Teaser Tuesday #7

Teaser Tuesdays is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading. Grab a book you're currently reading and post a teaser (no spoilers) to persuade others to read the book.

Harry and Dumbledore approached the back door of the Burrow, which was surrounded by the familiar litter of old wellington boots and rusty cauldrons; Harry could hear the soft clucking of sleepy chickens coming from a distant shed. Dumbledore knocked three times and Harry saw sudden movement behind the kitchen window. p. 81 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K Rowling

Musing Mondays #7

Musing Mondays is a meme hosted by Should be Reading, which involves answering a book related question each week.

What are you currently reading? Is it any good? Would you recommend it?

I am currently re-reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for the third or fourth time ad I'm loving it! If you haven't read this, do so now. I'm not going to waste my time explaining what it is because if you don't know what it is you have been living under a rock for the past decade.

This particular installment of the Harry Potter series is one of my favourites next to Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows. I can't decide between the three!

Leave a comment and let me know what you're currently reading.

Summer 2012 Reading Plans

So, I have quite a few summer 'goals' and I thought I'd share them with you.

1. Read and watch the Harry Potter series again. I'm going to watch the series in one week, so a movie every night starting from tonight (2nd June). I should be finished by Friday 9th June as there is 2 movies for the last book. I am not going to read the entire series because it's a lot more time consuming than watching the movies but I'm going to be reading my favourites which are Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I will be waiting a couple of weeks after watching the movies before reading the books because I don't want it too fresh in my mind or I won't enjoy it. But I do want to be able to make direct comparisons between the books and movies which I haven't been able to do because there has always been too much of a gap between watching and reading the Harry Potter series so I end up forgetting things.
2. Read all seven of the Stephen King books currently shelved on my TBR. I have UR, The Drawing of the Three, Under the Dome, Needful Things, Bag of Bones, Cell and 'Salem's Lot. I have had 'Salem's Lot, The Drawing of the Three and Under the Dome for so long. I got UR on my Kindle yesterday and I got the other three only recently in a second hand bookshop.
3. Read as many new authors as possible. My specific goal would be to read at least five new authors this summer. I tend to stick the same authors for quite some time and then move on to something else but I think I'll try and vary it as much as I can this summer.
4. Read as far as The Wind Through the Keyhole in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. This book is book 4.5 in the Dark Tower series which was released in April this year. It will hopefully still be available in hardcover by the time I get around to buying it which is why I want to read as far as that this summer. I started the series about two years ago and read only the first book. I don't know why I didn't continue. I have the second book on my TBR shelf, linked above so I will read that soon.

Have you any goals for the summer? Let me know in the comments.