As I confessed in my Sorcerer’s Stone review I haven’t read the series past Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; it is my secret shame but I feel good confessing it and rectifying my mistakes. I have seen Prisoner of Azkaban the most out of all the Harry Potter adaptations because my husband prefers to skip the first two and we usually lose steam in our marathons before getting to Deathly Hallows. Harry escapes from 4 Privet Drive, after exploding his Aunt, and expects to be reprimanded by the Ministry of Magic. Instead […]
Rereading Harry Potter for Sanity and Resistance, Book 2
The second Harry Potter book is not my favorite in the series. It’s not bad, it’s just not my favorite. I am going to assume that if you are reading this review you are familiar with the series and I’m not going to worry about spoilers. That said, it’s the one where some very important political ideas are brought forward – most importantly, how do we divide ourselves, how do we treat people who are not exactly like us? Dobie the House Elf makes his […]
I Have a Lot of Feelings about “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”
*Warning: this review features a LOT of Caps Lock and has a tendency to ramble. Buckle up* Back in 2007, we all stumbled home from our midnight release parties and read the final Harry Potter book, racing against the sunrise, desperate to find out how it ended. We turned off our phones and chugged coffee, stopping only for reluctant bathroom breaks. Hours passed, and with three small words, the story that defined a generation ended: “All was well.” Flash forward a decade. Turns […]
ReReading Harry Potter for Sanity and Resistance Book 1
I, too, am re-reading the Harry Potter series. I discovered the series after the third book had been published, but before book 4. I was house sitting for a work friend and she had left the books on the kitchen table with a note that I might enjoy them. I read all three over 2 days. I remember going to my local Barnes & Noble and being devastated that the 4th book hadn’t been published. I remember reading the last book in the Toronto airport […]