Reading To Engage

I finished the third book of the Harry Potter series and while I wait for the fourth book to be delivered I am starting to read this gem. I know, how could I start a different book while I am in the middle of a series. I was skeptical at first as well. Now, I am truly amazed at the artistry of this book. I am one chapter in and blown away by the detail and expert choosing of words to describe what is taking place in the small marsh by the sea. The author is honestly one of the best I have seen do it in a while, and has a very impressive resume. I highly encourage all to take a chance to read this book (I am not throwing a sales pitch!). I will be posting more updates as I read. I must say I am eager to turn each page!

My inspiration comes at random times, and in small quantities. I was just captured at the thought of a passage I had read in “ The Prisoner of Azkaban”. Harry Potter has just heard the conversation between Cornelius Fudge, some Hogwarts professors, and Madam Rosemerta revealing the true identity of Sirius Black. I couldn’t help but imagine the weight of something that significant being suddenly dropped into my life. Then again, I remember very fondly exactly the same sort of thing happening to myself, and how much it affected me. Life’s events can be simply unimaginable most of the time. Whether they are events that bring joy, or events that bring extreme sadness. These life events do not always manifest in the same way for each individual person either. The responses are what truly matter though. I have found it incredibly inspiring to see people experience such huge loss and continue to live their life. The same is true for people that experience sincere joy. No matter what we have to do to he to strive forward. This is what I thought of tonight. I hope it finds you well.

I haven’t posted because I have been kind of lost in life here lately. I just finished the second book in the wonderful Harry Potter series for the second time in my life. I am just amazed at how J. K. Rowling did it. I have always been totally amazed, and mystified, by literature. From the time I was a little kid I saw it as possibility. You can literally create whatever it is that your mind would come up with and it was yours. For me that was one of the things I clinged to in life. I loved the idea that something could be 100% mine. Although I never wrote myself, I found that seeing what other people came up with was equally satisfying. The lessons, relationships, and creativity shown throughout the series is unmatched. My hope is that someone out there finds it equally as inspirational!

I feel like a child again. I am currently reading my way through the Harry Potter series again. The last time I did this was when I was in the fifth grade. I am now 26 years old! I must say I am enjoying this a lot, and seemed fitting for my first post. Moral of the story, you are never too old to enjoy a little fiction in your life.