J.K. Rowling

There are too many cool moments or events in this story to go into full detail with, so I'll only do a few of my favourites. The gang breaking into the Ministry of Magic was brilliant - I loved how it didn't go to plan - like it ever would! I liked how Hermione stuffing Phineas Nigellus' portrait into her…

Harry spends most of this book being very angry. Angry at his friends for not writing to him, angry at Dumbledore for not being straight with him, angry with Dolores Umbridge, angry with Professor Snape... Harry was actually quite unlikable for the first part of the book, he came across as too obnoxious - Maybe this had to do with…

And this is where the Harry Potter series stopped being aimed squarely at children. You can tell just by the size of it - it's twice the size of Prisoner of Azkaban and three times the size of Philosopher's Stone. This is probably my favourite book of the series behind Deathly Hallows (for reasons that will be explained later), it's…

At this point I feel these are still children's books, although the tone is starting to shift a little. I loved the dynamic between Remus Lupin and Harry - it was the first time Harry really learned about his father from someone who knew him very well, although they seemed to talk about Sirius Black more (given his escape from…

The Chamber of Secrets is a cracking mystery - The main villain turns out to be someone... er... something most unexpected. A part of Lord Voldemort's soul encased in his diary - Later revealed to be a Horcrux. And the Sword of Gryffindor was given Horcrux destroying abilities in this book too. Again, how much of the future did J.K.…

In terms of "stuff what I read", March was most definitely Harry Potter month. One month, all seven books. These were originally going to be one "MASSIVE POST", but I felt they'd be better as separate entries over the course of a few days. Anyway, this was the second time I have read the series, and I got through the…