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It was 2000 when I first read Harry Potter. My friend Super Suz recommended the series to me but I put off reading it for ages. I wasn’t into reading much young adult stuff back then and my argument for not reading them was that I wasn’t interested in reading children’s book. How book-snobbish of me.
It was around the time the first film was coming out and I was hearing a lot about the controversy that was being stirred up over witchcraft and censorship. Censorship and banning books is one of my ...more
It was around the time the first film was coming out and I was hearing a lot about the controversy that was being stirred up over witchcraft and censorship. Censorship and banning books is one of my ...more
1st Read: February 5, 2015
2nd Read (with Stuart): October 15, 2016
3rd read(with kids): November, 2023
2nd Read (with Stuart): October 15, 2016
3rd read(with kids): November, 2023
It was 2000 when I first read Harry Potter. My friend Super Suz recommended the series to me but I put off reading it for ages. I wasn’t into reading much young adult stuff back then and my argument for not reading them was that I wasn’t interested in reading children’s book. How book-snobbish of me.
It was around the time the first film was coming out and I was hearing a lot about the controversy that was being stirred up over witchcraft and censorship. Censorship and banning books is one of my ...more
It was around the time the first film was coming out and I was hearing a lot about the controversy that was being stirred up over witchcraft and censorship. Censorship and banning books is one of my ...more
I am possibly the only person to have worked as a YA librarian to have not read this series. I've survived this long, and I would probably have continued to survive. There are some really really great things about this series. But there are many things that are also not in my wheelhouse either. I am not a huge fan of magic, magical realism, or fantasy at all, and for sure to propel the narrative. I also don't love thrillers or mysteries, so while I liked the mundane parts of Harry settling in at
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Loved it. A great introduction to an excellent series.
2012 review originally published at Jayne's Books.
I read this book while listening to the audio at the same time and I while I had thought I had read the book, I really hadn't, as I found passages in the book that I had basically glanced over the first four or five times that I have read this book. I can't exactly recall what I missed, but there were quite a few portions of the book that I clearly had missed as I listened to the book. As to t ...more
2012 review originally published at Jayne's Books.
I read this book while listening to the audio at the same time and I while I had thought I had read the book, I really hadn't, as I found passages in the book that I had basically glanced over the first four or five times that I have read this book. I can't exactly recall what I missed, but there were quite a few portions of the book that I clearly had missed as I listened to the book. As to t ...more
This is the best series ever written, hands down.
Feb 16, 2010
Christine H
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it was amazing
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