Fire

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Widescreen Edition) (Harry Potter 4)
$14.98
Why do I even hope any more. this movie is just the same as the third one except with a different story and a new director to blame. GET THIS IN YOUR HEAD YOU CANNOT MAKE A MOVIE WITH JUST SPECIAL EFFECTS. This movie left so much out agin including Hermione's fledgling organization S.P,E,W, I wouldn't have minded this because Hermione's annoying but it seems the makers are so dicriminate of house elves that they have excluded them from the movie with Dobby's contribution to the story replace with Neville. The Yule Ball was awful with a short dance sequence and no reference to giants. Rita Skeeter has short appearences but they seem to have no effect on the story except making Hermione angry and there was nothing about her being an Animagus which was a needed point for the next movie. Sirius also has very little screen time only being a bunch of coals talking because the directors want to purposely overcomplicate things as to show off their wonderful special effects. The story again goes too fast excluding the Quidditch World Cup scene which introduced Viktor Krum. Actually it seems like the makers are being lazy and excluding Quidditch purposely just to give their poor animators a break so they can focus on making coals form a face and having spell fights. Now it seems like Dumbledore has transformed from a wizened wizard to a child molestor as he takes Snape's line and cue's and makes them his. The parts of the story that are excluded are mentioned instead of actually shown, clever I think not! don't get me wrong the book was excellent but it seems like they just want to show you one part and then the other and as someone mentioned before, if you blink you'll miss something. Anyways again I'm dissapointed, GET IT RIGHT PEOPLE. Another two hours of my life I'll never get back!

Fire (Graceling)
$17.99
Fire was an incredible disappointment after Graceling, a favorite of mine. Graceling had exciting action throughout with fascinating characters, but Fire mostly takes place in the main character's head with all the internal conflicts she suffers. The characters in Fire weren't nearly as dynamic as those in Graceling, therefore, it took me forever to slog through it. I zipped through Graceling and was so sad when it ended but Fire was a chore. Before I was done, my husband (who also read both books) asked me what part I was up to. I told him that I was up to the battle portion, and he basically said, "Oh, well, you're nearly finished." I looked at what was left and thought, "Ugh. I have about 60 pages to go! How much longer will I have to suffer?"

No, I didn't like this book and feel badly that I recommended it to some of my students before reading it myself. Several students, who finished before I did, said the same thing. They were bored with the book except for the areas that had Leck. Now, when I see one of my students reading Graceling, I make sure to tell them that Fire isn't at all on the same level. They'd go right out and buy what I suggest, but I don't think they should waste their money. If they want to read it, they may borrow my copy.

LEGO��� City Fire Station
$59.99
Son loves this toy, also neighbor kids. Everything works fine, enjoys it for hours. Got himinterested in other lego city pieces.

The Fire: A Novel
$26.00
Katherine Neville rocks! I read The Eight when it was first published and have loved her work ever since. The intricacy of her plots and the taught writing make them impossible to put down once you start. ANY book of hers is highly recommended. I can't believe they haven't made any of them into a movie!