REVIEW: The Harry Potter Series

This past summer I began and finished reading the Harry Potter books, and yes, I'm 12 years old (I wish).  Here is my review of my Harry Potter experience.

In 2002/2003 I saw Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on DVD with the BuDaBro, and I really enjoyed myself.  Kegs'n'Eggs was the first person who said that the Harry Potter books were very good and that he enjoyed them, and I told him he was ridiculous.  When I saw the DVD of the first movie, I never looked back.  I didn't read any of the books until AFTER I had seen through about 4 and a half movies, so in some way my ideas were skewed while reading the books.

Were the Harry Potter books worth the craze?  Abso-freakin-lutely.

REVIEW: The Lost Symbol

I have been slow to put my reviews for things I've seen/read/played, so I'm going to try to work in somewhat a reverse order.

A few weeks ago I finished Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol.  If you don't know, Dan Brown is the author of Angels & Demons, and The DaVinci Code.  Because his last two books were bestsellers and converted into some of Tom Hanks worst work on the silver screen, there was a lot of hype about this book.  9 times out of 10 things get over-hyped by the media and fans that there is no way it can stand up to the expectations.  Did The Lost Symbol?