Mark Oshiro is not only emotional (and yes, yes, one of the best things fiction can do is make us feel things); he's also generous - remarkably generous in letting us into his life, opening his experience and emotions to us to help us see how reading and emotion go together. There are wonderful things in the Mark Rereads section of this book that enhance the original blog posts. Like Mark, I too once discovered that reading can be about emotion, and that it was especially wonderful when those emotions included hope. I can't wait for the rest of the Mark Reads Harry Potter ebooks, to get to know Mark (and Harry Potter) better. And I hope he will consider rereading Lord of the Rings for those ebooks too, someday. ( )