5 things I'm reading/watching right now..........

Here are the five things I'm reading/watching right now. I can't say solely watching because there's only two shows I really care for right now. One of them just ended for the season so I think it's time to add another book to my reading list. So with further ado here's my list (in no particular order).

5. Dowton Abbey- I recently discovered this British soap operaesque show. I have to admit the first time I saw it with all of its history, drama and sarcasm I was hooked!

   
4.Tell Your Time by Amy Lynn Andrews- I just started this book but I can tell it's going to be life changing. Amy  Lynn Andrews gives you practical advice to help you manage your time instead of  your time managing you.

3. One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp- I have to admit when I first started reading this book I didn't like it.  I  didn't like the style it was written in. However, once I got past that I fell in love with book. Such a simple yet profound concept!

 

2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling- An oldie and a goodie. I love to reread this book series often. It's one of my all time favorites! :)

1. NCIS- I just love the actors, characters and interesting plots that always neatly wrap things up in just under an hour. Plus I think Michael Weatherly is a cutie patootie!

 

What are your top 5 favorite TV shows and/or books? I'd love to hear from you! 

Top 10 Favorite Harry Potter Quotes

These are my 10 Ten Favorite Quotes from the Harry Potter Series (books)

1.The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with caution.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

2.It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

3.The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Spoken by Severus Snape.

4.Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Spoken by Ron Weasley.

5.You think the dead we loved ever truly leave us? You think that we don't recall them more clearly than ever in times of great trouble? Your father is alive in you, Harry, and shows himself plainly when you have need of him.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Alkaban
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

6.It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

7. I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind.... At these times... I use the Pensieve. One simply siphons the excess thoughts from one's mind, pours them into the basin, and examines them at one's leisure.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

8. Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

9.Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

10. Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Spoken by Albus Dumbledore.

My love afair with Harry Potter

This Friday the final movie in the Harry Potter Series will come out. This event will be a bitter sweet event for me. You see I have a love affair with Harry Potter. 7 novels,  10 years, 8 movies. I saw Harry Potter and the Scorcers Stone after listening to the audio book on trip home from college. I was instantly hooked. Since then I have purchased and read all the books as well as bought the movies in blu-ray and regular dvd. I am currently trying to get all the books in hardback now. I think I'm a little obsessed with Harry Potter don't you!? 


Why do I love The Harry Potter series? 
There's something magical about the story.   J.K. Rowlings (the author of the Harry Potter series) has created a world with wizards and magic. To be able to wave a wand, same a spell and effect a magical change on some person, object, or situation. Also, they made me feel nine years old, in a way that reading the books or watching the films of my youth could never do now. It's not nostalgia.It's called new direction. I also love Harry Potter because  the films are pretty faithful to the books, where it matters most. And I admire that. It happens so rarely. I usually love the book book and hate the movie but with this series I love both!  Another thing I really love about the books is the characters are really believable and are extremely easy to fall in love with. I especially love the relationship between Harry and Ginny. I like that even through they are really meant for each other that they are able to let each other go for a time but still end up together in the end! I also love the relationship between Harry, Hermione, and Ron. I like that just are really loyal and genuinely love each other as friends. Something very hard to find and harder to keep in real life. 


Needless to say I will have a package of tissues with me this Friday when I go to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.  It will be like I am saying good bye to friends. However, I am thankful they will still live on in my heart. 


What movies do you absolutely love and why do you love them ?