tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post8289361518802071863..comments2023-12-27T14:13:16.127-05:00Comments on Spinning Straw Into Gold: 2013Christiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-62854897589014121342013-01-15T19:41:05.325-05:002013-01-15T19:41:05.325-05:00Haha, I bet. I pronounced it "hermey-own"...Haha, I bet. I pronounced it "hermey-own" all the way through three and a half books, and then couldn't figure out WHAT Rowling meant by the explanation, halfway through book 4, that it was pronounced "her-my-oh-nee." Which one of those syllables was emphasized? Was 'my' pronounced like the word 'my', or like 'me'? I had to ask my then-boyfriend about it. He had seen the movies, which was helpful.<br /><br />Speaking of which, Christie, the movies are only SORT OF spoilers. Certain things happen in there that do NOT happen in the books. ;)Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-46016082513052870782013-01-13T09:52:31.137-05:002013-01-13T09:52:31.137-05:00Yay, more prompts!
Those pictures are amaaazing,...Yay, more prompts! <br /><br />Those pictures are amaaazing, also.<br /><br />For me, a big chunk of the fun of reading Harry Potter was reading it along with everyone else in the world. I haven't tried to re-read them without the context of, e.g., endless arguments about the motives of [SPOILERS OMITTED].<br /><br />In college I knew a woman named Hermione, who pronounced it "Hermey-own," and was VERY ADAMANT that hers was the correct pronunciation and that the Harry Potter franchise had ruined it for her FOREVER. Lauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-72487350294388773762013-01-05T12:22:50.090-05:002013-01-05T12:22:50.090-05:00The experience is fundamentally different for peop...The experience is fundamentally different for people reading the series as it is conceived and unfolds as opposed to reading already well-established and respected modern classics. My little sister read them all as they came out. I kind of wish now that I read them with her.<br /><br />(I did read snatches of the Yule Ball scenes out loud to her when the book was first released. It was too funny, neither of us knew the correct pronunciation of Hermione, so we called her Her-me-oh-nee!)Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-12622993796855000532013-01-05T12:19:24.940-05:002013-01-05T12:19:24.940-05:00Masha, you're hired! What a neat idea. I fai...Masha, you're hired! What a neat idea. I failed to think that prizes could be homemade or original gifts.<br /><br />A gut reaction is more valuable to the Harry Potter and general reading community. I guess it is the scholar in me, and the wanting to be well informed and in control, is nervous to publicly share my first impressions. Like, some of them are sure to be stupid, or just plan misunderstandings!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-74373354720801295132013-01-05T12:15:59.148-05:002013-01-05T12:15:59.148-05:00I need to mention that I've seen all the movie...I need to mention that I've seen all the movies . . . possibly the biggest spoiler of them all! Though I know so much beauty and subtlety can be lost from the translation from words to screen. c:Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-69745366378387345202013-01-01T10:13:41.062-05:002013-01-01T10:13:41.062-05:00Well done for 2012 and yay for 2013!
Looking forwa...Well done for 2012 and yay for 2013!<br />Looking forward to all your bloggy endeavours :) <br /><br />It will be really interesting to read your experiences of HP as they happen - I think it will be fascinating as I read them for the first time as a child, so going back to read them as an adult provides familiarity and a pleasant nostalgia, so I struggle to read the series without that bias. <br /><br />Happy new year, I hope it brings everything you wish for~ A.L. Lovedayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16205189160121469082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-16281406445092567802012-12-31T22:42:51.154-05:002012-12-31T22:42:51.154-05:00How exciting! I'm looking forward to the creat...How exciting! I'm looking forward to the creative writing prompts and contests. And (of course) I love that you're up to sharing your first Harry Potter experience! Personally, I think it would be very interesting to see what you think of it with option 2. The people I know have either been all about HP since childhood or have simply at one time or another read the books, but continually enjoy the movies. It would be great to see how your perception of the series changes (if it does) and especially interesting what you take from it as a fairy tale pundit. <br />I'm still going through all your older posts of 2012 so thank you for the years worth of excellent posts and cheers to another year!! :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536373669811879997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-33318425245098884992012-12-31T18:46:02.081-05:002012-12-31T18:46:02.081-05:00I think you should have "guest judges" (...I think you should have "guest judges" (they can be co-judges with you if you'd rather) and they can provide the prize..(mugs and coffee/tea if you choose me, btw)..That would be fun!!<br /><br />And I agree with Jenna that you my just want to read without research, in part because I'd really like to read your response unaffected by the responses of others, and in part because, as Rilke says, "nothing understands a work so poorly as criticism, and nothing understands better than love" or something like that (I butchered that quote, but the point is..your response is better off being yours alone. :)<br /><br />I am really looking forward to reading it either way, and discussing it, my be I'll hunt down some copies and read along with you, Jenna's been making me want to give Rowling a 2nd chance anyway! Happy New Year :)Mashahttp://www.cyganeria.masha.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034855245900964602.post-61001881226221711272012-12-31T16:11:25.056-05:002012-12-31T16:11:25.056-05:00I'm not fussy either way on the donate button,...I'm not fussy either way on the donate button, but I don't plan on ever having one, and on my own blog I've stayed both donate-button-free and ad-free and just run fewer contests. But then, contests aren't usually a big deal to me either way.<br /><br />But I would just love it if you blogged through your experience of reading Harry Potter!! :D If you do a lot of research beforehand, you'll wind up spoiling yourself on a lot of details, though, which can take away some of the books' punch as some of them are pretty good mysteries. (This from someone who spoiled herself big-time before reading Half-Blood Prince.) If you go in knowing to look for fairy tale and mythological elements and alchemy, you'll see those things while you're reading, no problem. Rowling isn't particularly subtle about them. :)<br /><br />Whatever you do, though, I'll be excited about it!Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.com