An Announcement!

I'm here with a service announcement for you guys.

I've just popped here today to say that Lucia and I have decided to postpone reading of Chamber of Secrets to next month, August! We have both been on holiday and have had less time to read than we anticipated - so we start our month of blogging about CoS tomorrow.

Print this out and do some colouring while you wait, hehe.

I'm really looking forward to it, and can't wait to start rediscovering Harry Potter without feeling like I'm not making the most of my holiday!

Much love,

Corrie xx

Week 8 Roundup

One holiday finishes, another begins! A few days before Corrie returned to London from her travels Down Under, my lovely boyfriend and I set off on our own adventures visiting our respective parents in Cyprus and Finland.

Light Reading, a Dragon in a Wooden House & Detention

I'm back in the UK! Hurrah! Here is the latest on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone...I wrote it while I was on the plane yesterday, so please forgive any strange tenses, grammar and spelling - it was a 43 hour journey back from New Zealand.

Quidditch and Christmas

I'm writing this from the airport on my way back to London from Australia and New Zealand. It's been a helluva trip! I've had a fantastic time - but I'm really looking forward to getting back home so I can get in the swing of things...and hang out with the cat again.

I've still not managed to finish Book 1, and I'm mortified at how this endeavour has been so de-railed by July's activities. I knew I would be busy in Oz, but not how busy...

Week 7 Roundup

A very brief post to say that I finally managed to read some more of Chamber of Secrets! I mentioned in another post that for a long time, Book 2 was my least favorite of the series. Maybe that's why I haven't been so enthusiastic about reading it this month. I've made some notes on things to blog about, a lot of those are things that I'd not really picked up on during previous re-reads - I love that there are still new things for me to discover! I remember always being slightly amused by Lockhart's character, but I must admit that I'm finding him really annoying this time around.

I'm off on holiday today and am taking Chamber of Secrets, as well as Prisoner of Azkaban with me to read on the plane and on the beach. I might even get a chance to finally write a review post about the first few chapters of Book 2 tonight on the train to Belgium!

Until next time,

Lucia

Subjects, Rules and House Points

Now that we have been introduced to all of the Hogwarts Houses, I would like to look at how the students are rewarded and punished for their behavior and how gaining points leads to winning the revered House Cup.

Week 6 Roundup

Where has this week gone? It seems like things are just going downhill in terms of this challenge...

Hallowe'en from Down Under

I have got to Christmas at Hogwarts, and enjoyed reading some of the more magical descriptions of Hogwarts that have shaped my imagination over the last 16 years...) It's been a while since I posted - I have a legitimate excuse for this, as I am in Australia! I thought my connectivity would be much better than it has been - it's Australia after all, a first world country, why would it be difficult to get online Down Under?

Week 5 Roundup

The past week has been one of highs and lows and unfortunately, the blog suffered for it. The upcoming week will also be a busy one, so cannot guarantee many new posts but rest assured that the reading continues!