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Rowling, J.K ; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone (Harry Potter #1) - Informal Buddy Read; Start date November 10, 2014 - REVISIT - July 5, 2017 - REVISIT - 12 May 2018 - REVISIT Sept 1, 2020
I'm about to start chapter four and I can't help myself. I have to post my favourite meme:
This one never fails to make me laugh
I don't know if I agree that Hermione was a scaredy-cat. When they were being chased by Filtch and stuff she was the one that came up with a spell to unlock the door, and notice the trap door. If she was such a scaredy-cat I don't think she would have been able to pull that off.Ron is kind of whiny but he was the last boy in the pack of Weasleys and I bet his twin brothers picked on him a lot.
This will be my first re-read, although I've seen the movies a million times :DThe plan was to try them on audio this time around, but oddly enough there is a long hold line at the library, so kindle for me. I own the series in hardback.
Admit I'm a little nervous to start for many reasons already mentioned in the thread, primary being concern that I may not love the first book as much as I remember...
Jammin Jenny wrote: "I don't know if I agree that Hermione was a scaredy-cat. When they were being chased by Filtch and stuff she was the one that came up with a spell to unlock the door, and notice the trap door. If s..."I think it's perfectly normal for her to be scared. Who wouldn't be scared with some of the stuff happening? The main thing is you do the thing, even if you're scared. You deal with it. That's bravery, which is why she belongs in Gryffindor in my opinion.
I feel the same way about Ron and the chess match. He was scared, but still brave.
yeah and that's a big point with this book in particular too i think, what with neville towards the end as well. not that i necessarily think not being brave is the worst thing in the world anyway. i wouldn't call myself particularly brave or scared [just somewhere in the middle i guess] but overall gryffindor is definitely the house i relate to the least.
Going to reread this 🙂
Chapter 13:Nicholas Flamel
I couldn't remember how they found him then it all came flooding back as I started reading.
I did think that they made Hermoine extra annoying in this first book, but I think it was all apart of the reason why/how she, Harry and Ron became friends.
I started listening to the audio today (Stephen Fry version) and realized this is probably the first time experiencing the book in English! The first book came out when I was seven, so I didn't read it until later and in Norwegian. I changed to English on the third book I think. Also, I sort of grew up with the movies, since at the beginning I was eleven when the first movie came and therefore the same age as Harry:PI've gotten as far as the sorting hat.
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I listened to the audiobooks of some of the series many years ago, and read this first book in the series just under a year ago. I remember when they came out I couldn't understand how people other than kids were so into a book about a 10 year old kid! Then, when I was doing a lot of driving someone lent me the audiobooks and, wow!, I got it! So much imagination in these books. Just started chapter 2, and in chapter 1 I noticed the line that Ashlee (msg 560 above) quoted - how true! I wonder if Ms Rowling knew how big her creation would become?
Shannon wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "I'll be joining in the buddy read. I want to read from my Ravenclaw anniversary edition. I haven't read from it yet :) Anybody else who has bought one of thos..."
Hi Shannon !
they are really nice and each house edition have additional information about the house, their founders and notable wizards and witched from the house. You also have a little quiz at the end. it's really nice. Plus, the hardcovers are just gorgeous !
Sassafrass wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "I'll be joining in the buddy read. I want to read from my Ravenclaw anniversary edition. I haven't read from it yet :) Anybody else who has bought one of thos..."
You might have to wait a while to have a whole ravenclaw box set. book two is only released this summer.
✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "You might have to wait a while to have a whole ravenclaw box set. book two is only released this summer. "Do you mean of the Anniversary set? I didn't realize they were planning to come out with house specific editions of all the books. wow. Otherwise there has been previous house-specific box sets out there, e.g. the trunk sets:
@Sassafrass every time it gets to where they're looking for Flamel I'm like 'if only there was wizard Google!' although I guess in 1997 there wasn't even Muggle Google lol
Devann wrote: "@Sassafrass every time it gets to where they're looking for Flamel I'm like 'if only there was wizard Google!' although I guess in 1997 there wasn't even Muggle Google lol"Now that makes me feel super old! lol
✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "I'll be joining in the buddy read. I want to read from my Ravenclaw anniversary edition. I haven't read from it yet :) Anybody else who has..."
Can you show a picture. I didn't even know they had those!
Devann wrote: "@Sassafrass every time it gets to where they're looking for Flamel I'm like 'if only there was wizard Google!' although I guess in 1997 there wasn't even Muggle Google lol"Yeah, I guess not. When I try to explain that to my kids they look at me like I've got three heads. :)
It's funny to remember that back then there were several search engines, Yahoo, Altavista, etc. Now Google has becomes so popular its used as the generic word to search.
M wrote: "Reading my Slytherin edition. I love these books so much, it is like visiting and old friend."it really is ! It's like going back home.
But strangely enough, every time I reread them I always make new observations. This universe is just so rich !
Ashlee wrote: "Chapter 10I really think this chapter is the turning point of this book. [spoilers removed]"
I love that moment when they really form a trio of friends. It makes me so happy for Harry, who never really had any friends before ♥
Joanne wrote: "I'm about to start chapter four and I can't help myself. I have to post my favourite meme:This one never fails to make me laugh"
LOL !
Kirsten wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "You might have to wait a while to have a whole ravenclaw box set. book two is only released this summer. "Do you mean of the Anniversary set? I didn't realiz..."
ah, yes. I've seen them a few times on instagram. But, indeed, I was talking about the official 20th anniversary editions. They only released the first one so far, and the second comes out in the summer. The ones you thought of, however, are custom made. They are really beautiful !
Sassafrass wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "I'll be joining in the buddy read. I want to read from my Ravenclaw anniversary edition. I haven't re..."
Here is a picture of the first book.
and books 2 coming out soon:
Sassafrass wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "✿ Claire ✿ ~ The Clever Berry wrote: "I'll be joining in the buddy read. I want to read from my Ravenclaw anniversary edition. I haven't re..."
The main colours of the books (house colour or black) will swap with each book as it's released.
oh very nice! I bet they are gorgeous in person.
Kirsten wrote: "hah I was too slow!"LOL
Sassafrass wrote: "oh very nice! I bet they are gorgeous in person."they really are !
Kirsten wrote: "hah I was too slow!"haha, just by a microsecond. we pretty much posted at the same time ;)
I don't know if I can wait until 2027 to collect them all. :P
Kirsten wrote: "I don't know if I can wait until 2027 to collect them all. :P"WHAT 2027?!? that's cruel and unusual punishment!
So, I'm listening to the Jim Dale audio and I'm kind of getting narrator envy. I can only get the Jim Dale audio here, but the UK people can get the Stephen Fry one.Why are we so restricted? It's not fair. I think we should be able to choose for ourselves which one we like best! I'm not sure which one I would pick because I've never heard the Stephen Fry one but I've liked him narrating other books, so now I'm very interested in hearing his version.
Kirsten wrote: "I don't know if I can wait until 2027 to collect them all. :P"Same...
But the good thing is that I won't spend all my money at once, haha.
Oh my goodness, I just realized that this buddy read is going on now. I saw the July date but didn't realize it said July 2017 so I thought ours started in July. I have to get my book now!
Sassafrass wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "I don't know if I can wait until 2027 to collect them all. :P"WHAT 2027?!? that's cruel and unusual punishment!"
Yup :'( They are releasing the new edition of each book on each book's 20th anniversary. Deathly Hallows didn't come out until 2007. :( thus 2027...
Vicki wrote: "Oh my goodness, I just realized that this buddy read is going on now. I saw the July date but didn't realize it said July 2017 so I thought ours started in July. I have to get my book now!"Yes, get on it! :P I'm currently reading it but am taking my time. (aka reading more than one book at once & on here chatting instead of reading far too often. lol)
Kirsten wrote: "Sassafrass wrote: "Kirsten wrote: "I don't know if I can wait until 2027 to collect them all. :P"WHAT 2027?!? that's cruel and unusual punishment!"
Yup :'( They are releasing the new edition of ..."
Oh wow! I didn’t realize that either. They really are gorgeous though. Now I’ve got to run over and see them in person.
Gah! So far behind. I'm only at Ch 5.
So many of the special editions are so gorgeous. I want them all.
I took a look at the special edition ones when I went on a book shopping spree a few days back. Luckily for my wallet I came to my senses and thought "don't buy, put them on your Christmas Wishlist in stead":P
Joanne wrote: "So many of the special editions are so gorgeous. I want them all."
@Claire I just feel like SO MUCH of the trouble in this series could have been avoided if there wasn't a system set up that decided that 1/4th of all children are 'evil' when they are eleven years old lol
Devann wrote: "@Claire I just feel like SO MUCH of the trouble in this series could have been avoided if there wasn't a system set up that decided that 1/4th of all children are 'evil' when they are eleven years ..."true, true. That's a critique I've made in the past, too. it's really a discriminating system they've got in Hogwarts. I know they present the house in the brightest light possible when doing the sorting, but there is so much stigma attached to slytherins... that's just sad. Also, the system only breads competition. and too much competition can be very damaging. especially at that age.
I finished!...I quite enjoyed this. The last half moved quite fast. What was my favorite part? I was surprised by the forest and cant wait to see how that will tie in on future books. I liked how in the last part what they were learning at school was really put to the test and that was almost like that should have been the final exam.
@Claire yeah I was actually thinking on this reread [as well as in the past] whether all the house competition is really a good idea / completely fair. I mean to me the points system seems totally unfair because professors can just give points to their own house for almost no reason and take points away from other houses unfairly [as we've seen on SEVERAL occasions]. Quidditch is okay because I mean at least there's a concrete set of rules and I feel like with sports competition is a given, but there is literally no rhyme or reason to the house cup.
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I've probably read the first 4 books 10+ times each, because that was all that was released when I discovered the series. Waiting for the last 3 books to be released was torture. Also my parents disapproved of me reading them (although never outright banned them) so I had to wait and get them from the library!
I really like Hermione's character but I've never been a Ron fan. I always found him boring and annoying. Compared to Harry and Hermione, and all his brothers (especially Fred and George), I never warmed up to Ron. SPOILERS FOR THE END OF THE SERIES (view spoiler)[And I never shipped him and Hermione as a couple either (hide spoiler)]
I've always found the first couple of chapters of book one to be a bit slow, as well as all the Dursley scenes throughout the series. It was neat seeing all the name-dropping and references to things that come into play later in the books.