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Saturday, January 3, 2015

Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secret - My Favourite Lines

Below were some lines in 'Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secrets' which made way to my notepad.

1. Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

2. Celebrity is as celebrity does

3. Books can be misleading

4. Anyone can make a mistake,

5. When in doubt, go to the library.

6. Honestly, if you were any slower, you’d be going backward

7. Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?

8. The best of us must sometimes eat our words,

9. It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

10. His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
     His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
     I wish he was mine, he's really divine,
     The hero who conquered the Dark Lord.

11. Oh, Potter, you rotter, oh, what have you done,
     You’re killing off students, you think it’s good fun

My favourite lines from  - Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone

This is how I felt after I read -
Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and The Chamber Of Secret


Friday, January 2, 2015

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

Second in the series after 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone', Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets continues  to be favourite among teenagers.
Harry Potter is eagerly waiting for his second year to get started at Hogwarts. Each passing day brings in more hatred to him from Dursleys. His wait is finally over but the adventures begun before he could even board the train at King's Cross Station. Hogwarts suddenly faces a serious warning as mysteriously gleaming, foot-high words on the wall that proclaim, "The Chamber of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies of the Heir, Beware". Harry along with his best friends is obviously on his to solve the mystery and face several near death encounters - stolen flying cars, giant spiders, giant serpent and many more.

The author, J.K. Rowling, has really built up the characters in the earlier novels so it made me feel as though they are real. I was well connected to them. The flow of story was nice and easy to follow.

What I liked about the book:
1. Easy connection to the previous series.
2. The anagram to "Tom Marvolo Riddle" was really a surprise factor.

What I did not like about the book:
1. I felt the story moved at a very slow pace.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the book and it was only thing on my mind till I finished it.
Lost in the world of magic, here are some notable lines I could catch while reading it - My Favourite Lines From Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.

Click at the link to read my views on 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone' 

Have you read both books? Have you seen the movie? What do like better - movie/book? How did you like the book? Would you go ahead and read it after my thoughts on it? Write your heart/mind in comments section. I would be glad to read out your end of thinking on the book.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling


Book Title:- Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone
Author:- J. K. Rowling


Chances are rare that anyone has not heard about the "Harry Potter Series". 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone' was the first among this series by J. K. Rowling. I had read this book few years back and read it again because I wanted to read the whole series now. It's the fantasy fiction of an orphan Harry Potter who is very shy and lives a low key  life with his aunt Petunia and uncle Vernon and fat cousin Dudley. His life takes a new turn when he is suddenly exposed to facts about his life that are hard to digest for any normal person. He is a wizard! His parents are almost worshipped in wizard world. He is famous. whole wizard world knows him and his story except himself! List is endless. He is set to mark a new journey in his life as he marches to 'HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY'. Rest is a tremendous adventure ride as he makes new friends for life - Ron & Hermione and discovers he already has some enemies and adds new to the list.

My Favourite Part:
When Hagrid gave the album as a gift to Harry. It was really touching as well as well.
The chess game come alive was also awesome.

thought of. The expression on Harry on receiving the gift was also perfect.

What I liked about the book:
1. Endless imagination
2. Magic all over - all kids love it
3. Mesmerising scenic explanation of locations

What I did not like about the book:
Nothing. As always, books are always better than movies. I had already seen the movie when i read it, but still i liked the written version more. I was transferred to a completely different world and thought that the written words gave me much more space to imagine the story in front of my eyes. The movie was also excellent but it restricts the imagination of viewers.

There were some lines which had to be re-read again. Click here to read my favourite lines from 'Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone'.

Have you seen the movie? What do like better - movie/book? How did you like the book? Would you go ahead and read it after my thoughts on it? Write your heart/mind in comments section. I would be glad to read out your end of thinking on the book.