Author: J.K. Rowling
Published: 1997
Pages: 309
Opening Lines: "Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last people you'd expect to be involved in anything strange or mysterious, because they just didn't hold with such nonsense."
Description: The
seven book series by J.K. Rowling is the story of a young boy named
Harry who was orphaned as a baby, raised by an aunt and uncle,
shipped off to school, and in the process becomes an amazing young
man. The school that he is sent to is no ordinary school
though; it is a school that teaches magic. Through all his
adventures, Harry gets into trouble, learns hard lessons, experiences
joy and pain, and in the process he is reaffirmed by this new friends
and his new found talents.
My Thoughts: My
favorite book in the series is the very first one, Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Longing to see his parents who died when he was a baby, Harry
stumbles across a magic mirror. Here are a few
excerpts....
"He looked in the mirror again. A woman standing right behind his reflection was smiling at him and waving. He reached out a hand and felt the air behind him. If she was really there, he'd touch her, their reflections were so close together, but he felt only air - she and the others existed only in the mirror."
"She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes - her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought, edging a little closer to the glass."
..." 'Mum?' he whispered. 'Dad?' ...He had a powerful kind of ache inside him, half joy, half terrible sadness. How long he stood there, he didn't know. The reflections did not fade and he looked and looked until a distant noise brought him back to his senses."
Later the Head Master, Dumbledore comes in to teach Harry what the mirror is about..." 'It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts....Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen....It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.' "
The series has many little nuggets of truth like that sprinkled throughout. In one of the later books, Harry loses a close friend. The author Rowling just has a special way of guiding us through Harry's journeys....the ups and downs.
The first book is 309 pages, but it is easy to follow and is a quick read. Please let me know if you check it out! : )
"He looked in the mirror again. A woman standing right behind his reflection was smiling at him and waving. He reached out a hand and felt the air behind him. If she was really there, he'd touch her, their reflections were so close together, but he felt only air - she and the others existed only in the mirror."
"She was a very pretty woman. She had dark red hair and her eyes - her eyes are just like mine, Harry thought, edging a little closer to the glass."
..." 'Mum?' he whispered. 'Dad?' ...He had a powerful kind of ache inside him, half joy, half terrible sadness. How long he stood there, he didn't know. The reflections did not fade and he looked and looked until a distant noise brought him back to his senses."
Later the Head Master, Dumbledore comes in to teach Harry what the mirror is about..." 'It shows us nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts....Men have wasted away before it, entranced by what they have seen....It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.' "
The series has many little nuggets of truth like that sprinkled throughout. In one of the later books, Harry loses a close friend. The author Rowling just has a special way of guiding us through Harry's journeys....the ups and downs.
The first book is 309 pages, but it is easy to follow and is a quick read. Please let me know if you check it out! : )
xoxo,
Kelly
I love the Harry Potter series. Which reminds me, I haven't seen my HP books since we've moved... Now I'm wondering where they are because with all the rain this week it would be a good series to enjoy again :)
ReplyDeleteI love Harry Potter and can't wait for Evan to read them! But I really love that little truth you mentioned. It really meant more to me now that it ever has. It would be so easy for me to just stop living and dwell on what I really want more than anything, but Dumbledore's right. My life would just waste away if I did that, and I would miss so many precious moments ahead of me. Thanks for that reminder! Books have a way of doing that, don't they?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Sherry. That means more to me than you know. : )
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