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

J.K. Rowling

Start date: March 1, 2019

Finish date: March 31, 2019

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Oct 09, 2011 Zara Arshad rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, series-completed, children-fiction

First read in Dec 2010.
Rereading in May 2020:

I had been using my HP & Philosopher's Stone book as a mousepad for a long while now - I know shame on me - that out of a strange urge, I decided to pick it up and read it today. And whaddaya know, I couldn't put it down. It's the second time I've read it in my life --- shocker! I haven't read it like a gazillion times, or even ten times like the rest of the humans --- but now I really understand why people normally read it a gazillion times and love ...more

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Jan 26, 2010 Melanie rated it it was amazing

Always interesting to read a book you read many years ago and know how the series ends. Still an enjoyable read.

How did this book find me? I read it several years ago - probably about the time the time the movies were coming out. I stopped reading the series when my neighbors moved as I was borrowing their books. So the last several books I did not read. So many "have you read this" lists have the ENTIRE Harry Potter series, so I am rereading them. This book is also made Goodreads Most Read Book ...more

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