Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Could somebody please give Harry a hug? Like, that boy’s been through a lot…

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone/Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner of Azkaban/Goblet of Fire/Order of the Phoenix/Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

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I am book hungover which pretty much tells you all you need to know. It’s been 2 weeks since I finished and I’ve been unable to get into anything since then. The first books are good, they are satisfying like a puzzle. I did not start becoming really excited until book four. Then it was just me, not doing anything else for 3 days. I went out to lunch with a friend and all I could think about was getting back to find out whether Ginny and Harry kiss. They totally do. I cancelled a dinner as well. No ragrets. […]

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9/7/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:28 |

Love is the Engine Which Drives Our Heroes

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowlling, narrated by Jim Dale

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I’ve been sitting on this review for several days, trying to let the experience of rereading The Half-Blood Prince settle in my mind so I could look at it from a larger angle. The plot of the story is crucial; it shows how the war could so easily fall to the side of Voldemort, and sets up the game plan for defeating him. But it isn’t the only crucial aspect of the narrative, this is also a story of being on the cusp of adulthood, and finding the balance between our childhood selves and who we’ll be. Finally, it is […]

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8/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

An interesting theological study of Harry Potter

Looking for God in Harry Potter by John Granger

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I’ve been a fan of the Harry Potter books since I was a freshman in college (it’s amazing how going to college opened up my world in so many ways). I like to read and engage with the books at theoretical levels, and when I was taking an independent study, I encountered John Granger’s critical work on the novels. He writes from the perspective of a Christian academic who was at first skeptical of the novels and then became a fan after engaging with them theologically. Granger discusses the novels in context of Christianity, and the themes that engage with […]

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8/12/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:99 |

First the smiles, then the lies. Last comes gunfire.

Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

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Homestretch on Ye Olde Darke Towere Marathone! I’m actually starting to be sad that there are only two left plus the movie. And there had better be whole bunch of those, too, is what I’m saying, do ya. If I’m being honest, I think that Stephen King didn’t start leaning into the conceit of this series until about the time that I went all in, and that’s probably the reason I was finally able to invest fully. The more I think about it, the clearer it becomes that the first few books in the series really were still finding their […]

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7/16/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:30 |

Emotions, Loss, Growth, Resistance

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale

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I have been waiting expectantly for book five in the Harry Potter series ever since I embarked on this re-read. I’ve alluded to this story’s previous place as my favorite in the series. I don’t know any more if that’s true. But I’m also not comfortable naming another one my favorite (it is a competition between this and Prisoner of Azkaban, if you’re wondering). Taking a step back from the experience of reading it, I can say that the transitional nature of this story – we are most definitely at war by the end – as well as moving towards the […]

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6/30/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:36 |

Sometimes the Drama Just Finds You

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale

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The great re-read continues. I feel that I owe this story an apology. I have long stated that its movie counterpart was my least favorite in the series (yes, even more so than all of that camping in movie 7), and had let that color my memory of the actual book. Friends – I do not remotely hate this book! I might even love it. I’ve been debating with myself for days whether this 4.5 rounds up or down. In my review of Career of Evil, I extolled Rowling’s ability to build out her universes, and go back to the […]

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6/8/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:32 |

Yer in the Army Now Harry!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling Performed by Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix or “Why sometimes, maybe, you should tell children things instead of just staying quiet and hoping they don’t get involved” Perhaps I’m listening to these too close together but I’ve got a few bones to pick. First of all, Wizarding community, have you ever heard of a Diet Coke? A healthy percentage of the Hogwarts population are either Muggle born or have one Muggle parent. Are you telling me, everyone got together and decided they were just going to drink pumpkin juice from now on? Also, where the hell are Hermione’s parents? She spends […]

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4/28/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:48 |

Boulders, Heartstrings, and thoughts on The Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling, narrated by Jim Dale

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As we’ve discussed before, I haven’t reread the Harry Potter books in over a decade. For Prisoner of Azkaban, that probably puts the last time around late 2003 or early 2004. This is where the darkness of my own timeline greatly affected my reading of the series, and the meaning I have pulled from the books over time. You see, my own dad passed away in 2003 and I had just been sent home from university for failing to maintain my grade point average, which was caused by the worst episode I’ve had to date of depression. You all signed […]

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4/27/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:24 |

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