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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[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

That's how it starts, you know: one innocent little chapter...

[asilia.livejournal.com]

That's how it started with me... My little sister read the books pretty early on (before book 4 was released and way before the movies) and I just wanted to know what all the fuss was about so borrowed the first one... and in the end, whenever a new book came out, we had to buy two so we both could read them at the same time ;)

[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!

[caffyolay.livejournal.com]

Ros and my grandson are about the same age (I think she's slightly older) and funnily enough I was wondering whether to start reading that first HP with him sometime soon. The answer, from your experience, seems to be a resounding *yes!*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

You know, I rather think the first couple of HP books are particularly well-suited for being read aloud. They flow, they have emotion (without being particularly in-depth), they have funny bits that you don't actually want to think too deeply about. So, yay! What a great experience for you two! \o/

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

That's how I got into HP - read the first book aloud to my class because the previous teacher had started it and then ended up borrowing the rest of the series from one of the kids. Bought my own copy of the final volume because I'd retired... And then went for HP fanfic which of course 'exploded' when the films took off. I have all the films. I read a lot of the fic. I've even written some, but only as crossovers with Spooks, and Lewis.

Incidentally, The Hobbit is a good readaloud with that age group too.

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

My brother used to read them aloud to my mother as part of his reading improvement. That was how we all learnt that 'Hermione' is not pronounced Her-moyn *g*

The books do age with Harry - the first few are really great for younger children, the latter ones get longer and darker, as you probably know. I was 11 when the first one came out, and read the last one on the day of its release when I was about 21. I do wonder what it would be like to read them all close together, and at the same age...

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

It's going to be such a great memory for the pair of you anyway. My mother always read to us but what sticks in my mind are the books where we got to the "chapter a night" ones.

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

Now you have to take her to Universal! Get multi-park tickets and stay on site so you can get their equivalent of a FastPass.

[dawnebeth.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I tried reading Potter to my daughter back when but she wasn't interested. She now owns the movies, but doesn't really watch them. I recall tearing through the first couple books with enthusiasm--yes, not the best written, but a wonderful blend of boarding school books (one of my fave genres) and magic (another fave). So win-win. What was also fascinating was getting the British versions because there really are differences.