Fred and Valerie

Just like the re-read of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, taking another trip through the Chamber of Secrets revealed a lot of “secrets” that now have much more meaning to the overall series.

Next Up: The Ice Cream Theory by Steff Deschenes
I’m having to take a break from the re-reading of the Harry Potter series as Ms. Deschenes was kind enough to send me a copy of her book because of Two Dips. I’m going to do a book review and then will pick up the Harry Potter series again.

Wow! Even though I had read J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone twice before, there were still details I read this time that I missed the first two times. It’s not that I’m a bad reader, it’s that Rowling is a phenomenal writer. She writes details into the book that seem like generic text about the setting or character, but after having read all seven books in the series you realize that she set it all up for you right there in Book 1 at a high level of detail.

There is no doubt, after reading Book 1 for the third time, that J. K. Rowling is not only a great writer, but she also clearly had a high level of knowledge of where the entire series was heading before she ever put pen to paper.

Next Up: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Like Book 1, this will be the third time I’ve read Chamber of Secrets and I’m looking forward to all the new details I’ll pick up on this time around like I did with Book 1.

Even better than the first time! As with her previous books, J. K. Rowling packs so much information into Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that it’s easy to miss much of it the first time through.

I re-read this book in preparation for re-reading the entire series again and I’m glad I did. I certainly remembered the big picture story, but now the books will be a much better read with the final details in mind as well.

Next Up: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
This will be the third time I’ve read Book 1 of the series and it will be interesting to see if I’m able to glean any more details that J. K. Rowling put out in the open so early in the story, but that didn’t matter until several books later.