Adventures in Harry Potter

[przed]

In the wake of Ros' Harry Potter obsession, I picked up the first book this week. We're now three chapters in, and I have to say I'm enjoying reading it aloud far more than I did reading it to myself back when it first came out.

Having an appreciative audience probably helps. Ros giggled through the entire chapter of Harry getting all those Hogwarts letters. And she let out a long dismayed "nooooo" when the chapter was over.

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[solosundance.livejournal.com]

I read the first two books aloud to my boy and enjoyed them a lot, and then halfway through Azkaban (still my favourite) he wanted to finish it by himself \o/ these days he doesn't read anything unless it's scientific/academic but back then he always had his nose in an HP book.... happy days!

[przed.livejournal.com]

They really do seem to lend themselves rather well to reading aloud. (My chief complaint from when I read them myself was that they have "and then" narrative construction, where it's one damn thing happening after another but with apparently thought to building to a proper climax. Which is okay when you're 8.

I'm hoping this will be Ros' gateway drug to reading. And I suspect, based on the movies, that Azkaban will also be my favourite.