Tag Archives: Witches

The Crucible And Me

Sometimes you wait forever to read a book, hoping for the best, and you get Death of a Salesman. And sometimes you wait forever to read a book, hoping for the best, and you get something deep and wonderful. You … Continue reading

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Quidditch! Quidditch!! Quidditch!!! Quidditch!!

Greetings Headmistress McGonagall, Just after New Year’s I read another of my son’s library books.  The last book he got from Hogwart’s, the Fantastic Beasts one I wrote to you about last time, had me slightly concerned.  Happily, this volume … 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 Goblet of Fire: He’s Back!!

J.K. follows up her first mature story with a bit of a departure to the past.  One last shout-out to a young child’s story, but at over 700 pages, she stretches this jaunt to previous elements somewhat too long.  Thankfully … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: The Journey Begins

Harry was such a cute baby. Just wanted to start with the obvious. And to continue with the obvious, I am kicking off my hopefully month long Harry Potter reviews with the first book, the properly titled Harry Potter and … 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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