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Bouncy Prose and Distant Threats: An Appreciation of Harry Potter and the...
Before the movies. Before the merchandise. Before the theme park, looming overseriouslythe local Muggle high school right across the street. It was just a book, starting with a sentence about people...
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Rewatching the Potter Films: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone
I’m going to be re-viewing (and reviewing) the Harry Potter movies. Two necessary prefaces, before we go any further: I’ve read each Harry Potter book multiple times and like them all very, very much....
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I Solemnly Swear I Am Up to No Good: Welcome to the Harry Potter Reread!
It’s going on two decades since the very first child picked up a book emblazoned with Harry Potter’s name, and the world of children’s literature, fantasy, and fandom has never been the same. Rowling’s...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 2
We’re back for the first time in the Harry Potter Reread! Two whole installments, ma! (I should probably stop getting so excited—we’ve got a ways to go….) Today we’re taking a look at Chapter Two of...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 3 and 4
You’re back in the Harry Potter Reread! Swim around a little and get comfy! (I don’t know what you’re swimming in… words?) Today we’re taking a look at Chapters Three and Four of The Philosopher’s...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 5
The Harry Potter Reread is inside your house. I mean, if you’re reading it inside your house. So it’s totally not weird. Ahem. Today is a big ol’ chapter that gives us our first look into the wizarding...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 8 and 9
The Harry Potter Reread is here to remind you to take your vitamins! Or I’m reminding myself to take my vitamins, and you’ve been handily roped into said reminder. Never forget how important they are,...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 10 and 11
The Harry Potter Reread is like a locomotive that can’t be stopped! But a cool kind, with sleeper cars and a dining car, and passes through some really snazzy countryside. Always wanted to travel in...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 13 and 14
The Harry Potter Reread is like the candyman—it mixes everything with love and makes the world taste good. Sorry if I made you want candy just now. (Not sorry?) We’ve got harbingers of things to come,...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapters 15 and 16
The Harry Potter Reread was getting sassy and breaking rules this week, so I put it in detention. If only that worked on rereads the same way it worked on students. This week we’re running a marathon...
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The Harry Potter Reread: The Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 17
The Harry Potter Reread feels so grown up and accomplished right now. It’s very first rite of passage has been reached, and after today’s reread, it will be taken out for a sundae. What sort of sundae...
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The Harry Potter Reread: Rewatching The Philosopher’s Stone Film
The Harry Potter Reread has morphed into a rewatch briefly, which means that it probably sprouted some feathers and gained surround sound hearing, and is fuchsia rather than it’s usual cheery cherry...
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See the First Pages from the Illustrated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s...
About a month ago, Imgur user SteampunkBrit got their hands on a preview copy of Bloomsbury’s fully-illustrated Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. They’ve shared several pages of Jim Kay’s...
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A Perfect Start: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s / Sorcerer’s Stone
Before the movies. Before the merchandise. Before the theme park, looming over—seriously—the local Muggle high school right across the street in Orlando. It was just a book, starting with a sentence...
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Five Reasons Harry Potter Should Have Been a Slytherin
This year, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the U.S. publication and even now, two decades later, there are certain debates that continue to rage like...
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