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

J.K. Rowling

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Feb 27, 2012 Harini rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own

Stephen Fry is fantastic. I love Stephen Fry's narration. He is so amazing! But still I prefer reading Harry Potter books than listening to the audio books. ...more

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Dec 26, 2009 Harini rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own, i-saw-the-movie, read-all-over-again, fantasy, favorites, 200-bbc, more-than-5-stars

I am re-reading Harry Potter yet again. This time around I am finally going to post my favorite moments from Harry Potter books and movies on my blog as I had planned many times before. But as many of you dont follow my blog, I decided to post it here but the amount of time it was taking was insane and I just spent 5 hours working on the blog post and m in no mood to spend 5 hours here again. I am sorry about this but I request you to visit my blog from the entire post but here is the preview.

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May 23, 2012 Serena.. Sery-ously? rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook

So... There is Harry Potter.
And there's Harry Potter read by Stephen Fry.
Amazingly breathtaking :')

I was there... more than ever. ...more

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Aug 25, 2011 Nikki rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, magic-magical-realism, ya, own, 2011, fiction

I despise and immediately shirk from anything that gains immense popularity such as the Harry Potter series did over the years. I absolutely had no interest whatsoever in reading any of the books or watching the movies. I grouped HP with the Lord of the Rings movies the popularity bothered me so much (I once had to endure a 3 hour, terribly boring hobbit movie which made me want to gather every copy available and burn them....). Due to my true indifference for fourteen years, I managed to not kn ...more

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Jan 07, 2010 Michelle Lour rated it really liked it

This book made me remember that there are some amazing children's and young adult book's out there, and this is definitely one of them. I stayed away from it the first few years it was published as I shy away from the books that "everybody" is reading. But sometimes even the masses are right! ...more

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