Tag Archives: The Boy Who Lived

Happy Birthday J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom

Happy Birthday!!! At this point last year, I was nose deep in the Harry Potter series, all for the first time.  This admission still causes me much shame.  So when July 31st rolled around, I could only half celebrate the … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows The Films: Love Is All You Need.

And they saved the absolute best for last.  Times two. My long held pet peeve that the Harry Potter movies were being too crunched for time, causing favourite moments to be truncated or exorcised completely.  While they got better with … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: The Man Who Lives. And Loves.

After several thousand pages of story, spread out over seven books, we have completed the tale of The Boy Who Lived becoming The Man Who Lives.  We have witnessed love and death, life and hatred, trust and jealously, and wisdom … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The Past Is The Future

Harry Potter’s war meets the Muggle world.  Battles, carnage, deaths, abductions, betrayals, oaths and politics are all fodder for this volume.  None of this is surprising since Voldemort is moving openly and clearly with his attacks on the magical and … Continue reading

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