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I would say one of the things Snape fears is being in someone else's shadow, but I don't know how that would translate into boggarts

The House on Mango Street is about growing up in a bad situation, but never losing the hope that you can rise above it. Its also about poverty, ethnicity, and the role of women in Hispanic culture.

I certainly was... :mad:

Here's somethign I learned today: The Fujiwara family were an actual noble family and consult to the throne, going back as far as the late 700s. They later became the Tanakaminamoto family.

Yes, I'd always thought that to cast an Unforgivable, you had to mean it. You have to really want cause harm and pain to someone. Doesn't that cast Snape in a rather poor light?

Err, I'm not sure if I'd let a 12 year old read it. Not that there's anything overly explicit, but the book is very suggestive. Son of a Witch less so, but still...

That's right :) Have you seen it? I missed the first episiodes

"Dairy of a Porn-store Clerk" was an excellent blog. Despite what you think of the title, the author was really insightful and had a lot to say about people and perceptions. I was I could find the addy, I'd love to read it again.

Having finished re-reading the two books together, I have to say I liked Son of a Witch more. It had a more continuous storyline, without the lull in pace that Wicked suffered from near the end. At least in my opinion. Also, I liked the characters better.

I guess you have to be familiar Japanese history to see it. A small tribe of people worshipping a forbidden faith that has one True God, isolated on an island [ just as the Christian missionaries were contained in real life ] They have names like Tomasu [ "Thomas" written in katakana ] and later

Its hardly a spoiler. I knew who the Hidden were by the end of book one. Heck, their names alone were a big hint. Otori is set on a made-up island in Japan, so the author has a little more freedom. But it is historically based.

All the books in this series, The Tales of the Otori, were excellent. I really enjoyed them. Don't worry, you'll see more of the Hidden in Grass for His Pillow and Brillance of the Moon. Their story is the tale of the Christians in Japan, which is a parallel to the country's drive into...

Most of the people in my neighborhood are over 60, and they always have a ton of old NG they throw out. Its great - I get boxes and boxes on trash day.

She has a lot of ideas and she's a good writer, she just doesn't know how to end her stories. They go on and on, and then end abruptly and unsatisfyingly.

I found the book interesting, although I agree the style does get tedious at points. I know the author did this so we'd see it from the real perspective, and its very intense and engaging. But after a while it simply becomes too intense, and you're waiting for an upbeat moment to break the...

The Boondocks is good for sharp political commentary. And Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida also dabbles in the subject, although more of religious nature than worldly one.

Tumbleweeds in Cyber Space, then? :p

Um.. The Book Forum ? *uncreative* The Decline and Fall Club ? Wait, that's already a book... um.... :confused:

When I read 1984 it reminded me of the short film Cannon Fodder, about a city-state that exists only to make war on another city-state, one that may not even be real.

By catagory and book-form. I have a case for hardback non-fiction, one for hardback fantasy/scifi, another for paperback fiction/non-fiction... :o