The Procrastinators Book Club discussion

Welcome to the Harry Potter 1-4 Buddy Read Discussion thread! This thread officially opens on September 1st and anyone can join at any time. Please keep in mind that spoilers are allowed in this thread but only up to the group's current reading place. Do not spoil the book if you've read further than the group. Any extra days can be used to catch up!

Each day we will be reading by chapters or page numbers. Page numbers are an approximation based on the hardcover or paperback that is the default on Goodreads. The suggested Buddy Read discussion schedule is as follows:

Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
September 01: Chapter 1-7
September 02: Chapter 8-14
September 03: Chapter 15-17

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
September 04: Chapter 1-7
September 05: Chapter 8-14
September 06: Chapter 15-18

Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
September 08: Chapter 1-7
September 09: Chapter 8-14
September 10: Chapter 15-22

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
September 12: Chapter 1-8
September 13: Chapter 9-16
September 14: Chapter 17-24
September 15: Chapter 25-32
September 16: Chapter 33-37

PARTICIPANTS
~ Hannah
~ Sophie

i'm definitely joining in! I've only ever read #1 when I was so young that I don't remember it! So I'm looking forward to this buddy read!

Spoiler from Ch.1-7
So I just realized that they skipped the first whole chapter in the movie.
Yes, I watched the movies before reading books. Hehe!

But the worst thing is, I was in love with those Potter eyes! So Blue and Beautiful!
Turns out, Harry Potter is actually suppose to have GREEN eyes. Huh! eyes like your mum Well, not now are they?

I seriously have some problems with Hagrid's dialogues. There spelling are so confusing. Ter and yer and kip and fer and whatnot nonsense.
But the way Jim Dale read it. God! He cracked it. Such an amazing narrator.

Fred and George are funny characters. Not much of them was portrayed in the first movie. But then their goodbye scene made me laugh.
and their younger sister began to cry.
“Don’t, Ginny, we’ll send you loads of owls.”
“We’ll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat.”
“George!”
“Only joking, Mom.”

And Guess what?
Term begins on September 1
What a coincidence that we're reading it on such a perfect time:D

I watched all the films first too. I agree with your point about Hagrid's dialogue, sometimes I have to read some sentences a couple of times. It's kinda weird because it is like watching the movies in my head, which happens when I'm reading any book, but now I picture what I see in the films, rather than imagining it on my own, which normally annoys me, but it didn't this time. Also, I can't lie, my favourite relationship between the characters is definitely Hagrid and Dumbledore.

Oh! Same here! Even though it's been 5-6 months since I watched the movies. But I couldn't help picturing those characters. For let's say, Aunt Petunia and Dudeley were blonde-haired but it was hard for me to imagine because they actually had black hairs. Hehe!

And you know Ron (according to the book) is thin and lanky.

Was he thin and lanky in the movies??


I know, I know, The movies can't be an exact copy of books. But I can't help comparing them. But I do enjoy learning so many new things. Like Harry dreaming about Snape and Quirrell. My friends haven't read the book, so I'm looking forward to sharing this scenes with them.
And they think they are the biggest Potter fans, Duh!

I've finsihed the first book. I liked it a lot more than I thought I would because I don't normally like books if I end up watching the movie first. I'm still not sure what I'm going to rate it, probably around the 4 star mark :)

Okay, I'm behind schedule. I'm on chapter 12 of book two. Hopefully I'll finish it tonight!

I started Goblet Of Fire today, and I'm enjoying it so far. It is the ne that I was most nervous to read, as it's my favourite out of the films. I was wondering if we could have an extra 2-3 days to read Goblet Of Fire, only because I have a lot of school work :)

Yeah, that will be totally fine.

Haven't started goblet of fire. But I loved Prisoner of Azkaban! It was an amazing book. I had so many thoughts on it and I wanted to share each and every one of them, but unfortunately I was not having data in my phone and had no time to refill it.

How do you want to divide the chapters?

You okay with four chapters a day?

Hannah wrote: "Haven't started goblet of fire. But I loved Prisoner of Azkaban! It was an amazing book. I had so many thoughts on it and I wanted to share each and every one of them, but unfortunately I was not h..."
You could take notes on the offline notepad and then copy/paste to the website or an online-synced note program later.

@Ryan Dash Thanks for the useful tip buddy! :-D

Four chapters a day is good :)

New schedule for the 4th book:

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
September 12: Chapter 1-4
September 13: Chapter 5-8
September 14: Chapter 19-12
September 15: Chapter 13-16
September 16: Chapter 17-20
September 17: Chapter 21-24
September 18: Chapter 25-28
September 18: Chapter 29-32
September 19: Chapter 33-37