Things I Like - Books

I loved the Harry Potter books - the writing, the story, the whole world that J.K. Rowling created. I was sorry when the series came to a close but was generally happy with the ending.

I ran across something funny the other day - a blog (the Windy Pundit by Mark Draughn from right here in Chicago) that offered alternate endings as they might have been written by famous authors.

The endings were amusing but I thought it was hilarious that so many readers had offered their own.

Following is a sample - be sure to check out the site for more:

From Mark Draughn
Mario Puzo (The Godfather) :
Replacing the fallen Dumbledore as head of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall proves to have balls of steel. In a well-coordinated series of carefully-timed attacks, the Order of the Phoenix kills every single Death Eater in a single night, settling all accounts.

From Mark Draughn
Tom Woolf:
He's magic man! The real deal, Harry is, and he'll blow your mind and shake your soul until the whole precepts you've built your life around crumble like the Walls of Jericho and all you can see is the LIME:::LIGHT:::and it sparkles Harry's eyes and he doesn't see Voldemort's shiny spell flying at him until its too late and Harry's on the ground and the Universe is rebuilding itself around him and all he can think about is the bridge of stars climbing up, up, up from his chest into the Holy Night Sky.

From Angry Sam
Dr. Seuss:
Harry:
"You tried to kill me with your wand.
You tried to kill me near a pond.
You killed my mommy and my dad,
And that's what made me really mad.
You possessed my main squeeze little Ginny
when I whined my voice turned tinny.
I hate you truly, I really do
I'll kill you now, and that is true."
(Upon hearing this Voldemort drops dead from bad poetry)


P.S. - Happy birthday John!