really aims at setting up the rest of the series.  It is slower than the rest and not a lot of action takes place.  Plus there is a character in the book who I really despised.  

As I have read each of the books, I've watched the movies immediately upon finishing the books.  The movie was great, however a lot of what was in the book was missing and they did change some key plot points in the film.  

I'm now onto book six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.  It didn't take me long to move on to the next book.  In fact, I listened to the last 10 minutes of the Order of the Phoenix in the Cedar Falls Library parking lot.  Once completed, I took the set of CDs into the library to return them and picked up book six, the Half-Blood Prince.  A day later, I had already watched the Order of the Phoenix and the day after that, I was on to book six.  

The sixth book in the series has had an intense start and some major twists have already begun to take shape within the first couple of chapters.  I fear very bad things are ahead.  However, I look forward to finishing the series and will hopefully have them all finished within a year!  According to Scholastic, I will have listened to 4,224 pages through these books alone this year!!!  :)