My book club book is sure kept me busy and this stack of tbr books beside the couch is growing at an alarming rate!
Fortunately, I was able to quickly burn though Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! I really wanted to read all the HP books and have been buying the movie after I finish each one. I have seen all of the movies but I definitely want them on my DVD shelf!
Fortunately, I was able to quickly burn though Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! I really wanted to read all the HP books and have been buying the movie after I finish each one. I have seen all of the movies but I definitely want them on my DVD shelf!
I must say that although this has been my favourite book in the series, I found it this movie least like the book. In fact, I was confused in the movie at some parts, thinking it didnt make sense because they skipped parts of the book. During the movie I have often pointed out little things to Shaun ( who watches them with me as he hasnt seen the movies) that were different in the book, but I felt like after the Prisoner of Azkaban, by side notes turned into more of a re-telling.
These books sure are wonderful though and I am excited to read The Goblet of Fire, as that was probably my favourite movie!
I also can't wait to read and share with you some of the other books I am reading, but man is life sure trying to mess with my reading time!
As for the Prisoner of Azkaban, I gave it a 5/5. Love that HP!
Goodreads Synopsis:
. K. Rowling continues to bewitch readers everywhere with the third book in her magical Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry's ongoing exploits, along with those of his contemporaries, teachers, and relatives, are as imaginative, entertaining, and mysterious as ever. For during Harry's third year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he must face his greatest challenge yet: a confrontation with Sirius Black, an escaped convict and madman who is rumored to be in cahoots with Harry's archenemy, the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort. This alone would be daunting enough, but Harry's task is made even more trying when he discovers that Sirius is suspected of being the one who killed Harry's parents.
For Harry, the Hogwarts campus has always been a sanctuary, but when Black escapes from the horrifying clutches of Azkaban Prison, all clues suggest the madman is headed for Hogwarts and Harry himself. As a result, the school starts to feel more like a prison than a sanctuary as Harry finds himself constantly watched and under guard. What's more, the terrifying Dementors - the horrifying creatures who guard Azkaban Prison - are lurking about the campus looking for Black. And their effect on Harry is a devastating one.
Still, life at school offers plenty of distractions. Harry really likes the new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Lupin, who might be able to teach Harry how to defend himself against the Dementors. But Professor Snape's behavior toward Lupin has Harry wondering what secrets the two men are hiding. Harry's friend Hermione is also acting very strangely. And, of course, there is the tension caused by the ongoing Quidditch competition between the Gryffindors and the Slytherins and the never-ending bullying of the Slytherin leader, Draco Malfoy.
One of Rowling's greatest strengths is her ability to stack mystery upon mystery in a way that keeps the pages turning without frustrating the reader. Her clues are always fair and bountiful, but it's easy to lose track of them in the midst of all the high suspense, spell-casting action, and unexpected plot twists. That's okay, because Rowling ties it all neatly together at the end in a way that will leave readers snapping their fingers and muttering, "Oh yeah. Forgot about that one. How clever!"
Harcover 435 pages
Published May 1st 2004 by Scholastic Inc. (first published 1999)
These books sure are wonderful though and I am excited to read The Goblet of Fire, as that was probably my favourite movie!
I also can't wait to read and share with you some of the other books I am reading, but man is life sure trying to mess with my reading time!
As for the Prisoner of Azkaban, I gave it a 5/5. Love that HP!
Goodreads Synopsis:
. K. Rowling continues to bewitch readers everywhere with the third book in her magical Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry's ongoing exploits, along with those of his contemporaries, teachers, and relatives, are as imaginative, entertaining, and mysterious as ever. For during Harry's third year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he must face his greatest challenge yet: a confrontation with Sirius Black, an escaped convict and madman who is rumored to be in cahoots with Harry's archenemy, the Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort. This alone would be daunting enough, but Harry's task is made even more trying when he discovers that Sirius is suspected of being the one who killed Harry's parents.
For Harry, the Hogwarts campus has always been a sanctuary, but when Black escapes from the horrifying clutches of Azkaban Prison, all clues suggest the madman is headed for Hogwarts and Harry himself. As a result, the school starts to feel more like a prison than a sanctuary as Harry finds himself constantly watched and under guard. What's more, the terrifying Dementors - the horrifying creatures who guard Azkaban Prison - are lurking about the campus looking for Black. And their effect on Harry is a devastating one.
Still, life at school offers plenty of distractions. Harry really likes the new teacher for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Professor Lupin, who might be able to teach Harry how to defend himself against the Dementors. But Professor Snape's behavior toward Lupin has Harry wondering what secrets the two men are hiding. Harry's friend Hermione is also acting very strangely. And, of course, there is the tension caused by the ongoing Quidditch competition between the Gryffindors and the Slytherins and the never-ending bullying of the Slytherin leader, Draco Malfoy.
One of Rowling's greatest strengths is her ability to stack mystery upon mystery in a way that keeps the pages turning without frustrating the reader. Her clues are always fair and bountiful, but it's easy to lose track of them in the midst of all the high suspense, spell-casting action, and unexpected plot twists. That's okay, because Rowling ties it all neatly together at the end in a way that will leave readers snapping their fingers and muttering, "Oh yeah. Forgot about that one. How clever!"
Harcover 435 pages
Published May 1st 2004 by Scholastic Inc. (first published 1999)
Lan | February 6, 2012 at 3:03 AM
I wish I could go back and read these again for the first time. Never before have I read an entire series so quickly. It's the kind of thing that only come along once in a lifetime. And the movies become less and less like the books unfortunately. It must have been so hard for them to condense everything into a 2 hour time slot.