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On my list of reasons why my daughters are the bestest thing to ever happen to me, Number 14,577 is that they gave me, at 41 years old, the perfect excuse to revisit the Harry Potter series.
When my oldest angel told me she wanted to start reading the Harry Potter books, I couldn’t have been happier. As I was collecting all seven volumes off the shelf to bring up to her room, I started feeling nostalgic for the whole Hogwarts gang, and I realized that I’d never done more than a perfunctory revie ...more
When my oldest angel told me she wanted to start reading the Harry Potter books, I couldn’t have been happier. As I was collecting all seven volumes off the shelf to bring up to her room, I started feeling nostalgic for the whole Hogwarts gang, and I realized that I’d never done more than a perfunctory revie ...more
I was working at B. Dalton when the second book in the series came out. My boss was so excited by the first book that when the second one came out she tried to get everyone in the store to read the first one. So, although I didn't 'discover' the books on my own I still feel that I got in on them before they gained mass appeal. I enjoyed introducing kids to these books and was stunned when the third book came out to grand praise. We had a great party for the forth book and you know how the public
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I'm re reading the Harry Potter series. The first book in the series really has brought home that the prose style changed from that of a preteen to a young adult.
JK Rowling really has combined the best style of Dickens and the Bronte sisters. Why? Harry Potter is reluctantly boarded by resentful relatives. His life changes when he learns that he is gifted at wizardry.
He also finds out that that he has a powerful enemy in Lord Voldemort. What is worse? Some of his servants may be at Harry's board ...more
JK Rowling really has combined the best style of Dickens and the Bronte sisters. Why? Harry Potter is reluctantly boarded by resentful relatives. His life changes when he learns that he is gifted at wizardry.
He also finds out that that he has a powerful enemy in Lord Voldemort. What is worse? Some of his servants may be at Harry's board ...more
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