Cumberland Island... was magical and beautiful: We saw wild horses within arm's reach, sand dollars lying on the beach, miles of empty white sand, endless live-oak forests, ruined and restored mansions, lovely dunes, and a friendly little armadillo. However, we managed to visit during some kind of heat-and-humidity wave, with the heat index hovering above 110, and once we had seen everything there was to see nearby (within 7 miles or so by bicycle), we decided that it would make more sense to enjoy than to endure our vacation time. We returned early and enjoyed our air-conditioned house thoroughly! Hopefully we can return sometime in cooler weather.
For much of the time, there was nothing to do except reading and trying to avoid the heat, so Bevin and I read two books each in about three days! For me, it was the sixth and seventh Harry Potter books, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The last two books seemed much less evil than the earlier ones (I think I've only read books one and two), and by the time I finished the final book, I was quite sad to part with the now-familiar cast of characters.
For all you Harry-Potter-haters, I'm fully aware that you now think I'm either irretrievably lowbrow, or sliding down the slippery slope towards witchcraft and sorcery. I don't care: I'm too busy buying pentagrams. At Walmart!
4 comments:
glad you had a nice vacation. we were in florida last july and I remember making a self note: Not to go camping at the beach with kids in July. also... regarding harry potter I think I've got most all of the audiobooks on hand if you want them, that way you can keep the characters close by when you need them.
Hilarious.
it's not so much that i think you are sliding into witchcraft, it's more that Tolkein sent me an email and told me to stab you, with a Wraithblade.
seriously though, Potter isn't bad, as long as you don't mind ripping off the greatest series of books ever written!
Wait, so you only read the first two books and then the last two books? What about books 3 thru 5? Isn't that like reading the first page and then the last page of a novel?
As for me, I've never touched a Potter book. Just never had any interest. Which, according to my old boss, meant that I was missing out on "THE literary event of our generation!!" God I hope not.
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