{"id":3495,"date":"2011-08-15T01:13:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T06:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3495"},"modified":"2011-08-15T01:13:45","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T06:13:45","slug":"into-the-stacks-the-harry-potter-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3495","title":{"rendered":"into the stacks: the harry potter series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For tonight, I&#8217;m skipping a review of <em>Peter and Max<\/em> in the interest of finishing a post and going to bed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><del datetime=\"2011-08-15T05:52:44+00:00\">From the jacket:<\/del> From my brain:<\/strong> Honestly, you know the summaries as well as I do. Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, does not die when his parents are killed by the most evil wizard in ages. Instead, the one-year-old is sent to live with his non-magical and abusive aunt and uncle and cousin, where he survives until his 11th birthday, when he finds out he&#8217;s a wizard and that he&#8217;s going away to a special school for other magical British kids. Once at Hogwarts, he makes friends, has trouble with schoolwork, and flies on a broomstick &#8212; typical stuff  for the average pre-teen. We follow Harry through the years as he&#8217;s nearly killed by a possessed teacher, a memory, a house-elf (okay, that time he was only nearly grievously injured), another possessed teacher, several other evil witches and wizards, and the wizard who killed his parents and who&#8217;s now gunning for him. Ultimately there&#8217;s a showdown between the two, but not before Harry builds himself the family he lost as a child and finds himself to be the leader he never expected to become.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My take:<\/strong> It seems only appropriate to list all seven books together, as the tale would be incomplete without reading them all.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled them out earlier this spring, when I needed a refresher before seeing the last movie. It&#8217;s interesting to see how much of what I remember is clouded by having seen the movies over the years. <\/p>\n<p>I can say that the books are just as enjoyable after the most recent reading as they&#8217;ve been all the other times I&#8217;ve read them. And if you&#8217;ve somehow missed out on reading the series, you are in for a treat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 4,083<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For tonight, I&#8217;m skipping a review of Peter and Max in the interest of finishing a post and going to bed. 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