Archive for the ‘Harry Potter’ Category

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• July 21, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

I don't know if it's just because I have read books 5 and 6 the least, and not recently either, but I thought that Half Blood Prince was the best Harry Potter film so far. Admittedly my judgement may be clouded by the fact that I was at an exclusive screening at the London Imax, and the first 15 minutes of the film (including the awesome London fly through) were in eye popping 3D! Harry Potter and the Half Blood [...]

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• December 9, 2008

Tales of Beedle the Bard – new from JK Rowling

It's been a while since I've mentioned anything remotely Harry Potter related and had almost forgotten about the new book until I noticed it had been released last week - The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the latest book from JK Rowling. It's actually a collection of short stories that are written in the world of Harry Potter - in fact it's the "real" stories that Hermione is given by Dumbledore in the [...]

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• July 24, 2008

Harry Potter prequel

Waterstones (the UK bookstore) recently ran a promotion called "What's your story" where they got people to submit a postcard with a short story on it, and they will be turning the best into a limited edition book. In total they had 4522 entries, and some of those were from celebs - including JK Rowling. The postcard book is going to be made in a limited run but they have posted the celebrity cards on the What's your story website [...]

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• December 26, 2007

Tales of Beadle the Bard sold

This news is actually a little old but since we've just had the Christmas holiday I figure I can give myself a bit of slack. That and it's my blog so I'll post whatever I like whenever I like The tales of Beedle the Bard is a book given to Hermione in the 7th and final Harry Potter book. They are a group of short stories, including the one that explains the Deathly Hallows. In the wizarding world they are [...]

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• August 12, 2007

Harry Potter – Unanswered Questions Answered

The book has been out a couple of weeks now and, based upon the comments I've read there are still some questions people want answered. Therefore I have collected together my thoughts, along with those of others (thanks to the commenters on the previous posts). I should point out that this post contains plenty of spoilers so if you haven't read the book yet you should turn away now! As an aside, for those who haven't seen it, there is [...]

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• July 22, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Review

Well, it took me all day but I managed it. I had to get some sleep before writing this but here I am letting you know what I think. Story The story was unusual - it was very different to the first 6 in that Hogwarts, and a lot of the characters, were only mentioned briefly. In fact it was all a bit of a mystery as Harry, Ron and Hermione all rush around trying to solve the mystery of [...]

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• June 24, 2007

Harry Potter Conspiracy Theories #4

My Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory posts have gotten ridiculously popular, all receiving over 500 comments - a couple getting close to 1000. So I thought I would have one last attempt at coming up with Potter related theories. Actually that's a bit of a fib, I'm not going to be coming up with any. What I intend to do is write down my thoughts based upon the vast swathes of comments that have been posted on here over the last [...]

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• February 1, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release date announced

Yes - I know I am old enough to know better, but frankly I don't care - so here we go... The date for the final Harry Potter book has been announced! We will all be able to find out exactly what happens to Harry, Ron , Hermione and the rest of the gang on... (drum roll please) ... 21st July 2007 at 00:01 Now back to talking about all the rumors that are flying around. Oh - and it [...]

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• October 15, 2005

Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #3: Snape

Previously Harry Potter Theory #1: RAB Harry Potter Theory #2: Dumbledore Before I continue I’m going to give some warning for those who still haven’t read the Harry Potter books. If, like me, you like to be surprised when you read something new - leave now Snape is an enigma. What is he doing? From the very first book it has been made incredibly clear that two things are true. Firstly Snape hates Harry as much as anyone can hate; [...]

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• August 29, 2005

Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #2: Dumbledore

Before I continue I'm going to give some warning for those who still haven't read the Harry Potter books. If, like me, you like to be surprised when you read something new - leave now This post is a follow on from my earlier Harry Potter theory about RAB. So, let's start with the obvious... Is Dumbledore really dead? There are people who seem to think that Dumbledore hasn't died and is actually still alive and kicking. I disagree. Whilst [...]

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• August 1, 2005

Harry Potter Conspiracy Theory #1: RAB

As I mentioned previously I fancy having a go at working out what is going on in the world of Harry Potter. I'm going to split my theories up into a series of posts, each about a different element of the books. Since I've already mentioned him this one is going to be about RAB. Before I continue I'm going to give some warning for those who still haven't read the Harry Potter books. If, like me, you like to [...]

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• July 26, 2005

Harry Potter Theories

The Harry Potter post I made when I finished reading the Half Blood Prince has been way more successful than I had imagined it would be. In fact I didn't even consider it would be different to any other normal post I make - it was written simply because I enjoy the books. However the post ended up getting ranked 2nd on Google for Harry Potter RAB (it's not any more), RAB being one of the big mysteries of the [...]