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My New Bible(s) By Lesley Arfin


Warning: If you are not into Sci-Fi fantasy and/or parallel worlds where people have little pets that share the same mind, then skip over this. My friend Jessie Loomis (I have to give him credit) introduced me to this series called His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. He told me that if I liked Harry Potter and all things awesome (I do indeed) that this trilogy was for me. PS, try to pry this book away from my death grip because you sooooo won't be able to. I am obsessed!

The first book in the Trilogy is called The Golden Compass and its about a girl in another world where all living humans have something they call Demons, which are little pets but basically like their soul in pet form and…is this freaking you out? Ok, I'll stop with the description but let me also tell you that the other day I was having lunch with a very studious friend of mine and she asked me what I was reading. "It's too nerdy, I'm embarrassed to tell you. It's some weird fantasy book…" And then she said, "Please tell me you're reading His Dark Materials, I just love those books…" Well, I nearly shit myself!
This was my cool, older, wiser, prettier friend and she was just as geeked out as me about these books! And to top it off, she told me that she wasn't really my friend, but actually a witch by the name of Serifina Pekkala who had recently crossed over to this world to fight in the apocalyptic war! Cool!
And just for the record, the movie is already in production. Nicole Kidman is playing Mrs. Coulter, which is perfect casting, so you better read before the movie comes out and ruins your brain. And PPS, they were written way before "Just Kidding" Rowling started to doodle the name Dumbledore in the margins of her notebook.

Remember: HIS DARK MATERIALS: BOOK 1 THE GOLDEN COMPASS. BOOK 2 THE
SUBTLE KNIFE. BOOK 3 THE AMBER SPYGLASS. Start a new religion now!!!