If I could TURN back TIME...

That's right everybody!!! The Harry Potter Exhibit went smashingly! If I had a Time-Turner I'd relive it again, and again, and again! Thing is... I *DO* have a Time-Turner a brand-spanking new one purchased today by moi in the gift shop!!! I was reeeeeeaaaaaallllllllllllly tempted to buy the fancy proper gold-plated metal-alloy necklace but it was $60, so I got the $11 plastic one, complete with bonus sticker set! And of course, since we went to church before I *tried* to do my hair nice-ish, but for once in my life, I was completely fine with it frizzing out, in fact, while at the centre I actively encouraged it to bush up... I mean who WOULDN'T want to look like Hermione while at the HP exhibit? Especially while rockin' a knock-off Time-turner! XD

Since buying it this afternoon though, I've realised something... It's damn lucky I'm NOT Hermione, and I DON'T have magical gifts... because I just keep spinning, and spinning, and SPINNING it!! I mean think of the consequences if it had been real! Also my little brother only knows the Unforgivable spells and Expelliarmus... so if magic were real there would be quite the body count around that boy...
During the car-ride there I read some more from my copy of The Hunger Games, andI have to admit, I'm REALLY liking it!!! I think I mentioned in an earlier post, that I had heard it was good, and bought both it and it's sequel with only a cusory glance at the back of the book... So I wasn't entirely prepared for the FEEL of the book. I knew what it was going to be ABOUT, but I had no idea what it would be LIKE... Does that make any sense?

When I was reading the back of the book "North America" "Panem" and a few other words jumped out at me, and being a big Pre-historical Fiction dork I took it to mean it was going to be set in North America BEFORE it was known as North America, turns out it's AFTER what's left! o.0 You can imagine my surprize the first time I read the word "electricity"...

Now, normally I am not all that into distopian... anything, really. But hey, I had paid for the books, the cover was already starting to get all jacked-up... and I had promised myself I'd give it a shot. I mean, all those people I admire couldn't be wrong, could they? The writing style was easy, to follow, the charaters were both relateable and likeable... and I had already started.

And I am SO glad I did! I haven't even gotten to the Games part, but it is so good. I am really looking forward to finishing it! (and starting Catching Fire)

So if anybody is out there reading this and you aren't sure wether or not to read it. Read it. Even if you don't think you like distopian fantasy... It feels very much modern and in the now, while also being mysterious, and unbelievable... In other words, it's more interesting then fiction writin in our time, but it's not so different that the average schmuck, like me, can't get in to it.

Well, this post is getting rather long, so I guess I'll just end it right here. With my tradition of quoteing whatever song is stuck in my head.



"If I could turn back time/ If I could find a way./ I'd take back those words that would hurt you/ And You'd stay"

p.s. I also bought a Chocolate frog. It was crunchier than I expected. I got Quirrel