Gonna reread all of Harry Potter

[bnmjy]

and also watch the movies. I want to try to finish this by July 21st, which was when the last book came out. I can't believe it's already been 10 years. It's gonna be quite the challenge to read one million words in only three weeks.

[NaBarney]

Ugh.

[bnmjy]

What? Does it sound like a pathetic waste of time? Oh well.

[fuggnificent]

Its been 20 years, not ten.

[StarPanda]

Dam 10 years how long after the first one came out 20

[StarPanda]

Its been 20 years, not ten.

He said the last book not the first

[bnmjy]

Its been 20 years, not ten.

 

As starpanda said, I was referring to the last book. I have that date engrained in my head. It was quite the experience, reading a book you knew millions of others were doing with you at the same time.

[bnmjy]

Dam 10 years how long after the first one came out 20

 

Yeah, about 20 for the first one. I don't remember that coming out, but I do remember when The Chamber of Secrets came out. I feel old now.  S:

[StarPanda]

I started to read HP once the 3rd book came out I was like ok let's see what the hype is about, I went and got the first one

[PhilosipherStoned]

I havent really thought about it much but it seems like there would be an easier way to kill yourself. ..

[bnmjy]

I started to read HP once the 3rd book came out I was like ok let's see what the hype is about, I went and got the first one

 

I couldn't read the book until I was in second grade. At that time, the first movie still hadn't come out. As I was reading, I imagined Hogwarts looking more like a hospital than a castle. I also had thought Professor Quirrell was black.

 

I wonder how many other old memories will resurface.

[bnmjy]

I havent really thought about it much but it seems like there would be an easier way to kill yourself. ..

 

I love Harry Potter. Kill me. 

[Chapinator_X]

I've been meaning to buy the Half-Blood Prince book because it was my favorite Harry Potter movie, but it rarely shows up in thrift stores.

[Ric]

Two books a week sounds doable unless you working 12s or something. Believe!

[bnmjy]

I've been meaning to buy the Half-Blood Prince book because it was my favorite Harry Potter movie, but it rarely shows up in thrift stores.

 

idk, mass paperback copies are pretty cheap.

[1pooh4u]

I can't believe the series is 20 years old already

[bnmjy]

Two books a week sounds doable unless you working 12s or something. Believe!

 

Not really. The books greatly vary in length.  I will finish the first book tonight, and maybe the second one by tomorrow.

[bnmjy]

I can't believe the series is 20 years old already

 

I know. Harry is 36, around your age I think.  :it:

[1pooh4u]

I know. Harry is 36, around your age I think.  :it:

I  <3 you. I'm a little older than Harry Potter but close enough.  >

 

My mom turned me on to the books. Saw her reading the Sorcerers Stone, she said it was great and it was.

 

 

[DragonSinger]

I started to read HP once the 3rd book came out I was like ok let's see what the hype is about, I went and got the first one

 

This is how I got into it. All of my friends were hype as hell about the third book coming out, and since I had money to burn, I went out and bought the first two. Next thing I know, I'm sporting a Firebolt shirt, I became the last person you ever wanted to accept jelly beans from, and then I was at Walmart for midnight book releases because no motherfucker was gonna spoil me.

 

I do plan on rereading the whole series and maybe rewatching a couple of movies before they reached the point of pissing me off due to all of the plot holes created from being lazy adaptations.

[DragonSinger]

Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows were big enough that I would save extra days for them. Goblet of Fire is a biggun too, but I remember breezing through it in a day.

[bnmjy]

7 days for 7 books is enough time. So you've got 3x as long as needed.

 

:poop: :post:

[bnmjy]

Order of the Phoenix and Deathly Hallows were big enough that I would save extra days for them. Goblet of Fire is a biggun too, but I remember breezing through it in a day.

 

relevant

 

[DragonSinger]

Order of the Phoenix's length is what happens when editors are too afraid of critiquing a super famous author. It was a good book, but that sucker needed to be shortened.

[bnmjy]

status update: finishing prisoner of azkaban today. One quarter of the way for the entire series. No work for 3 days, so time to catch up a bit.

 

Also, I get the feeling another parody thread is incoming from this bump. :poop:

[bnmjy]

i finished twilight already

 

The entire series?

[bnmjy]

yes

 

Well good job. I hope nice memories of taking Team Jacob seriously resurfaced.  :poop:

[Naraku4656]

i never read any of the books. i watched up to the 5th movie but only cared for the first two

[bnmjy]

Team Edward all the way

you fucking werewolf cuck

 

Professor Lupin  <3

[bnmjy]

i never read any of the books. i watched up to the 5th movie but only cared for the first two

 

The books were my childhood. I think the first two are somewhat boring, as they have childish tones. The series gets progressively more adult toned.

[Naraku4656]

The books were my childhood. I think the first two are somewhat boring, as they have childish tones. The series gets progressively more adult toned.

maybe that's what turned me off? the first two i thought were cute and funny. the 3rd on i thought were boring and melodramatic

[bnmjy]

maybe that's what turned me off? the first two i thought were cute and funny. the 3rd on i thought were boring and melodramatic

 

I wouldn't say it's melodramatic, at least the books, but that's your opinion. I thought he teenage angst phase of Harry was very annoying, but I liked seeing him slowly mature into a young adult.

[Bouvre]

Another great topic that could help revitalize the Books forum.

[bnmjy]

Another great topic that could help revitalize the Books forum.

 

Idk, I think our best bet for that would be to decide on a book to read for a month and then have a discussion on it. I don't think there are many people that would be interested. I definitely would be though.

[bnmjy]

I'm finally on the Half Blood Prince. I'm actually gonna make it. This is probably the last time I ever do such a challenge though.

[quebecelegy]

i haven't read them in a long time, but am glad that even when i did some few years afterwards they still held up well. especially the more serious tone of 4-7, which despite it being harry porter lended itself well to nuanced dialogue between characters.

[katt_goddess]

Man, I really should do this too. It's been so long since I did a complete read-through of the whole series in a single go and they used to be my brain candy books for between serious type reads.

 

And that goes for rewatching the movies too. Every time there's a marathon of them on Freeform, they always skip 'Order of the Phoenix' . That gets irritating fast.

[bnmjy]

i haven't read them in a long time, but am glad that even when i did some few years afterwards they still held up well. especially the more serious tone of 4-7, which despite it being harry porter lended itself well to nuanced dialogue between characters.

 

My attitude towards many of the characters have changed in some ways. I thought I was gonna be annoyed by teenage angsty Harry's outbursts in Order of the Phoenix, but I was actually somewhat sympathetic. He was never as much of an asshole as his father was, despite being far more famous. It seems that James would have made someone like Neville his bitch, like Peter, or bullied him, like Snape. Fortunately, the story shows that people can change in their adulthood, though some people will always be childlike. I see Hagrid now as nothing but a blithering idiot. Before, I saw him as a kind, misunderstood giant.

 

 

[bnmjy]

Man, I really should do this too. It's been so long since I did a complete read-through of the whole series in a single go and they used to be my brain candy books for between serious type reads.

 

And that goes for rewatching the movies too. Every time there's a marathon of them on Freeform, they always skip 'Order of the Phoenix' . That gets irritating fast.

 

Why would they skip Order of the Phoenix? It's not like the film's length is longer than the other's.

 

This probably won't be the last time I reread the entire series, but it will be the last time I read it this quickly. I much prefer to read at a relaxed pace so I can savor the key moments in the story.

[katt_goddess]

Why would they skip Order of the Phoenix? It's not like the film's length is longer than the other's.

 

This probably won't be the last time I reread the entire series, but it will be the last time I read it this quickly. I much prefer to read at a relaxed pace so I can savor the key moments in the story.

 

The only possible reasons I can think of is maybe time so they can run 1 - 4, 6 & both halves of 7 and end everything well before midnight or they somehow think that Order of the Phoenix might encourage kids to stand up to authority figures even when those authority figures are very obviously in the wrong. It could be a combination of both - Freeform used to be ABC Family or something like that and they tended to air mostly family-friendly crap whenever possible. They changed the name in order to run more aggressive materials without people losing their hair over it.

 

Yeah, there is something to be said about savoring a book. Although with the Harry Potter books, I always just seemed to fall into them and next thing you know the day is over and the book is done.

[Bad_Witch]

My attitude towards many of the characters have changed in some ways. I thought I was gonna be annoyed by teenage angsty Harry's outbursts in Order of the Phoenix, but I was actually somewhat sympathetic. He was never as much of an asshole as his father was, despite being far more famous. It seems that James would have made someone like Neville his bitch, like Peter, or bullied him, like Snape. Fortunately, the story shows that people can change in their adulthood, though some people will always be childlike. I see Hagrid now as nothing but a blithering idiot. Before, I saw him as a kind, misunderstood giant.

 

I don't understand why everyone claims James was such an asshole. He readily befriended Sirius, even though the latter came from a long line of Slytherins and fully expected to join Slytherin at their first meeting. We only see him from memories and the only person of note he was an asshole to was Snape., a boy from Slytherin, who was friends with his crush, and from Lily's own words Snape's greatest ambition is to become a Death Eater...Snape doesn't even deny it. Plus, nobody seems to account for the war going on when they were at Hogwarts. When Dumbledore drops Harry off at the Dursely's he states that everyone is celebrating because there has been little to celebrate for 14 years. The first war with Voldy lasted at least 14 years, making James 6 when Voldy rose to power. Everything that happened at Hogwarts when James, Lily, Snape, and company happened while a war waged and James hating, even "bullying" those within the school that wanted to join Voldy makes sense. James ends up being an asshole because he hated the "nazis."

[quebecelegy]

James ends up being an asshole because he hated the "nazis."

[quebecelegy]

My attitude towards many of the characters have changed in some ways. I thought I was gonna be annoyed by teenage angsty Harry's outbursts in Order of the Phoenix, but I was actually somewhat sympathetic. He was never as much of an asshole as his father was, despite being far more famous. It seems that James would have made someone like Neville his bitch, like Peter, or bullied him, like Snape. Fortunately, the story shows that people can change in their adulthood, though some people will always be childlike. I see Hagrid now as nothing but a blithering idiot. Before, I saw him as a kind, misunderstood giant.

i still feel the same about snape. i really like him, and can even somewhat sympathize with his anger towards harry, but he shouldn't have been as much as an ass as he was.

ive always liked the maze scene in the movie and how serious it felt. i have to re-read goblet of fire to see if it was as good in the book since ive seen the movie way more times.

[bnmjy]

 

Yeah, there is something to be said about savoring a book. Although with the Harry Potter books, I always just seemed to fall into them and next thing you know the day is over and the book is done.

 

I only read them that fast when they were new. Right now, I'm forcing myself to readmuch of the time, just so I can finish on time. Fortunately, Deathly Hallows is always a very swift read for me.

[bnmjy]

I don't understand why everyone claims James was such an asshole. He readily befriended Sirius, even though the latter came from a long line of Slytherins and fully expected to join Slytherin at their first meeting. We only see him from memories and the only person of note he was an asshole to was Snape., a boy from Slytherin, who was friends with his crush, and from Lily's own words Snape's greatest ambition is to become a Death Eater...Snape doesn't even deny it. Plus, nobody seems to account for the war going on when they were at Hogwarts. When Dumbledore drops Harry off at the Dursely's he states that everyone is celebrating because there has been little to celebrate for 14 years. The first war with Voldy lasted at least 14 years, making James 6 when Voldy rose to power. Everything that happened at Hogwarts when James, Lily, Snape, and company happened while a war waged and James hating, even "bullying" those within the school that wanted to join Voldy makes sense. James ends up being an asshole because he hated the "nazis."

 

You do have some good points. It's just that we see the entire wizarding world through the scope of Harry and Harry had said that he wouldn't have bullied Snape like that had he been in his father's position. Harry had a twinge of guilt for intruding upon Snape's memory and probably had a minute sense of sympathy at the time.

[bnmjy]

i still feel the same about snape. i really like him, and can even somewhat sympathize with his anger towards harry, but he shouldn't have been as much as an ass as he was.

ive always liked the maze scene in the movie and how serious it felt. i have to re-read goblet of fire to see if it was as good in the book since ive seen the movie way more times.

 

The book had the sphinx in the maze. I remember being somewhat disappointed when it didn't appear in the film. It was a cool scene.

 

Snape, I think, just had poor emotional control. Surely he could have just found some other witch to marry, like a normal adult would have done. Still, his tale was a touching story of unrequited love and poor life decisions.

[bnmjy]

Did u do it yet?

 

Nope, I'm on the second to last book. I will reach my goal though.

[bnmjy]

Yessirs, Dobby loves to take orders from the two nice ladies, yes Dobby does.