Lit-ray-chure!

Finally got around to reading The Half-Blood Prince - about three-quarters of the way through, and I think it is the best in the series so far. Rowling has matured with her audience, and with the latest book, appears to have lost some of the rambling structure that frustrated me through the first five books. Having just seen The Goblet of Fire, I've been in the mood for Hogwart's. I listened to part of the book when my wife and children read it early this summer, so I already know how it's going to end, but I'm enjoying the story thoroughly. On the subject of the movie, another great entry in the series - as I've said before, the adoption of the darker style and more mature attitude in this and the last movie have really got my attention. Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell have both brought a welcome shift in the direction of the films from a design and directorial point of view. I sincerely hope that some of the rumours about the next movie being the last are wrong - I'd love to see another director have a cut at the Hogwart's mythology. We shall see.