Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling

NOW, before you cast aside a review about Harry Potter, because you are oh so knowledgeable about them... Let me give you a little pop quiz (no multiple choice on this one, whoops!).

a. None magical people born into wizarding families are called?

b. What is an animagus?

c. Hermione starts a club at Hogwarts called S.P.E.W., what is it for?

d. Of the three amigos (Harry, Ron and Hermione), who is/are named Prefects?

*Check answers at end of post

The Harry Potter series is my all time favorite childhood books and movies. I remember waiting in lines at the movie theater and book stores for these books, my family and I even made it in the newspaper waiting outside a theater for the first movie!
This is not my first time reading the series, it's probably the third time... But it seemed like a good time to go back to the classics. All seven books took me about three months, granted I was in school for one of those months.
Honestly, reading these again was so much better than having a Harry Potter movie marathon (which I tried to do and failed), there are lots of details and things that happened in the books that are completely different or simply not put in the movies. For example, Peeves the Poltergeist, who roams around Hogwarts tormenting students! Hermione solving Snape's logic puzzle at the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone! Dudley Dursley (in the final book) tries to make amends and cares about Harry! Voldemort had a muggle father (who he hated and killed), but still he wasn't a pure blood! The death of Peter Pettigrews (Ron's rat)! I'll leave that explanation a secret! Why Snape actually called himself the Half Blood Prince!? Well all of these things and more were left out of the movies... So you're actually missing out on a lot. If you don't remember these things from the books, maybe it's time to read them again?

If you aren't into watching movies and reading books, check out Pottermore! This website is so cool, you can explore scenes from each book, make potions and duel other house members, plus it has exclusive writing from the author! You can add me as a friend as well, MoonMidnight156.

I can't wait for another 10 years to go by so I can delve in the magical world of Harry Potter again!









Answers to pop quiz

a. Squibs 

b. An animagus is a wizard who can transfigure himself in an animal at will. Professor McGonagall is a registered animagus, who turns into a cat. Sirius is an unregistered animagus, who turns into a dog.

c. S.P.E.W. stands for Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare. Hermione fights for house-elf liberation!

d. Ron and Hermione