The threat becomes real…
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the series about the boy wizard and is, in many ways, markedly different to the previous three novels…
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
10 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
The book that changed it all
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the most significant novel in the seven-book series and almost, almost the best of the books. This is where everything starts to change…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
9 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
The difficult second novel – not quite up to par but still a great read
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book of JK Rowling’s massively successful Harry Potter series. Second books are notoriously tricky and many authors just can’t seem to make it work. If JK Rowling did feel that pressure it certainly didn’t show …
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
8 July 2011 by Leave a Comment
A magical new world – and the beginning of a legend
To begin with – a confession. For the first two or three years the Harry Potter craze totally passed me by. I had – of course – heard of the books and the backstory of Joanne Rowling, the single mum who created a phenomenon …