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Harry Potter fans not-so-anonymous!! Join us here for our in depth discussions and re-read of the series!!

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 10:26

Welcome to the new thread ladies! I have put it in here as we have been dicussing the films and the books, so didn't think it fitted fully into the book/film section!

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HumphreyCobbler · 03/08/2009 21:07

I cried most when Harry asked "Does it hurt?" at the end of Deathly Hallows.

Followed by reading Dobby's epitaph.

weegiemum · 03/08/2009 21:11

"Here lies Dobby, a Free Elf"

Sob!

Pacific · 03/08/2009 21:17

Saddest bit; when Neville's mum gives him the sweetie papers in St Mungo's and he quietly keeps them.

Funniest bit; when the Weasleys try to travel by floo powder to the blocked up fireplace of the Dursleys and the ton-tongue toffee

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 21:21

In a way, Neville's situation is worse than Harry's as his parents are there but not there IYSIM

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ingles2 · 03/08/2009 21:27

hello ladies
LTR I'm really sorry but I finished HBP last night and then couldn't find book 1 or 2 so started reading OofP again
I'm popping in and out cos I'm really busy with work atm (much to my disgust) but I am trying to follow.

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 21:30

oo OOTP ingles > I keep wanting to skip books and go the parts in each I like but am forcing encouraging myself to read them in order for once!

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LongtimeinBrussels · 03/08/2009 22:51

Weegiemum, I'm reading DH to my daughter (for the second time) and have just got to the bit where Dobby dies. I had to stop before the end of the chapter because she couldn't bear it! I was quite glad because it upsets me every time too.

(Disclaimer: Just in case anyone's worried that I shouldn't be reading DH to a child not old enough to read them him/herself, she's ten but normally reads in French so the bigger books are too difficult for her to get through.)

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 22:58

I've just read two more chapters of HP1. Hopefully will finish it by the end of this week

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 22:58

I've just read two more chapters of HP1. Hopefully will finish it by the end of this week

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GodzillasBumcheek · 03/08/2009 23:06

I am now on Chapter 2 of The Chamber of Secrets. Wonder how many people across the country have been sparked into reading the series again because of the film?

humphrey - maybe he has the peculiar ability that my girls have (they are ginger haired too and have very pale skin)...she actually does turn green when she feels sick. it's freaky!

janeite · 03/08/2009 23:07

Omg - I have just googled 'Harry burying Dobby' because somebody said there were pics of the scene from the film. Bellatrix is there, at Shell Cottage! WHAT? Also Hermione is carrying Dobby's body - but she should be too weak to do anything, having been tortured by Bellatrix at the Malfoys' house. Ladies - I need your opinions please!!!

IdrisTheDragon · 03/08/2009 23:10

DS is 5 and as I've just seen HBP and am re-reading it felt it was time he joined in and so I have started Reading HP1 to him. We are both enjoying it

Why is it philosopher's Stone here and Sorcerer's Stone in America, does anyone know?

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 23:13

Ah noo Janeite. Not sure how they'll get around that. I have a feeling that Hermione will suffer a lot less if any torture in the film due to the target audience. Not sure though!

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janeite · 03/08/2009 23:14

Because 'Philosopher' was deemed by the American publishers to imply a book about philosophy and they thought it would scare people off.

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LovingTheRain · 03/08/2009 23:50

I had always wondered that too. Thanks for the answer Jan!

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sassy · 04/08/2009 09:06

Bellatrix at Shell cottage - Hermione transforms into B as they leave Shell C to raid Gringotts. Could it be that?

Agree about JKR's writing janeite - as a fellow English teacher you have captured the "clumpiness" well. Compare it to CSLewis - the dialogue is terribly dated but every word in the narrative works incredibly hard - hence the books are beautifully written and the right length. No word does only one job IYSWIM. And it reads like poetry (not surprising really).

JKR's knowledge of language is great though - all the spells are often Latin in origin e.g. Felix Felis = luck.

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FelixFelicis · 04/08/2009 09:44

Yes, I thought the same thing Riven!

Noticed that Sirius is mentioned in the first chapter - he lent Hagrid his motorbike to bring Harry to the Dursleys. This confused me as I thought he went on the run as soon as Lily and James were killed because he was supposed to have betrayed them.

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FelixFelicis · 04/08/2009 09:57

But in POA it sounds as if he was he immediately under suspicion because he was supposed to be the Potters Secret-Keeper. Nobody knew that he had swapped with Wormtail the night before they were killed.

Suppose it may have taken a bit longer for everyone to point the finger at Sirius though!

sayanything · 04/08/2009 10:13

Sassy you are so right about JKR's knowledge of language, all the words for spells are rooted in Latin or (rarely)Greek. The only one I've been wondering about was Avada Kedavra - any idea as to the root of that?

weegiemum · 04/08/2009 10:15

I always thought that Avada Kedavra was meant to sound like Abracadabra, the only magic word that many Muggles know.

But I could well be the only person to have thought of that!

FelixFelicis · 04/08/2009 10:19

It's described here

Seems it was an ancient Aramaic spell and the origin of Abracadabra.

Molesworth · 04/08/2009 10:19

Me too weegiemum

weegiemum · 04/08/2009 10:22

(sort of OT)

LongtimeinBrussels - I am reading GofF to my 9.5 and 7.5 year olds just now (if we can find it! Did about 10 chapters and now it is LOST!), as they are bilingual Gaelic speakers and read gaelic more fluently than English - though we have bought PS in Irish - it pretty close to Gaelic and dd1 has made a great stab at it. Are the books available in French?

Plus - I think reading aloud to children, even those who can read on their own, is a great thing to do! I have very fond memories of my Dad reading the Narnia books to my little brothers when I was about 15 and sitting in on the readings - it was great!