H.P.A.T.D.H.

When I took my boys to school this morning, it was an unpleasantly muggy 76 degrees outside. Then I went to the grocery store and it proceeded to drop thirteen degrees while I was inside. The wind whipped up and it's started to rain. Aaahh...autumn! It's supposed to drop another eight or so degrees before the afternoon is over, so we'll be in the high fifties here! My sons are both in short-sleeved shirts and shorts, so I'll have to bundle them up when they come out of school. I'm so excited--finally a little cool weather!

I've recently bought a CD. This is pretty rare for me, since once I latch onto something, I cling to it, and so logically, I listen to my few CD's over and over. But I saw this one reviewed, popped over to Amazon to listen to the tracks, and then went out and bought it. It's KT Tunsall's Drastic Fantastic. There's just something about it. It's weird because while I'm listening, I feel like it's the soundtrack of either my life or the life of the main charater in my WIP. I imagine her and I doing things (not together, naturally) to these songs, and it's a very odd feeling.

In other news, I'm a little over half-way through Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There is at least one among my frequent visitors here--WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED--that has never read a single H.P. You don't know what you're missing! I've had the book since the day it came out, but I always let my husband read the HP's first, and he's been rather slow to get going with it. (Plus, I've had all those library holds to wrestle with). But now that I have virtually nothing on hold, I'm catching up on my own stack of books, and I just couldn't resist Harry any longer.

And I am just so, so, so, so, soooooo impressed with J. K. Rowling and this entire series. So many characters--unique, clever, intriguing characters, so many twists and little details, and impressive, imaginative locales and props. I could go on and on. After I finish this one, I think I'm going to have to go back and read them all again. Which is exactly what my critique partner is doing right now. Maybe this time around my sons will want to listen. Although that is A LOT of reading aloud.

And what about that Albus, huh?

NO SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS, PEOPLE!!! I BEG YOU!