Title: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Author: J.K. Rowling # of Pages: 435 (paperback) Genre: YA, Fantasy, Adventure Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Harry Potter is lucky to reach the age of thirteen, since he has already survived the murderous attacks of the feared Dark Lord on more than one occasion. But his hopes for a quiet term concentrating on Quidditch are dashed when a maniacal mass-murderer escapes from Azkaban, pursued by the soul-sucking Dementors who guard the prison. It's assumed that Hogwarts is the safest place for Harry to be. But is it a coincidence that he can feel eyes watching him in the dark, and should he be taking Professor Trelawney's ghoulish predictions seriously? Review: Not sure what to say in this review other than what I've said in the first two. This is another fantastic book that is hard NOT to read. Instead of doing more important things, I found myself sprawled across my bed for hours reading chapter after chapter of this book.
It's like a drug, an addiction I can't possibly get over. Everything plays out so perfectly; in my mind's eye, I can see scenes from the movie as I read the words off the page.
Title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Author: J.K. Rowling # of Pages: 341 (paperback) Genre: YA, Fantasy, Adventure Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And strike it does. For in Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girl's bathroom, and the unwanted attentions of Ron Weasley's younger sister, Ginny. But each of these seem minor annoyances when the real trouble beings, and someone--or something--starts turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry Potter himself. Review: Another great book from Rowling. After reading it for the second time, I am beginning to understand the story a lot more than the first time I read it. The only problem is that I have a hard time figuring out if the plot is being too predictable, or if it's just me slowly remembering what was happening the book.
SPOILERS FOR THE WHOLE SERIES! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Of course, upon reading the book the first time, I didn't know that Ginny and Harry were going to get together later on in the series. But since I DO know this, I realized how cute it was that Harry saved Ginny! Rowling was shipping her characters from the very beginning. Even Ron and Hermione, as shown by Ron rushing to the infirmary after hearing that Hermione was cured from her petrified state.
There was also that huge hint that Harry was a horcrux as Dumbledore tells Harry that he can speak Parcetongue because Voldemort is inside of him.
Kind of unrelated to the book, but do you know how many times I had to google all of these terms to make sure I spelled all of the right? A lot of times. It just goes to show how far I've fallen out of the Harry Potter fandom since I watched the last movie.
