For The L♥ve of Reading discussion

Somewhere out there is an abandoned Harry Potter book... We need to give it a chance... LOL; I'm pretty sure someone in this group has read the Harry Potter series and absolutely luhvs them. What was your favorite part? Your favorite character(s)?

9 years ago I read the beginning books when I was pregnant with my oldest son. Now I plan on picking up some of the later books.

That's a good idea. Have you seen all of the movies up to Half-Blood Prince?

Actually I owe all the movies at least two times. My boys watch the movies so often that one disc doesn't cut it. CD's just scratch way too easily!

Definitely. Anyone have a favorite book in the series?

I loved the Prisoner of Azkaban x]

Haha, I usually tell people my favorite is HBP, but I guess it's a tie between it and DH.

Too many people died in DH!!!

((Prisoner of Azkaban, not Prince!!))

Yeah, it was bad enough that Snape died, but when I went back and looked at some quotes that I typed, I remembered that Fred died. That was a very tearful, unhappy moment for me.... :(

((Yeah, I thought that sounded wrong! :P Thanks!))

And Hedwig died!!!

Yeah.... That book seems to have a lot of bad endings for people. Oh and Remis and Tonks died too! :"(

I know!!!

Okay, as much as /i love the series finale, it's starting to make my eyes water. LOL :)

:( Sorry!

Zakiya wrote: "((Prisoner of Azkaban, not Prince!!))

Yeah, it was bad enough that Snape died, but when I went back and looked at some quotes that I typed, I remembered that Fred died. That was a very tearful, ..."

What?? Fred died! That is so wrong & sad. I'm guessing that is DH.

I love POA, but HBP and DH are my favorites. I'm incredibly excited for the last movies. Hopefully they will be better adaptations since they split it up into two.

I'm currently re-reading this series, in the middle of Order of the Phoenix. While I enjoy the story (overall) in this one, I find Harry to be his most annoying in this one.

Favorite characters would be the entire Weasley family (sans Percy), Neville, Snape, Bellatrix, Dumbledore, Lupin and Hagrid.

The Weasley Twins. It is always a good ball of fun when they come into scene.

Angela wrote: "never a dull moment when Fred and George Weasley were around. I actually started to cry when Fred died. He was one of my favorites."

I was actually kinda mad when I read that haha. I knew a lot of people I loved were going to die but I wasn't prepared for that.

Angela wrote: "oh I know. I wasn't prepared for all the ones I loved to die either. I was really mad when I read that Lupin and Tonks died. I loved those two together and they had just had the baby. It wasn't fair. "

Agreed, it wasn't.

Sounds like I really need to read DH.

Yes, you really do. You're missing out on all the meaningful moments.

Allie, I currently re-reading the series as well; in the middle of PoA right now.

I love all the HP books - they're my most favorite of all time! It's hard to pick favorites within the series, but I especially like the Deathly Hallows (DH) and Order of the Phoenix (OotP). I think the movies are good adaptations, with the possible exception of the Goblet of Fire (GoF). Half-blood Prince (HBP) is my favorite film - I prefer the more artistic adaptations (again with the exception of GoF) to Columbus' first two films, which try to be too faithful to the books in my opinion.

HBP was my absolute favorite of the series, but that's because I LOVE Snape. I was disappointed in the movie only because they put too much focus on Harry and his love life. I felt like they barely even touched on the whole half blood prince issue, but that is just because I wanted there to be more Snape. :(

I started crying when Hedwig died. It was so sad. The next day I was at the mall and I found a stuffed Hedwig at FYE and bought it on the spot. Sentimental reasons, I suppose.

I really liked the GoF. I think I liked that movie the best. I don't like PoA because I get bored at the end when they repeated everything that just happened. But I would have to say that my most favorite part of the all the movies is the talking shrunken head and the bus driver. I laugh every time even though I've seen the movie 500 times.

Ha, I love that part!

Kristen: I'm not a Snape fan, but I do think they could have explained the half blood prince concept.

Angela: I definitely agree. They didn't even explain everything about Horcruxes or Voldemort. To me, those were the best parts of the book.

i love these books, and the movies. if i want to watch tv and theres nothing on that i always go to harry potter. sometimes i have marathons starting w/ movie 1 and going up to 6. i have parts of each of the movies memorized, especially 4 which is my favorite!

Well, we do a HP marathon every few movies when they come out. We always wait until the DVD comes out, s it's never a problem for us. When OotP came out, we watched 1-5. When DH (part 1) comes out, my mom wants to do another marathon, but I'm trying to make her wait until part 2 comes out. It will be a lot better then, in my opinion.

Ha, I do that too. And check all the news articles/interviews obsessively...

I enjoy a good movie marathon when I have some yummy popcorn to go with it. And some Ju Ju Bees. JK about the Ju Ju Bees.

When is DH coming out??? 2 Parts... I guess they are really trying to make the already intense practically unbearable!!

Part 1 this November and I think part 2 in May 2011, but I could be wrong.


Is anybody a super Harry Potter nerd and planning a trip to Florida to visit The Wizarding World of Harry Potter when it opens? I kind of am. Seriously.

You're not wrong about the DH film dates. (As of now, the release dates for the two parts are November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011 in the U.S. and U.K.) I'd like to go to the park, but I don't think I'll get to when it opens.

Well my family is going to Disney World and Universal Studios this summer and we're gonna go see it. Can't wait! :)

We can never pass up a HP movie when it's on. Last night Prisoner of Azkaban was on TV and guessed what we watched? LOL

I have to wait a few more years until all of my boys are old enough to go. I'd like to go check it out myself. But there really is no point if they can't do anything. I have a feeling that it will be a permanent part of the park.