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I personally think the movie's take of this scene is much better than the book. It's not everyday you see Dumbledore lose his shit, running like he's being chased by hounds.

When you have been reading books all day long, lost in fantasy worlds and then you suddenly remember tomorrow is Monday and you can't continue the reading streak.

A used book sale on Sunday every week? Here, hold my wallet.



That's me since 2 months, buying nearly 15 books at less than a dollar each. I'm so happy. All I need now is more money to buy a book shelf that covers the entire wall so that I can finally sit and stare at all the books at the same time instead of looking at piles of them in every room :(

When my family members and the visiting relatives are doing their 'socializing thing' and I don't give a flying fuck about anything except reading Harry Potter.

Aaah, now I get why this book is titled feast of souls.

Eeeww. Disgusting!

Aaah, now I get why this book is titled feast of souls.

Eeewww.. Disgusting!

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"What do young people know of time, especially when the power is pounding in their veins, demanding expression? By the time you became aware that minutes combine to make hours, and hours add up to days, and days to years… by then Death was already knocking on your door."


Loving the prose and the whole concept of magic at the cost of one's own life force.

This singing valentine's message from Ginny to Harry:

"His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard,
I wish he was mine, he's truly divine,
The hero who conquered the dark lord"


Hahhaha. Fresh pickled toad? Wtf are you on about, Ginny?

This is cringeworthy and at the same time innocently adorable, roflmao. Stephen Fry's delivery of this poem is awesome :D :P

Intriguing world building to say the least! The setup of a 40-story building with a 1000 apartments amidst an abandoned city is incredibly eerie and creepy. The writing has been wonderful so far and Tom Hiddleston's narration is top notch, as you expect from a top notch actor.

Some funny chamber of secrets comics and memes:



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contd. (books narrated by movie stars)

37. Schindler's List, Autobiography of a yogi - Ben Kingsley
38. One Past Midnight, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door- Willem Defoe
39. Breakfast of Champions - John Malkovich
40. The Postman Always Rings Twice - Stanley Tucci
41. Lolita, The Alchemist - Jeremy Irons
42. A Scanner Darkly - Paul Giamatti

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These are all I could find.

contd. (books narrated by movie stars)

30. Fahrenheit 451 - Tim Robbins
31. Border series - Brad Pitt
32. The Fool and the Flying Ship, Fairy tales for kids - Robin Williams
33. You Have to Fucking Eat, The things they carried - Bryan Cranston
34. Lincoln in the Bardo, Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Nick Offerman
35. Long Lost, A Coyote's in the house - Neil Patrick Harris
36. The Beach at Night - Natalie Portman

contd. (books narrated by movie stars)

23. Leviathan, Dracula, - Alan Cummings
24. Go set a watchman - Reese Witherspoon
25. White Cat - Jesse Eisenberg
26. The testament of mary, The Night Before Christmas, - Meryl Streep
27. The spire, Sherlock Holmes, Death in a White Tie - Benedict Cumberbatch
28. Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy - Martin Freeman
29. The End of the Affair - Colin Firth

contd. (books narrated by movie stars)

15. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Fire - Elijah Wood
16. The Spiderwick Chronicles - Mark Hamill
17. Three men in a boat, Finn Family Moomintroll, Lord Mullion's secret, Gulliver's travels - Hugh Laurie
18. To the lighthouse - Nicole Kidman
19. Being there - Dustin Hoffman
20. Slaughterhouse-Five - Ethan Hawke
21. The Odyssey - Ian McKellen

contd. (books narrated by movie stars)

6. Dracula - a full cast including Tim Curry
7. The Bell Jar, Anna Karenina - Maggie Gyllenhaal
8. The Great Gatsby - Jake Gyllenhaal
9. The Shattering Sky - Jennifer Connelly
10. Fuzzy Nation - Will Wheaton
11. Pride and Prejudice - Rosamund Pike
12, The Return of the native by Alan Rickman :(
13. The Lady in the Van - Maggie Smith
14. Dragon Rider, Inkheart - Brendan Fraser

I recently listened to Benedict Cumberbatch's narration of Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka and loved it. I did some digging, here is a list of books narrated by movie stars for anyone interested:

1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Anne Hathaway
2. High Rise - Tom Hiddleston
3. Mathilda, Emile Zola - Kate Winslet
4. Alice in the Wonderland by Scarlett Johansson
5. A Rage in Harlem - Samuel L. Jackson

contd.

Read Harry Potter book #1
Read Harry Potter book #2
..
..
Read Harry Potter book # 7

repeat.

Read Harry Potter book #1
..
..

PS: I have hit my yearly reader's block at the start of this month and the only books I'm able to read are Harry Potter and some other classics I've already read. I feel I have no strength right now to read new books. sigh!

All aboard the Hogwarts express. Choo chooo!! :D

Found this card in the used book I bought. Seems like a train ticket of some sort from England.

Could he be an animal if music moved him so?


God, this book is so good and depressing that it's scary to relate to some of the things.

2nd time this year. Listening to Benadryl Coconutpatch's audiobook.