read the Harry Potter series

Someone gave me a free hardcover copy of the 6th book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. I started reading right away, pausing only to watch Order of the Phoenix.

It was well worth reading, and I am still committed to reading the first 5, and of course, the last book in the series.

I’m done. A great series. Very touching. She breaks the mold at some points and kills a lot of characters you grow to love and makes you want to cry at other points. A very excellent series.

Tonight, I start Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I’m happy to be finishing the story. I’ve grown to like Harry, Ron, Hermione, and all the rest (especially, for some reason, Remus Lupin), but I’ll be glad to finish the story. Every beginning must have its end, I suppose, and now I rush headlong toward this ending. Wish me luck!

Tonight, I’m going to start The Half-Blood Prince. I’m getting excited to see where everything’s going. You know—when I started reading this series, I thought “Man, I don’t want to read seven books all in a row . . . thousands of pages of the same characters . . . ” but now I’m having trouble not picking up The Half-Blood Prince right now! But I have to study . . . two finals left!

Today, I start Book 5. It’s always hard for me to start these books because I hate the Dursleys so much. I guess you get past them pretty quickly (usually just a chapter or two), but oh how I hate them. Why can’t Harry live with the Weasleys? Why won’t Dumbledore let him do it? She teased us with Sirius adopting Harry. Sigh.

Tonight, I begin Book 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This one’s much bigger than the first three, weighing in at 734 pages. (Incidentally, the first two books combined were 650 pages.) I’m a little nervous to embark on such a long book—especially a children’s novel. From what I hear, The Prisoner of Azkaban is the best in the series and it’s downhill from there.

I hope to start and finish this over the summer. I’ve never read any of the books. I think it’s important to read the series because it is something that defines this generation.

I’ve already read the first three books and looking forward to the next four. I just finished The Prisoner of Azkaban last night (the third one), and it was one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Rowling is a very talented writer. I’m excited to see what happens in those relationships she only hinted at that are probably coming.

Very enjoyable, quick read. I spent about half the time listening to the book on tape and the other half reading my hard copy. Then I watched the first movie again. To my surprise, I hardly remembered any of the movie from the first time I saw it (when it originally came out).

On to the Chamber of Secrets, and Harry getting older and hotter!

...Harry Potter has been a huge part of my life. What a strange, wonderful, and magical journey it has been.