My favorite book.
Oh, the things I have learned from this book series.
Things about love, friendship and bravery... Harry Potter taught me that I shouldn't really be focusing on whether the glass is half full or half empty but instead I should focus on enjoying the drink and then I don't know refilling it maybe? To never lose sight of things and people that truly mean something in our lives. And to be as loyal in friendship as you can be...

Of course this might tell you that I love the Harry Potter series... and no no not just love like oh that's my favorite book but love as in ohhhh boy I'm a Potterhead?!!

Naturally when I found out there's gonna be a huge HP Party I was all up for attending it but then mommy stuff happened and well I couldn't attend it.
A 3 day Back to School event was organised at DMC for families to shop eat and have fun in the last few days of  summer vacations.



Looking at the pictures i would say they were definitely able to conjure a magical time at the mall.

The Digital Factory was nice enough to understand my obsession over HP and sent me an invite. The ever so lovely Sara was kind enough (and mommy enough) to understand my dilemma for not attending.
The launch looked amazing and I will forever regret that I couldn't attend it. The pictures looked magical and enticed me so very much.

For now...

Let's get down to business (to defeat the Huns)

Soooo another Harry Potter book. There have been mixed reactions to it. Some love it. Some hate it.
But
I am here to tell you what I thought of it personally.

I could not get my hands on the book but a cousin (an equally huge Potterhead) loves me enough to share the material with me.

So there I sat wondering if I should read it or not? What if it's absolute garbage it will ruin HP for me.
What if the characters didn't develop as I thought they would? Will it effect my love for them?
But what if it's amazing and it just blossoms all my love for it even more so?

Aaannd thus with this thought I started reading it.
Once I started, my mind... it re-opened this beautiful magical world that I thought had closed down. Of course I have re-read and rewatched the movies a gazillion times but it is definitely not the same as getting to know new stuff and broadening our horizon of the world we all love so much.
It was oh so magical as I tried to consume each and every word, to absorb it and to imagine even the tiniest minuscule detail possible.

Trust me...
You have to read this... you owe it to the trio.

Of course it is nothing like the novels. It is just a script of the play but I think we have the power to imagine it as big or as small as we want.
That's what reading is all about isn't it?

It is a bit rushed I admit but that is also because well it's a play and they did have time constraints.
A few of the characters I feel did not develop or you could also say it felt like they weren't focused on. They seemed as if they were just there because they were pretty important in the novel series and I did get a bit sad about it. There were also times when a character said something and i just didnt think would come out of that particular character's mouth.

All in all my pretty little potterheads I'm quite happy that I got to read a bit more about my friends and how they are getting on with their lives.

Annnd if I have to rate it I would give it a 7 out of 10.

Before you start reading, let me leave this little thought in your head...

"Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."

Until then my lovelies...
Cheerio <3

I am  literally speechless. I dont know what to say i am just sitting here with the laptop on my lap and starring at the screen thinking how i can describe this book. 

Well let me take a whack at it. 

So the book is about Hannah, a girl who commits suicide and then sends a bunch of tapes telling the reasons why she committed suicide to the people who lead her to it. Every single person who gets the package has somehow played a part in the act. 

As the story unfolds you can not help but wonder if you ever somehow, perhaps, unintentionally but did you become a reason for someone's growing depression? could you have helped? 

I found myself wondering how i came at the point where i am today and i realized that a lot of people in my past played a part in my life to make me the person i am. I know that is certainly obvious but you have to admit if certain things or events did not take place or had i not met certain people in my past then my life would have been completely different, in fact, i would go as far as to say that heck! i wouldnt even be married to my husband. 

We never really stop and think what impact our actions or words might have on the other person and on their lives.
Even the tiniest thing can cause the volcano in our minds to erupt. So the next time you hear a gossip dont base your entire perception of a certain person on the information that is most likely not even true.

Makes you think doesnt it? and i absolutely love such books that make you think about life and makes you ponder over different things and just stays in your mind like the story and the characters get etched in your mind.

I have read countless books and i can confidently say that this one of those books that i am gonna remember and recommend for a long long time. So go and grab this book, borrow it, buy it or swap, i dont care but READ THIS BOOK. Trust me you wont regret it, 

The book is so gripping from the first paragraph you will be hooked.

They also have a website hannahsrasons.blogspot.com where you can hear the tapes i visited the site and played one of the videos and it just creeped me out. Just hearing her voice ran shivers down my spine. But if you are brave enough by all means listen to the tapes online. 

P.S. If you are looking to read a happy book, This isnt it. 

Have any of you read this book? Or any other by this author? What did you think? Are you going to read it? Let me know in the comments below =)