Fantasy Buddy Read - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - April 1, 2023 - April 30, 2023

[Latasha]

Chapter 21
(view spoiler)[ I forgot about Papa Weasley being attacked. (hide spoiler)]

[Latasha]

I’m in the middle of chapter 22. It’s so good right now but I have to get ready for bed! 😩 put out all my candles, tend to the cats and all that kind of stuff.

I need a clock like Mama Weasley’s that tells me the location and condition of my family and cats 🤣

[Narilka]

Latasha wrote: "I’m in the middle of chapter 22. It’s so good right now but I have to get ready for bed! 😩 put out all my candles, tend to the cats and all that kind of stuff.

I need a clock like Mama Weasley’s ..."

Oooo good call adding the pets!

[Graeme]

Latasha wrote: "I need a clock like Mama Weasley’s that tells me the location and condition of my family and cats 🤣 ..."

Indeed. An awesome clock.

[Latasha]

I finished last night. Upon this reread, I thought this one was SO FREAKING GOOD. I remember the hate, yes hate, for Umbridge and that hasn’t changed. But I wonder why she was like that? How can a person be so awful and not expect that to come back and bite them in the ass?
(view spoiler)[ I remembered she got carried off by the centaurs but I did not remember Dumbledore going and getting her. He’s a great and noble man but I wish he had just left her with them. I didn’t remember Neville, Ginny and Luna going with them or how they got to the ministry. I didn’t remember the awful scene with Hagrid. That broke my heart so bad. I am very fond of him.
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[Graeme]

Latasha wrote: "How can a person be so awful and not expect that to come back and bite them in the ass? ..."

I imagine its hubris. "I'm with the ministry. I've got the backing of the Minister of Magic (who couldn't believe that Voldemort had come back, and was terrified of Dumbledore). I can do anything I must (want) to do to achieve the objectives of the Ministry."