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Jan 07, 2016 04:02AM
I'm rereading this book for Week 1! The third book is my favourite but I love them all :-)
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I'm pretty sure Azkaban is also my favorite.
This one is my favourite of the series too! I remember staying up until 3am to finish it because I couldn't put it down.
This is my fave book in the series too! Most of the people I know have book 4 as their favorite. It's good to see other book 3 fans. :)
This is also probably my favourite of the series, with Order of the Phoenix in a close second. I know most people don't like OOTP because of how long it is, and they think it drags on. I love them all, really. I loved this book because it was a nice break from the "formula" of the previous two and especially because it introduced Lupin and Sirius, two of my favourite characters.
I just finished this for week 13: Reader's Choice. This book is a reread for me.I think this is my 2nd or 3rd favorite HP book, I just love the introduction to Hogsmeade, Lupin, Sirius, and ahh! so many things! I love the 4th and 5th too (my 1st and 2nd favorites), but the 1st one introduces us to the wizarding world. The more I think about it, the more I change my mind. I take it all back, all of them are tied! I LOVE ALL THE HP BOOKS!
It's so hard to choose favourites! They all have their place, and none of them could be any different or it just wouldn't work. I honestly think the series is as close to perfect as it gets. It's complex & simple at the same time, and clever without being pretentious or wanky. And the characters! Happy sigh ...I was given the illustrated version of the first book for Christmas, so that I can read it to my little spider. I can't wait to introduce her to Harry. Although I will have to. :(
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
GR synopsis:
Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has already survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. But his hopes for a quiet term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it a coincidence that he can feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously?
I started this last night for my 2016 Read Harder Challenge, read a book and watch the movie, debate. I'm cheating a little bit because it will probably be at least a year before I see the movie. As this is my first time reading the HP series and I've never seen the movies, I am holding off seeing the movies until I've finished reading the entire series.
I made it through the first 40 pages last night, and so far it's pretty interesting. It's neat seeing how the writing changes between the books. While this books is still fairly YA, I can see a definite change between book one and book 3, the writing is slowly becoming more advanced; aging with the characters. That was really smart of Rowling. While I am interested to read the series, I am not eager to get through. It doesn't feel like a chore, I just don't have the same excitement that a lot of the fans do.
It's great to see you like the series! If you're not rushed to read them, it's good to wait, because once it's over, it's over and that's sad ;)
So, I finished this today. I wasn't really feeling excited about jumping into this book because I felt pretty lackluster about the first two. However, The Prisoner of Azkaban can mark the official point where I fell in love with Harry Potter, and I almost (almost because, anti-hype) regret not reading this with my friends as I was growing up.The writing is better. The characters, for the most part, are better. The story is just wonderful.
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This is when I fell head over heels in love too. Yay Manda!!
I just started this book and I will re-read it for 20. A book with a first name in the title.
Re-reading this series for the first time in close to five years, and this one is still one of my favourites! It introduced two of my favourite characters in the series, Sirius and Lupin, and I still adore the plot.
