I’m baaaack (7 months later)
I really don’t know what to say here. 7 months! It’s been 7 months since I’ve even so much as logged on to this blog. How did that happen?
I should start out by saying I absolutely love this blog and all the people who read it. This crazy reading project has been my favorite hobby for years now. I never thought I’d let it fall by the wayside for such an extended period of time.
But things happen. Life happens.
I don’t know if you remember (or if I even mentioned) that I started graduate school in September of 2011 (because two Master’s degrees are better than one – and by “better”, I mean “yay student loans!”). I thought I’d be able to balance everything, no problem – a full time job, grad school, directing theater, having a social life, and of course, blogging.
We see how well that turned out.
I’m still enrolled part-time, working toward my certification in Secondary English. Yes, one day I will bring this special brand of literary analysis to a high school near you! And I can’t pretend like my schedule is going to be super flexible and free in the coming months. It’s probably sheer lunacy kicking this blog up again. I’m set to take two classes in the Fall, direct a show, and travel with work. Heck, I’m already reading another book series (“Game of Thrones”…WINTER IS COMING!).
So why am I here?
Because for some reason, I logged on to check the comments that have been piling up in my inbox, waiting for approval. To my utter surprise, there were over 200 of them (I’m still sorting through them, so if you made a comment and don’t see it, hang tight). And as I started reading, I realized how much I missed writing about Harry Potter, reading the books and overanalyzing them, and most of all, discussing everything with you fine folks out there in the blogosphere.
And so…if you’ll have me…I’m back.
The entries may not live up to my heyday of blogging, when I was knee-deep in Potter insanity and knocking out three entries at a time. But I won’t vanish again, at least not without giving this blog its proper due.
Last I checked (you know, 7 months ago), we were still in the middle of re-reading Goblet of Fire. Maybe that’s a good place to start-up again. What do you think?
Welcome back!!
I am also reading The Game of Thrones! Looking forward to your return to blogging
Thanks so much!
Where are you at in GoT? I’ve watched the first two seasons, but i’m only about 1/8th of the way through the second book (I briefly thought about blogging it…but decided that was one blog too many to handle)
I was starting to wonder if you’d ever post another blog again. I gotta say, I kinda missed them
And I kind of missed writing them! I’m excited to be back
Glad to see you’re back Just finished the Sorcerer Stone, will start Goblet of Fire and follow along. Have you visited Pottermore recently?
Nope, which sparked my first real entry back. Has ANYONE visited Pottermore recently?
YAY! I’m glad you’re back
Glad to have you back! Looking forward to your commentary on GoF…
It seems like several lifetimes ago, but hey, WELCOME BACK!!! I will try to keep up, but sure, pick up where we left off!
Hello! Welcome back
Oh, there you are! I, too, have been wondering if you’d been on Pottermore lately. It’s been kind of a snore in Potterworld lately; glad you’re back to liven things up!
I just happened to check the Pottermore Insider webpage and see they opened the first chapters of Chamber of Secrets two days ago!
yes, please! i stumbled upon this blog shortly after you disappeared and was so sad. i’d *love* to follow along!
Of course we’ll welcome you back! I just had to replace my computer (let’s not talk about that, okay?), and was resetting my bookmarks when I came upon this one and paused. “She’s not coming back. The blog is gone. There’s no point.”
And then I thought, “Well, there’s always re-reading her prior posts! and she might come back! and there’s always re-reading her prior posts and the comments!”
So, yes. You are bookmarked. I am glad to see that my “notify of new posts via e-mail” thing worked. Welcome back. GoF is a fine place to start. Unless, of course, you’d rather start someplace else.
Does any of the books speak to you particularly loudly? I know the answer for me.
YAY! I checked back every so often, but didn’t see any more posts… I was Sorted in Pottermore! *grumbles* I didn’t want Ravenclaw; I wanted Slytherin. Shame.
Welcome back
Welcome back! can’t wait to read you again!
Yaaaay! Welcome back! I missed you!
Yes, I’d very much like to see your reread of Goblet.
I was wondering about you. Glad to see you back! I just returned as well… though my absence was not quite as long as yours.
And oddly, I too am currently reading the Game of Thrones series (I’m on A Song of Ice and Fire) – but I have no plans to blog about it.
Have fun getting back to your blog! I look forward to reading it.
Any interest in blogging about Pottermore? or does that seem like a bad idea?
Welcome back! Like a few of the others, I’m wondering if you’ve been on Pottermore lately and what you think.
If someone is looking for a Song of Ice and Fire blog, Leigh Butler is doing a first-time read on tor.com. There is a new post every friday covering 1-3 chapters. At the moment she is at the end of the second book.