Hiatus (hopefully) Over

Dear readers,

we are so sorry for the radio silence for the past month. Life has thrown a few curve-balls at us with moving house and business trips galore. But, I think our schedules are slightly less hectic and we will be resuming regular updates next week.

I have tried to keep up with the reading schedule and am happy to report that I am currently starting Chapter 25 of Goblet of Fire. I will admit to cheating a bit - I listened to the audio books of Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire to be able to keep up. Book 3 kept my lovely boyfriend and me company during our roadtrip a few weeks ago.

Despite being a few months weeks behind on blogging about the books, I intend to go back to Chamber of Secrets and write reviews of all the chapters, as originally planned. This means that while I will hopefully finish reading all of the books by the end of December, the reviews might take longer. Oh well, such is life.

Until next time,
Lucia

First Year Ends

Oh goodness, you guys I've finally got through the first book and sat down to blog about it. I actually finished reading it weeks ago, but sitting down to blog felt like too much...I'm busy preparing for the biggest retail event of my life, and it feels a little bit like getting ready to sit end of year exams. There's so much to do!

Week 10 Roundup

We are mid-way through August, which is the third month of our Harry Potter Challenge. Yesterday I posted the last review of Book 1 and this week I hope to review the first 3 chapters of Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - A Retrospective

While not my favorite book of the series, Philosopher's Stone has a special place in my heart for obvious reasons - it is the story that first introduced us to the characters we all know and love. I read the book for the first time 15 years ago (where has the time gone?) and was very happy to see that it has stood the test of time.

How forbidden is the Forbidden Forest? and other problems with the end of Book 1

It's been almost two months since I actually finished reading this book and I have since then finished Chamber of Secrets also, but I would like to return to Book 1 and give my review of the last couple of chapters before reviewing the book as a whole.

Week 9 Roundup

I'm back from holiday! And happy to say that I managed to finish Chamber of Secrets last weekend and started on Prisoner of Azkaban on the plane today.

There isn't much else new for me to report, except to say that I look forward to getting back on track with the blogging and challenge!

Until next time,

Lucia

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...