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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 Order of the Phoenix The Film: Prelude To War

After the sluggishness of Goblet, Harry is back in fine form and waiting very impatiently for the war with Voldemort.  But first  to survive all the subterfuge thrust onto his life by small minded bureaucrats.  So now we plunge headlong … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: To Speak The Truth With Bravery

We are over half way through the wonderfully amazing Harry Potter series, and from this point onwards every book is almost universally great.  The war is brewing and Harry is getting ready for Voldemort.  But only if he can survive … Continue reading

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How Harry Potter Entered My Life

More like engulfed it. Harry Potter has devoured so many aspects of my life, with all sorts of thoughts and actions and feelings permeating my existence now.  Accio is now, not only known to me, but has become a noun, … Continue reading

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