Harry Potter

[supreme goddess]

hey hey

i just read harry potter one..oh GOD!!!!super sobra!!! galing .....

i cant wait to read 2,3,4...i hope my best friend in the states sends na agad to me..

btw, where can i get books of roald dahl? what are the titles?

[leelayce]

can somebody please tell me what the book is about? please? and why everybody's crzy over Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

it's a children's book right? eh bakit super ganda?

[sampaguita]

I just picked up "Harry Potter and the Sorcerre's Stone" because I wanted to see what all the hype was about. I think I'm hooked already and I'm just barely on the sixth chapter! I had it in my hands as I walking up to campus today. Good thing the cars didn't crash into me as I was crossing the street.

Folks, isn't it interesting to note that Rowling was a struggling mother when she first started writing Harry Potter? (And on a napkin at some fast food joint, mind you!) Now her HP books are everywhere!

For those who don't want, or can't afford to, purchase the Potter series, why not borrow from the library? It's free!

leelayce: Harry Potter is categorized under children's books, yes. I think most adults find it as a good escape to some magical reverie. (I just found out that my new boss in on the second novel! )It's a book that can help you unwind from the toil and troubles of the day and become Harry Potter himself, meeting wonderful people, going to magical places, and being special. I think we could all relate to the hero one way or another. He was a simple boy who lived with an aunt and uncle who didn't appreciate, and cousin who beat him up every chance he got. Then one magical day, on his birthday actually, he realizes that he's more special than anyone, including him, ever gave him credit for. The novels, I believe, are about his magical adventures. Pick it up some day when you get the chance.

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[sampaguita]

hermione: Really? Well now, I guess I'll be excited to see how Hollywood turns this novel around! Who knows? Maybe they might stay true to the original story. Do you know if JK Rowling herself is involved with the movie? And the 6th Sense kid! Whoa. I think he's a little cutie!

[SkaRLa]

Wow sikat na pala sa Pilipinas si Harry Potter! It's a good thing that it's picking up now here. I'm a real bookworm and I ordered the first 3 Harry Potter books at Barnes and Noble early this year out of curiosity cuz I kept reading about it online, and was hooked! Never thought a children's book could be this interesting. I still have to get the 4th one, but my favorite is the 3rd - The Prisoner of Azkaban. Yun 2nd - Chamber of Secrets - is kinda slow paced for me compared to the 1st and 3rd. JK Rowling indeed has a wonderful imagination and a good writer, for a plain housewife. The Harry Potter series will definitely be a classic, like those Dr. Seuss books!

I suggest you get the hardbound copy - the paper's nice and all, lalo na yun cover. It'll last you longer. And you can let your kid read it in the future, hehehe. Medyo mahal nga, pero it's definitely worth it. Pareho lang naman ang price nya sa US eh.

And for those who havent read it, do it chronologically para hindi nakakalito magbasa.

[leelayce]

sampaguita: thank you so much for that brief, i really appreciate it. coz sometimes i'm so curious about books that are so much hyped and i dunno what the book is all about. at least i know if i'll purchase one or not.

thanks!

[rasec]

i read all four books already and i can't wait for the next one to come. too bad rowling is just gonna do seven, para sa years sa hogwarts, pero ang galing pa rin.
from someone who has read the first books, go and buy yourself one, sulit talaga and ang ganda ng story nya. lalo na yung fourth, your'e gonna ask for more.
by the way, when's the fifth book coming out?

[fashionzealot]

HArry Potter is the best! I read 1, 2 and am halfway through the prisoner of azkaban! It's really cool! Truly a page turner! J. K. Rowling definitely has magic with words....

[KamiyaKaoru]

For those who read up to the 4th book, are you seeing a potential love triangle emerging? Harry-hermione-Ron.

fanfiction.net has quite a lot of HP fanfiction. There are H & H fans and there are H&R fans, oh boy.

Personally, I think Hermione just adores Harry and has a lot of respect for him. I think she's too unconventional a girl, to be just hoodwinked in a typical girl-boy relationship.

[jackmcph]

What is it about these Harry Potter books? I've hear and read great reviews about it. But can someone really tell me what it is about? Aside from telling me that I should get one for myself to know how good the book it is, how woul done convince me to get a copy of the book?

[bugsbunny]

ive read the 1st and 2nd books and i am so hooked! we have the 4th one already pero i dont want to read it yet kasi wala pa kami nung third one. is it good? where did you guys get a copy here in the Philippines?


jack: i do not know how to convince you pero ako kasi my sister told me that it was really good and na-curious ako so i read it. and i must say i didnt regret it kasi nakaka-hook talaga siya!

although i must say i dont think its for kids coz its hard to understand din eh baka di maintindihan ng kids or baka naman kasi sobrang talino na ng kids today.

anyway, for those who havent read harry potter yet, try it! its a really good read!

[zero]

pinaka-fave kong book is *** 3 PRISONER OF AZKABAN!!!! as in im not the type who would like read books and stuff for fun pero when my sister bought the books i was hooked!!! sobra talaga! i was still reading yung book 3 at 4am! i even heard our maid's alarm clock na! eh i have to get up pa at 6:30 coz early yung class ko! pero syempre tinapos ko! hehehe! cant wait for book 5!!!

[pamela]

ako din nagbabasa harry potter...hehe...3 weeks ago ko nga nalaman yun eh. my sis likes it too kaya ayun, sya yung bumibili ng books namin. fave ko yung 3rd book (hp & the prisoner of azkaban) ... grabe haba nung 4th book, nagsimula ako magbasa ng mga 11 or 12 pm natapos ako ng 6 am...hehehe.. yung 5th book nxt yr pa ilalabas, ***** by july, *cant wait*... tapos meron ding movie na ilalabas din next yr ng november (sabi nga ni hermione) sana sana sana yun nlang kid sa the 6th sense ang kunin nila...... wala lang...

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[piggy]

i'll ask again..how old are all of you?? coz i'm 21..and it was such an enjoyable read... bought all the 4 books... and the 5th one is next year pa...the torture...anyway..jave you heard that J.K.R. is being sued...some lady wrote about a LARRY POTTER and a band of MUGGLES about ten years ago.. and she's suing for intelectual property rights or sumting...weird...but the book is way too excellent. for thos who havent read it...why should you?? because it will bring you back to the times when you always thought of casting magic and living in a fantasy world... it tickles your imagination so much that you can imagine living in the place and time...and PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE IS JUST WAY TOO COOL AS A MENTOR..kinda like professor X or some really great father figure. hehe... and hermione is pronounced as HER-MI-O-NEE pala. not HER-MI-YON. sa fourth book ko lang nalaman...hehe

[NoisyCricket]

DUMBLEDORE RULES!!!! HE IS SOOOO COOL!

And I want to hear more about Cho-Chan!!!

I'm 25, and just finished the fourth book today.. It really breaks the mold of the first 3 books.. if you think you can predict what happens in the 4th book, you're wrong!! Get ready for some MAJOR StoryLine changes!!

Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!

[bing2x]

i'll start book 1 (sorcerer's stone) today.

[hermione]

stoping myself from reading the 4th book, though my boyfriend keeps insisting that i should read it already. the thing is, i don't wanna wait for soooo long to get to read the 5th book! baka when i finish the 4th book i'd be craving for the 5th!!!

and yeah "hermione" is pronounced as "her-maa-yo-nee". there's this website you can go to, there are quizzes and trivia on HP. it's really cool, and this website where you can get to hear the real pronounciation of words like "quidditch", "gringotts", etc.

[NoisyCricket]

Originally posted by hermione:
stoping myself from reading the 4th book, though my boyfriend keeps insisting that i should read it already. the thing is, i don't wanna wait for soooo long to get to read the 5th book! baka when i finish the 4th book i'd be craving for the 5th!!!

I want to read the 5th book na!!!!

and yeah "hermione" is pronounced as "her-maa-yo-nee". there's this website you can go to, there are quizzes and trivia on HP. it's really cool, and this website where you can get to hear the real pronounciation of words like "quidditch", "gringotts", etc.

weird... I really thot it was Her Me Yone, and not Her Mi Own Knee.. oh well..

Cho CHAN!!

[Margarita]

I'm on the 4th book na, I love Professor Moody and Dudley Taba! Oh yeah and Fleur's accent too!

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[nikolai]

Originally posted by piggy:
i'll ask again..how old are all of you?? coz i'm 21..and it was such an enjoyable read...

I guess the books aren't just for kids! I know kids (mga age 11-14) who love the series, but imagine even my 33-year-old brother is now reading them? Sad to say, I'm still waiting for my turn! Nakapila pa kaming lahat! Dati pa ako naintriga dyan kaso I thought din for kids siya...I should've gotten them before when I saw them in Powerbooks! Now I wanna get my own copies na rin so I can read them na! (Kakahiya I'm the only one nalang yata who hasn't read them...)