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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

J.K. Rowling

Start date: October 1, 2017

Finish date: October 31, 2017

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Jan 20, 2017 Kate rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2017

I had so much fun doing the #hpchapteraday challenge on Litsy (11 months straight of reading one Harry Potter chapter a day, and this illustrated copy was gorgeous! I'm only sad that not all the fully illustrated books in the series haven't come out yet, but at least I get to start Chamber of Secrets tomorrow!

Reading with a large group of people, some who love Harry Potter as much (if not more than me), some who are just reading the books for the first time (kind of jealous of them!) and even s ...more

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Jul 11, 2014 Eugene rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-books

Now i know why the harry potter series are very appealing to children of all ages, it has that realistic magical feeling to it when your reading the prose. The phrases and words used by the author are outrageously out of this world and yet it was simple and funny at some point. I really like the the scene where Harry stood in front of the mirror of ERISED, it was so magical and utterly emotional. Hogwarts itself and with the all the strange events surrounding it , was bewitching and captivating ...more

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Oct 26, 2013 Cecilia rated it it was amazing

What can I say? I've read this book more times than I can count, and every time I do, it feels like coming home.

This book is about a young orphan, Harry Potter, who has lived with his horrid aunt and uncle since he was a 1-year-old. They had made him live in the cupboard under the stairs and treated him like he was less than welcome at every moment. Near his 11th birthday, he received a letter informing him he had been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry knew nothing a ...more

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Nov 24, 2018 Jan Anthony rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

After all these years, I finally read Harry Potter! No wonder a great score of people loved it. I appreciate this book more upon watching the two Fantastic Beast movies, awesome!

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