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Eat slugs, Malfoy.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) by J.K. Rowling

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This little beginning of the month Harry Potter re-read is turning out to be quite delightful. Normally I just mainline them as fast as I can back to back. But new month, new Harry Potter book to read, is a nice change! A little trip to Hogwarts to start February off right. I’m going to continue with the format I used last go-round, since it was pretty stress-free, and didn’t involve a heck of a lot of thought. Plus, my usual tactic with reviews is to focus on the big picture, ignoring all the small stuff. It’s nice to only focus on […]

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2/8/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:18 |

Fun but ultimately unfulfilling

Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide by J.K. Rowling

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As a huge Harry Potter fan, there was no way I was skipping this book, which is essentially a collection of information from Pottermore, the official website dedicated to all things Harry Potter. I’ve read other supplemental texts affiliated with the series, but this feels like the least substantial of them all. The story is a small guide to Hogwarts – how to get there, fun facts about the school and its inhabitants – presented both as general information, and then commented on by Rowling herself as a creator. It provides very little that serious fans don’t already know. More […]

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1/4/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:3 |

I spent New Year’s Day in Hogwarts.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

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First of all I have read this book more times than I can count, literally. I know I’ve read this first one at least twelve times because that’s how many copies of it I own, but that is a gross underestimate because many of those copies I have read multiple times (especially the battered paperback I still have from 1999). I also used to re-read every year, and every time a new book in the series came out, so I’ve read this one the most. My OCD is crying inside because I didn’t keep track of what books I read and how […]

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1/2/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:1 |

I mean, it WAS

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

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So yes, my bingo square for “The Book Was Better” was indeed filled by a better book than a movie, but I tried to make it the fairest fight in the Harry Potter series; I wonder how much better the movies would have been with Alfonso Cuaron behind the camera for all of them. The filmed sequences that stood out for me were Buckbeak’s execution, the first appearance of the Dementors, and the staging of the adventures with the Time Turner, but honestly, this is the only movie where I felt a sense of place in Hogwarts.  In other films […]

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11/26/2018 's CBR10 Review No:67 |

Better than the Potter comparison

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

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I read this book because I started following Dr. Okorafor on Twitter a few years ago.  I don’t remember exactly what made me decide to follow her but I do know that part of it was due to my desire to avoid insularity.  That and I’d heard great things about her books.  I’ve already read the first two novellas in her Binti series; the third won a Hugo Award this year! Akata Witch, if I were to grossly over simplify, is a different take on the young person discovers magic is real and they must adapt to this new world. […]

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11/24/2018 's CBR10 Review No:41 |

Octothorp and the restoration of memory

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

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Look at em, y’all.  They’re fetuses.  But then again, so was I the last time I read these books. Hoping to re-read the series before CBR10 closes, book two of the Harry Potter series marking my “throwback” square. Kind of glad I’m re-reading these now, as I intended to read them to the octolet as bedtime stories in a couple years (he’s not quite two right now), as I remembered how the series does such a good job maturing at the same pace as it’s readership, but damn, even in book two shit gets dark.  Moaning Myrtle is a student […]

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11/23/2018 's CBR10 Review No:63 |

Fahrenheit 666, or how I learned to start worrying and love the resistance

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling

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 (Double bingo!) It feels like I’m cheating to count this as my banned book “Fahrenheit 451” square, because in the nearly 20 years since I read this the first time it’s become omnipresent. Not that it wasn’t a hit even when I picked it up the first time around in the middle school library where my mom worked, killing time between the end of my school day and her closing hours with an endless supply of books, but the popularity explosion and merchandise inundation really took off with the movies. That said, I remember even at 13 being mildly surprised […]

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11/10/2018 's CBR10 Review No:61 |

Go Ahead, Read it Again!

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling

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Can you believe the first Harry Potter book is 21 years old?!? Harry would be in his 30’s by now! Hagrid would be in his 80’s! A baby could have been born when the first book came out and be able to drink today! I’m amazed at how timeless and magical the books still are. And even after my having read this one 3 times and seen the movie, there are still little treasures here and there that I discover each time. I love Rowling’s characters, the world she’s created, and the little life lessons peppered throughout. This book is […]

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9/7/2018 's CBR10 Review No:12 |


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