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I've read all of the Harry Potter books and I love them so much! I have read hundreds of books and over the summer. I read a book every day, but the Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling is by far my favorite. I love the way the characters develope and change throughout the novels. I also love all of the interesting names and creatures that flow from J.K.Rowling's imagination and into the book. When I read it, sometimes I cried, feeling the characters as if they were a part of me. Also when I read it, I felt as if I was in the story, where everyone was my friend and they all liked me for who I was, which doesn't always happen in real life. I love the books so much, I have memorized whole chapters and I can flip open to any page and go on a two-hour rant about it--(No, seriously, I timed myself and it was two hours and ten minutes!) I love the way everything fits together so smoothly and I love the way J.K. Rowling uses foreshadowing to a great wonder of all of her readers. I love them so much! Please read them if you haven't, and I am sure that you will fall in love with them the way I have! The movies are great represntors of the books as well; there are currently six movies out, and seven books, although they are making the seventh book into two movies becuase it is so long!
submitted by Caroline S., age 12, Orchard Park, N
(December 2, 2009 - 4:04 pm)
(December 2, 2009 - 4:04 pm)
I agree, the books are really good!
(December 2, 2009 - 9:20 pm)
You've memorized chapters? You said that about Warriors too. Does that mean you can recite pieces of certain chapters? I can remember many, many quotes from Harry Potter (and the Lord of the Rings, the Princess Bride, and lots of stuff from movies) but I can't recite chapters.
(December 9, 2009 - 8:28 pm)
I can recite parts of all the books if you say the words that come right before it! i am totally obsessed with it! Ron and Ginny are my fav. Hermione rocks too. Can you seriously recite whole chapters or just parts of them?
(January 13, 2010 - 9:26 pm)
Caroline I feel the same way about Harry Potter! (Except for going on a two hour rant and memorizing whole chapters). I LOVE how J.K.Rowling uses Latin in names. Like Lupin's name is from the Latin word "lupinus" meaning great wolf. And Nymphadora came from the English word "nymphalid" meaning of a beautifully colored butterfly. And Luna straight from the Latin word luna meaning moon, Rubeus is a Latin word meaning red in color, Sanguini is from the various Latin words all having to do with blood. And- well I better stop before I start annoying someone.
Who's your favorite character Caroline? I REALLY like Luna, Tonks and Lupin. I'm so angry and sad that Tonks and Lupin died in book 7! *tear* I'm gonna cry in the 7th movie when I see them lying dead in the Great Hall.
Which is your favorite book? I love the Order of the Phoenix. It's long, interesting, and is the first time that all my favorite characters are together.
Which is your favorite movie? I was amazed how AWESOME the 6th one was! I think David Yates and Chris Columbus are the best directors of the Harry Potter films.
Do you have any soundtracks? We have two, the 5th and 6th. But I want the fourth so we can listen to the Weird Sisters. The Weird Sisters aren't even girls!
Have you ever heard of a book called Looking for God in Harry Potter? It's amazing! There is so much stuff in Harry Potter that relates to the Bible, and J.K.Rowling used all these alchmeical phases in the books. It's just... Amazing.
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(December 10, 2009 - 1:33 pm)
No Way!!!! You and I love the same movie and book!!!! That is so strange but cool!!!!! My favorite character is--I know this might sound a little strange--But it's Draco!!!! I love his character and how he faces struggles in his life, but, in the end, he turns out to have a wife, and a loving child, Scorpius!!! Oh, and by the way, I have ALL the soundtracks that have come out so far. My favorite would have to be the first one becuase it portrays the beginning of something new and unlike anything I've ever heard before. *Sigh* I'll miss the books coming out and camping out at Walmart to get them :(. And no, I've never heard of "Looking For God in Harry Potter!" Please tell me the author so I can get it from Barnes and Noble!!! Have you ever heard of the book "Harry Potter should have died."? Well, don't worry, it isn't against H.P. It's a fan-written book about debates, like; Which would you rather do- Give Voldemort a foot rub, or shave Hagrid's back hair? AND "Is the epilogue a letdown?" and other really cool stuff like that! Oh, yes, there's another book out called "The idiot's guide to the world of Harry Potter." I can tell that you would LOVE it!!! It tells you all the spells and what they do, also their origins, like from Latin and such. Also, all the other wizarding schools and what not!!!!! And it goes on and on!!!! BYE!!! :)
(December 11, 2009 - 9:45 am)
@ Caroline: Draco? Well, alright. He could've turned out as a better child if he had had parents that diciplined him.
The author of Looking for God in Harry Potter is John Granger. Yes, I have heard of Harry Potter Should Hvae Died, thanks to going on Amazon every other week to see if they have any new Harry Potter stuff. But I haven't read it. Have you ever heard of Harry Potter the Philosophy: If Aristotle ran Hogwarts? I haven't read that one either. But if you have, please tell me how it was.
Has anyone gotten Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on DVD yet? We've got it! *does a little happy Irish dance* We finished the movie last night! And saw some of the deleted scenes, and saw the the exclusive look into the Harry Potter world in Orlando!!!! I was seriously almost crying when I was watching it! And we've almost seen all of A Year in the Life. It's all about J.K.Rowling! But there's spoilers in it for anyone who hasn't read the 7th book.
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(December 12, 2009 - 10:38 am)
I know I'm a bit wierd in my liking Draco, but you can see how he changes and progresses in life.
Yes, I have heard of the Harry Potter Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts, and what is a true coincidence is that I was just at Barnes and Noble yesterday and got it, although I haven't had any time to read it yet. I'm sure it is amazing. When I'm done, I'll tell you about it!!!! :)
And yes, I got Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on DVD, on the first day it came out, which was Tuesday for us here in O.P. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it, I was crying through practically all of it, except when I was laughing!!!!!!! *laughs out loud at the thought*
I haven't had the time to go through the special featuers yet, but when I do, I'm going to be amazed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *stares fondly at the copy of the DVD in my hand*
(December 12, 2009 - 12:54 pm)
The special look at the Harry Potter theme park made tears come to my eyes! I've always wanted to go to Hogwarts, and now in the Spring I can!!!! You can drink actual butterbeer there!!!
The weird thing is when we tried to watch some of the deleted scenes it wouldn't play it.....
I've only been to a Barnes and Noble once. In Illinois. The closest bookstore we have is Borders at the mall which is about ten minutes away from where we live.
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(December 13, 2009 - 2:06 pm)
I know I'm a bit wierd in my liking Draco, but you can see how he changes and progresses in life.
Yes, I have heard of the Harry Potter Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts, and what is a true coincidence is that I was just at Barnes and Noble yesterday and got it. Although I haven't had any time to read it yet, I'm sure it is amazing. When I'm done, I'll tell you about it!!!! :)
And yes, I got Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on DVD, on the first day it came out, which was Tuesday for us here in O.P. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE it, I was crying through practically all of it, except when I was laughing!!!!!!! *laughs out loud at the thought*
I haven't had the time to go through the special featuers yet, but when I do, I'm going to be amazed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *stares fondly at the copy of the DVD in my hand*
(December 12, 2009 - 12:55 pm)
I agree with Hannah and Caroline. These books are awesome! I've never memorized chapters or done 2-hour rants, though.
Also, I'd like to mention I have about 100 books I could say the same about. I'm serious; I made a list and it's close to there! But still, it's always nice to be able to discuuss some of them.
@ Hannah: I think the roots of the names are quite interesting. However, there are really a number of words Nymphadora could have come from. Do you know it's the brightly colored butterfly, or did you just look it up in your Latin dictionary and find that that was what it meant? Nymph can also mean dragonfly larva, or fairy, or a female lesser deity from mythology (with some godlike powers but not equal to a goddess, or... *decides to look up nymph* beautiful young maiden, or a lot of things. This is not counting the meaning of Dora, as it is. Maybe J. K. Rowling did that on purpose. Butterfly seems to suit her the most, but what if she deliberately chose a name with so many meanings because Tonks was a metamorphmagis, and could appear as whoever she wanted. Wait... *realizes she can just look up Nymphadora* *does so* Well, this is what Wikipedia says:
nature spirits in Greek mythology who rule trees, sacred groves, streams and the
ocean. During the Renaissance,
northern Europeans equated the classical nymphs with their own legends
of elves. Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream sees traditional English elves like Robin Gooddfellow
alongside Greek
nymphs as servants of Diana (Titania).
If we therefore read "gift of the nymphs" as "gift of the elves", this
echoes the ancient myth of babies stolen by elves and replaced by
hideous monsters called changelings. The
metamorphic Tonks could be described as a "changeling".
or damselfly before it molts, before metamorphosing into a winged adult.
This could be a reference to her metamorphosing skills.
That's interesting...
(December 11, 2009 - 10:49 pm)
@Ima: Actually I just looked up the "nymph" words in our English dictionary and I just thought the nymphalid description was the best. But now that you mention all those others I'm not so sure anymore. And "nympha" is the Latin word for, well, nymph. And as you were saying the description of the word nymph was the immature stage of a dragonfly before metamorphosing into a winged adult, I was reminded how in the 5th book Tonks was a bit immature, but then in the 6th she seems to be changing, and then in the 7th she is now like an adult, or at least as much of an adult as she'd ever be. So that might have somthing to do with it too.
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(December 12, 2009 - 10:27 am)
Has anyone read The Alchemist ( The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)? It is good, a bit queer, lots of mythology. Does anyone know if the term, "the philosopher's stone" was in exsistence before JKR wrote HP, or the name "Nicholas Flamel," because if they weren't, then someone cheated on JKR and stole her ideas.
(December 19, 2009 - 3:18 pm)
@Elizabeth: I haven't read the Alchemist, but we got it from the Scholastic Book Fair just a few days ago! I'll probably read it, but first I have to finish Princess Academy, then The Doll People because I'm not really good with reading many books at once.
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(December 21, 2009 - 11:49 am)
Elizabeth, I'm pretty sure that Nicholas Flamel was a real person. The part about him having a stone that made him immortal is a legend, though. Lots of people did try to make a philosopher's stone. I have read The Alchemist and I liked it. I agree with you--it is a bit queer.
(January 3, 2010 - 7:40 pm)
Did you know that there is actually a restaurant (forgot where though) that was named after Nicholas Flamel? I SO want to go there.
(my spam-messaging thing says ezep)
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(January 4, 2010 - 9:45 pm)