#HarryPotterReread : Week 3

LESS THAN 20 DAYS!!!!!!!!

I finished Book 1 and have started Book 2.

And before I start talking about Book 2, I have some questions and theories about Book 1 that I want to address:

     *Why the Snape hunt?  It's a big jump from hated teacher to evil minion of the Dark Lord.  In book 1, Snape never really interacted with the kids except to shoot them nasty looks and give them lots of homework.  Why then do they just assume that he is in evil cahoots with Voldemort?

     *Also, you'd think after learning that it was Quirrell behind the wonky broom incident at the Quidditch match, and the troll NOT Snape, and that Snape was actually trying to protect Harry and the Stone, you'd think they'd let up a little.  In fact, you'd think that by book 3, the kids would just realize he's kind of a slimeball with no social skills, but not actually an evil mastermind.

     *I saw this post on Facebook the other day (and about died), but then started thinking about books written from the other character's perspectives.  Below, I'll share my suggestions...

          If Book 1 was from another character's perspective:
               1.  Neville Longbottom and the Missing Frog
               2.  Ron Weasley and the Good Chess Game
               3.  Hermione Granger and all the stupid people
               4.  Ginny Weasley and the book she wasn't in except for 2 sentences at the beginning and end.
               5.  Neville Longbottom and the Time He Was a Tattletale

I'll check in later on in the week with some of my thoughts on Book 2. 

#HarryPotterReread ; Week 2

Yeah, I'm not sorry, and you shouldn't be either!

Alright, so I didn't get much reading done again.  When I wrote this post (Sunday afternoon), I was on page 233 of 312 of book 1.  I suspect by the time this post goes live (Monday morning), I'll have book 1 finished, or pretty ding-dang close.  

Also, as of Monday, I have 24 days left until we leave!  There are no words for this level of excitement.  Especially after the announcement this past Wednesday (my birthday, I might add---made for a wonderful gift) that Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express was going to open on July 8th!  

And I leave you with this little goodie:

I've called it.  It works.  Don't judge.

How far have you gotten in your reread?

#HarryPotterReRead: Week 1

I'm a little behind in my Harry Potter reread.  I was planning on reading at the airport, and I started, but I could not read on the plane.  And then I was planning on reading while at the hostel in San Diego, since there wasn't a tv in the room, but I was POOPED every evening (a combination of still being on east coast time and just tired from doing stuff). 

 

But hey, it's alright.  31 days until Harry Potter World!  I can read 7 books in 31 days!  I'm on page 68 of book 1.  

I wanted to share this...

 

because it just made me feel odd, but wonderful, because I KNEW what was going to happen, but I get to experience it all over again.  The magic is still there for me.  And probably always will be.  

I do have a question though, does any one else read their Harry Potter with their approximation of a British accent?  Because I totally do.  

How about you?  How is your Harry Potter reading going?