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Neko

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the movies Quidditch robes.
They look great and know, when I read the books again, I'll be imagining those robes..

*Wants one*
LOL maybe I'll fly to where ever they are filming, pretend to be an extra, then steal one of the girl's robes.
Mwuahahaha...
Hehehe

Hermione69

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 10:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey guys, I went to create a thread for the first four books in the Library thread, but then realized that by talking about the later books such as Goblet of Fire, we would be spoiling it for newcomers such as Webkitty who have just started reading them. I hate to create a thread for each book as that seems excessive. What do you suggest?

Hermione69

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Maybe the mods will let us create ONE main Harry Potter folder and then we can create subfolders for the other books? That JUST occurred to me. Does that sound like a good suggestion? Then the Order of the Phoenix thread could be moved into that one. It could also have a General Discussion subfolder with a spoilers warning.

Like this:
The Library
-Harry Potter Books
--Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
--Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
--Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
--Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
--Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
--Harry Potter General Discussion (Warning, contains SPOILERS)

Fluffybbw

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Excellent idea, Hermione69! I like it!

Webkitty

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Hermione I am just finishing up CoS now, 2 books in a little over 2 days, I'm addicted!
I went online and reserved the Prisoner of Azkaban at my library. I hope it doesn't take too long, I'm in the 'zone', I want to keep reading!

(I'm upset that Harry has to go back to Privet Drive, those horrible muggles! lol)

Hermione69

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Fluffy and Ms. Kitty. I emailed a moderator to ask if we could set it up like that so we'll see. :)

I'm feeling your excitement, Webkitty! Now I'm wanting to go back and read them all for the 5th time, LOL! I guess I'll wait a bit, though and finish the TVCH book club book which is pretty good so far.

Schoolmarm

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 4:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My name is Schoolmarm and I'm a Potterhead

<HI, Schoolmarm>

I'll be joining y'all with bells on!

Hermione69

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 4:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Welcome, Marm!

Webkitty, I can't wait for you to meet some of the characters in PoA!!

Neko

Friday, January 24, 2003 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Harry Potter Sets

Here you can take a vurtual tour of Snape's Office, the Dursley's home, the Chamber of Secrets, The Burrow etc etc.

It's tons of fun, very realistic.
They would have had to make up these sets just for this or and leats like, pin then together of something because there's just no room for cameras.

It's worth looking at them all.

Webkitty

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have the PoA in my hands (I bought it, couldn't wait for the library) Commence reading....now!.......

Hermione69

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 1:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got an email from the mods that said they would let me know about my idea above. Hopefully we can have a HP folder in The Library soon where we can keep them all together.

The virtual sets are cool, Neko.

You are totally hooked, aren't you Ms. Kitty? A lot of people like PoA best. Enjoy!

Webkitty

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Herm, I will.
I am sitting here in my sunny puter room, reading, and clicking on new messages here every now and then, life is good

Thanks for the link Neko

Webkitty

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 2:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Chapter five..........(yeah! Hermione got a cat! the book Hermione)

Hermione69

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Crookshanks!

Webkitty

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 3:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Chapter six........(yeah! Hagrid is a teacher now!) ~Care of Magical Creatures~

Hope I'm not spoiling for anyone who hasn't read yet, but I think I might be the very last on the planet...

Book 3 is exciting as I don't know what will happen, no movie

Schoolmarm

Saturday, January 25, 2003 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
And you will have to read the end of book three a couple of times...the more you know, the deeper the layers become!

I'm currently reading "Quidditch through the Ages"

Neko

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 8:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I want to read "Qudittch through the Ages."

OH!!
At "Chapters", went I was last there, you could buy these little booklets that were supposed to be Harry's, Ron's or Hermione's school books.
It's really funny because on the insides, in the margins and all over the book, are notes that Harry and Ron write back to each other or Hermione, and this pick words or sentences out and make fun of them.

Quite funny and it makes you feel like you were there with them.

I'm re-read Chamber of Secrets right now instead of studying, but don't tell Tess that..
*Giggle's and runs off*

Hermione69

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That sounds super cool, Neko! I would love to see those books! BTW, your secret is safe with me!

I also want to read "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." Can't believe I haven't bought those yet. Maybe with my next paycheck... :)

Where is Webkitty????

Webkitty

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm here! I've finished PoA! Yeah! It WAS the best book yet! Wow.
The movies are just window dressing for the books, so much detail.....

I would like to read, Hogwarts, a History...

Now I can't wait to read GoF, I think my library has this one in stock, if not, off to the book store.

One thing I noticed, Rowlings's likes to give Harry a jumpy stomach. Its knotted, queasy, jumpy, shakey, lol, the poor thing.

Also, the dementor's. They were very scary in the book, but they could come out cheezy in the next movie if not done right.

What else, I guessed right away that Herminone was doing time travel to keep up with her studies (I didn't peek, I swear!)
I did NOT guess that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, who was the REAL wizard who betrayed Harry's parents.

I am trying to picture Gary Oldman as either Lupin or Black (and that other actor that was posted) and I can't make up my mind....not that it will be up me or anything, lo.

Schoolmarm

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK, finished with Quidditch through the Ages...now on to Fantastic Beasts and where to find them.(Complete with margin notes by Harry and Ron) What a cute idea for the Potterheads.

Now, if "Hogwarts: A History" were really published, I'd buy it. Is it published?

Webkitty...go back and read the ending again now that you know how it ends! What fun!

Neko

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
See?
I think Schoolmarm is reading the one's I'm taking about.

Are they small little books, paperback?

It think I'll get them for my birthday maybe.
I don't know...

Schoolmarm

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
YUP!

You can get them in a set with a book holder for about $12-13 US OR individually for $4 US each. They are published by scholastic, so you might be able to order them from the school book orders.

Fun reading...very short.

Neko

Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yup, that's them.
I wouldn't mind having them...

LOL Webkitty, she does like to toy with poor Harry's stomach.

I actually liked the way the movie portrayed the Quidditch game between Gryffindor and Sytherin.
Loved the fast paced-ness of weaving through the wood.

But it did make Malfoy seem like a MUCH better Qudditch player than he actually is from the book.
Only a good Quidditch seeker could stay down there for long.

Webkitty

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
......spoilers.......(just in case there is someone out there that has not read the books yet)

I finished the GoF yesterday, read straight through just taking 8 hours out to sleep. This world that Rowling has created is so much richer and layered than the movies show, I'm glad I read all four books and now I can't wait for the next one.

One question that was cleared up for me in GoF was why didn't Dumbledore step in and make other arrangements for Harry during summer vacation, knowing what the Dursleys were like and how they treated Harry. Dumbledore had put a powerful spell on the Dursleys's house, keeping Voldemort from making a move there. Now Harry knows this too.

Does anyone think that Mr. Weasley will end up with Fudge's job? GoF left it with Fudge not believing that Voldemort had arisen again, and I can see problems with this. I bet Fudge's refusal to see this causes something bad to happen and he is removed from his position. (or worse)
And, I can't believe what an idiot Fudge is for bringing a dementor into the castle! The dementor sucked in the life out of the younger Crouch, and now they will have a difficult time convincing everyone that Voltemort has arisen, grrrrr.
Also, does anyone think that Percy is in danger of being lead to the dark side? He just seems the type to me. Too puffed up with ambition and pride.
I also hope Dumbledore has some influence with the Ministry of Magic to do something about Lucius Malfoy. Harry saw Lucius as one of the Death Eaters, so now any question of where he stands in answered for once and all. Also the elder Crabbe and Goyle. (the actor that plays Lucius just doesn't do it for me, sorry!)
I don't see Dumbledore expelling Draco for this, but I hope the elders are rounded up and sent to Azkaban (Dumbledore is making a move to get rid of the dementors, right?)
This would deflate the younger Malfoy at school, time for a change in that story line, imo.

I am also very curious to find out why Dumbledore trusts Snape so much. I understand that Snape didn't answer the call of Voldemort when he came out of the cauldron, but he does have the mark of Voldemort on his arm. I also understand Snape was supposed to have been a double spy for the good side, but still...... Everyone is right, the movie Snape doesn't come across as nasty as the book Snape does.
It looks like Hagrid and Madame Maxime are going to make a journey this summer to convince the rest of the giants to the good side.
This whole storyline reminds of the last war of Elves and Men against Sauron in the LOTR, cool.

Oh, and I can't stand Peeves!! I hope they kick his poltergeist ass to the curb.

Neko

Tuesday, January 28, 2003 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah Webkitty!!

Welcome to the Potterheads!!