Sassy, I know all too well what you mean, though I've been getting better at it recently, and stopping reading books I don't like. That used to be nigh impossible for me.

sadrain, you don't have to start counting at the beginning of the year. My list starts.. sometime in February I think? You can start counting whenever you like and you can also pick a different amount of books, as you're not competing with others - just challenging yourself. : )
Also, you can pick completely what you decide to count and what not. I personally count poetry and short stories as well, I know others are more strict and only count novels and sometimes not including graphic novels/comics et cetera.

..As I said, what you think counts, counts.

I am constantly being tempted. My friend just lent me Pride and Prejudice and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I'm trying to tell myself I need to finish at least one of the big novels I'm reading.. but it's so tempting. I also have to slap myself every time I see interesting books at the library. *sigh* I wish I had more time to read.

Yeah, exactly. Apart from comics, all the books I'm reading are quite.. heavy, in that they require the reader to digest every sentence. So I actually need to have proper time to read them, not just ten minutes on the bus or during breaks.
I just finished listening to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I'm going to try to finish the Half Blood Prince before the movie comes out, I'm going to try to catch it on Wednesday. :D

Oh, midnight? We don't have that here.. we're going at ten in the evening. I already have my tickets and I'm halfway through the audiobook! Going to try to listen as much as I can today.. at least I'll have the time since I'm stuck at home with a fever. :c
I can't remember if it was a midnight release we went to of the books, but we did wait in line all day for the last one. I even got off work early, me and my friends were the second small group in the queue, so we got it before most people. Also, there was a drawing competition and I was very surprised to find I'd gotten first place - I though my friend's drawing of Meropee Gaunt was much better than mine of Harry, Ron and Hermione - so I got the book for free! : D

I'm not too much of a purist.. well, I used to be, but I'm trying to get more understanding when it comes to movies-made-from-books. Reminding myself it's just one person's interpretation of the book, etc. I can't help feeling annoyed though when I think they did a really bad job of a book I really like though. :P
And well.. I don't mind, like with Harry Potter, that they cut out a lot of scenes I wish they'd included. The books are pretty long, so they could never fit everything in. I'd rather they cut out large chunks rather than try to fit everything in, making the movie too confusing. But what does irk me a bit is when they add in long scenes that have nothing to do with the storyline and are usually just to show off their expensive computer tricks.


Knerd, ooh, you're in Poland? That sounds awesome, do you like it? I've always wanted to visit there. : )

Yes, I agree!

A few things I didn't likeX

Though I thought the scene where the Death Eaters attacked the Burough was completely unnecessary, it did look mighty cool I thought. And it was so sad that they burned the Burough! But I must say.. instead of doing that scene, which didn't do.. anything for the plot or character development or anything (except maybe showing that Ginny was really brave? But I think we all knew that..) they could've done the big fight in the end instead! I think this director would've made it really awesome, so I didn't understand when they left it out. It wouldn't have been much longer than the scene at the Burough anyway.
Another scene I thought was unnecessarily long was the scene where Ginny hid the Potion book in the Room of Requirement. It was like.. we know they're completely into each other and it's a really sweet display of hesitant teenage love but does it really have to be so long? Really?
The third thing that irked me was when Dumbledore died and instead of, for example, phasing from sad faces in the courtyard to sad faces in the funeral or something, everyone started pointing their wands in the air and the viewer was left going WTF? Then, of course, when they erased the Dark Mark with white light, you understood that it was just the director/script writer being impossibly cheesy with a 'WE ARE HOPE AND WE ARE ALL TOGETHER NOW CRY BEFORE WE ADD PINK HEARTS AND GLITTER'.

But honestly, they weren't that horrible and overall, the film was so good, I didn't really mind much. I generally dislike the HP films, but this one was actually.. pretty awesome. :D

I hope we are allowed to talk about films in a book chat. After all, they are films made from books.. >.>

Ahh that sounds so amazing, Knerd! What's an Orange Alternative Happening?
And now I'm even more jealous. I've wanted to visit Prague for years. I wish I could afford traveling more. I'm the exact opposite though, as I love to wander off by myself in foreign cities.. any city, actually. :D