Friday, May 24, 2013

Harry Potter: Book 2: The Chamber of Secrets

            Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling, is a book almost everyone has read.  Harry and his friends are going to their second year at Hogwarts, a school where young wizards go to learn magic.  They meet many people, including a strange kid who is obsessed with Harry, Ron's little sister, and the rest of Ron's family.  Strange events are happening at Hogwarts, and a house-elf, Dobby, tries to prevent Harry from going to Hogwarts.  Everyone is blaming Harry for these events and Harry must face his most ridiculous year yet, with strange people and events, and a new teacher that is the strangest of them all.

            Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is an awesome book that you need to read right now.  I mean right now.  Well, after you read this anyway.  Or if you haven't read the first book, The Sorcerer's Stone, but you get my point.  The Chamber of Secrets is amazing. 


Thursday, May 9, 2013

Harry Potter: Book 1: The Sorcerer's Stone

              Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling, is an amazing book that almost everyone has read.  I hardly have to say how good it is considering you most likely have read it.  The magical elements in the book let J.K. Rowling use a story structure that not many authors can use.  It also lets her make up new things along the way, like a lot of the spells and subjects.  Like Bertie and Botts every flavored beans, this book has everything in it.
            Harry Potter, the main character, is like Percy Jackson from The Lightning Thief. They both have many things that help them in similar ways, they both lived with people that hated them, and they both went through the Hero's Journey.  I recommend this book to everyone, and I mean everyone.  It is such an amazing book that I don't know what else to say.  Well, there are seven books in the series, The Sorcerer's Stone, The Chamber of Secrets, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows.  They are all amazing books.  At the time this was written, I am in the middle of The Goblet of Fire.