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Potter Thoughts: July 2015
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Sunday, July 19, 2015. Throwaway line raises questions. I caught a very brief moment from The Chamber of Secrets. On TV yesterday and had to laugh. The moment I saw involved Lucius Malfoy and Mr. Weasley at the end of their confrontation in Flourish and Blotts. The book version begins with Malfoy saying to Weasley: "Busy time at the Ministry, I hear.". I will have to be v...
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Potter Thoughts: May 2015
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Is Draco a better wizard than Harry? But what about Draco Malfoy? We rarely, if ever, get even a hint of how clever he is. And yet, from the small hints that appear every now and again throughout the seven novels, it would appear that Draco is a pretty smart kid. Probably smarter, and a better wizard, than Harry himself. Harry, with all of his experi...
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Potter Thoughts: June 2015
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Thursday, June 25, 2015. Sometimes I just wish Jo would leave well enough alone. JK continues to use Pottermore as an outlet for more and more of the backstory she had created for the Harry Potter stories. As a result, it is possible that I am not getting the complete story when I read, for example, the. With which I have real problems:. 1 According to the. She presents A...
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Potter Thoughts: Filmic regression: Lupin meets Granger in a strange world
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Friday, July 10, 2015. Filmic regression: Lupin meets Granger in a strange world. So, Hermione Granger and Remus Lupin are together again! I just caught the teaser trailer for the upcoming film. Starring the delightful Ms. Watson. It looks like a reasonably interesting thriller, with lots of eerie stuff, a chilling mystery and numerous dark and rainy nights. It makes you ...
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Potter Thoughts: August 2015
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Monday, August 24, 2015. First step: Acknowledge the addiction. HP and the DH. again. Ok I admit it. I'm addicted. Harry Potter has become an addiction. Check out my new copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In paperback. My third copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Why did I buy it? That's why I bought it. In French ( Harry Potter a l'ecole des sorciers.
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Potter Thoughts: The Way Forward
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Is the working title of a new novel upon which I have started to work. It features the magical world and characters created by J.W. Rowling in her fabulous Harry Potter books. It focuses, however, on three of the lesser characters and how they move forward after the events of Rowling's seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Minding my own stitches.
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Potter Thoughts: Who Fears Death, Harry Potter?
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Who Fears Death, Harry Potter? It is true that there are only a limited number of stories available to tell. Dress them up as you might, you are still basically telling the same stories that have been told over and over again in the past. And it has been told and retold many times in western pop culture over the years:. With impoverished and practi...
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Potter Thoughts: March 2015
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Monday, March 30, 2015. Respecting the intelligence of young readers. It's been an interesting experience, as much because there are really very few interviews available from the early days - before or as, say, the second book was written - as because of what I am learning from the interviews themselves. That (as she told the New York Press Club in 2000), " I would have l...
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Potter Thoughts: The Way Forward: Chapter Two
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. The Way Forward: Chapter Two. So he had kept this bag handy, ready to take to the wilderness at a moment’s notice. In war, he had never needed it. In peace, however, it gave him the freedom simply to walk away, to leave his former life behind and seek out a new path. It held everything he would need for a new start. But his wanderings so far had been filled with memories ...
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Potter Thoughts: November 2014
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Random thoughts and revelations that occur to me as I read the novels of J.K. Rowling or watch the movies that have been made of them. Saturday, November 22, 2014. Defending Rowling's first post-Potter novel. Let's talk about A Casual Vacancy. For a minute, shall we? I then found a mint condition hard cover copy of A Casual Vacancy. At a local book sale for just two dollars and I thought, "Why not? It comes shining through. So I was surprised when a friend from work brought up the subject of the book the...
