First Time Readers

Chapter 2 - Spinner’s End The harsh cry startles the fox, now crouching almost flat in the undergrowth. It leapt from its hiding place and up the bank. There was a flash of green light, a yelp, and the fox fell back to the ground, dead. Q1 - Why did they kill the fox? “He lives here?” asked Bella in a voice of contempt. “Here? In this muggle dunghill? We must be the first of our kind ever to set f...

Chapter 1 - The Other Minister It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind.  Q1 - What do you think of the book opening like this? He turned over the second page of the memo, saw how much longer it went on, and gave it up as a bad job. Stretching his arm...

Join us as Jon interviews two of our other friends (Kaylie and Mel) as they talk about their reading experience with Harry Potter.

Movie Ginny sucks...we all agree. So join Jon, Jenn, Danny, and Kristen as they talk over the movie of Order of the Phoenix. They talk over some theories about what will happen, their impressions of the characters, and what they think of the movie.

Chapter 37 - The Lost Prophecy It was unbearable, he would not think about it, he could not stand it… there was a terrible hollow inside him he did not want to feel or examine, a dark hole where Sirius had been, where Sirius had vanished; he did not want to have to be alone with that great, silent space, he could not stand it ‐  `Let me out,ʹ Harry said yet again, in a voice that was cold and almo...

Chapter 35 - Beyond the Veil ʹItʹs time you learned the difference between life and dreams, Potter,ʹ said Malfoy. ʹNow give me the prophecy, or we start using wands.ʹ  Q1 - Thoughts on this being a prophecy? ʹSo,ʹ said Harry, ʹwhat kind of prophecy are we talking about, anyway?ʹ  He could not think what to do but to keep talking. Nevilleʹs arm was pressed against his, and he could feel him shaking...

Chapter 33 - Fight and Flight ʹCan we have your wand, then, if weʹre going first?ʹ Harry asked her. ʹNo, I donʹt think so, Mr Potter,ʹ said Umbridge sweetly, poking him in the back with it. The Ministry places a rather higher value on my life than yours, Iʹm afraid.ʹ  Q1 - If you were leading Umbridge into the woods, where would you take her? But as he stretched out a hand towards it, a centaurʹs...

Chapter 31 - O.W.L.s Q1 - Have you ever had that moment of euphoria like Ron is at the moment? Q2 - Were you guys studyers?  ʹBut I daresay the Ministry of Magic will track him down soon enough.ʹ  ʹI doubt it,ʹ shouted tiny Professor Marchbanks, ʹnot if Dumbledore doesnʹt want to be found! I should know… examined him personally in Transfiguration and Charms when he did NEWTs… did things with a wan...

Chapter 28 - Snape’s Worst Memory “Umbridge tried to get back into his office last night after theyʹd searched the castle and grounds for him. Couldnʹt get past the gargoyle. The Headʹs office has sealed itself against her.ʹ Ernie smirked. ʹApparently, she had a right little tantrum.” Q1 - Do you think Dumbledore did this or is this just the magic of the castle? ʹMalfoy just docked us all about fi...

Chapter 25 - The Beetle at Bay Q1 - What do you think of this mass breakout at Azkaban? Q2 - Why was Bode assassinated? And who killed him? This latest Decree had been the subject of a great number of jokes among the students. Lee Jordan had pointed out to Umbridge that by the terms of the new rule she was not allowed to tell Fred and George off for playing Exploding Snap in the back of the class....

Chapter 22 - St Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries Professor McGonagall rapped three times with the griffin knocker and the voices ceased abruptly as though someone had switched them all off. The door opened of its own accord and Professor McGonagall led Harry and Ron inside. Q1 - What are those voices? And what are they talking about? ʹHow did you see this?ʹ Dumbledore asked quiet...

Chapter 19 - The Lion and the Serpent ʹWell, the Sorting Hat did seriously consider putting me in Ravenclaw during my Sorting,ʹ said Hermione brightly, ʹbut it decided on Gryffindor in the end. So, does that mean weʹre using the Galleons?ʹ  Q1 - Should Hermione be in Ravenclaw? ʹGood luck, Ron,ʹ said Hermione, standing on tiptoe and kissing him on the cheek. ʹAnd you, Harry—” Ron seemed to come to...

Chapter 16 - In the Hog’s Head Q1 - What was the deal with Filch and the dungbombs and Hermione thinking through that story? A battered wooden sign hung from a rusty bracket over the door, with a picture on it of a wild boarʹs severed head, leaking blood on to the white cloth around it. The sign creaked in the wind as they approached. All three of them hesitated outside the door…The Hogʹs Head bar...

 Chapter 13 - Detention with Dolores Q1 - Why do you think Dumbledore hired Dolores Jane Umbridge? Q2 - They are writing an essay on moonstones…do you think this will play into the future somehow? ʹBowtruckles,ʹ said Hermione. Theyʹre tree guardians, usually live in wand-trees. ʹFive points for Gryffindor,ʹ said Professor Grubbly-Plank. ʹ Q3 - How rigged is the point system? Q4 - What direction do...

Chapter 10 - Luna Lovegood Q1 - Was Sirius irresponsible for going with the group to the train station? The girl beside the window looked up. She had straggly, waist length, dirty blonde hair, very pale eyebrows and protuberant eyes that gave her a permanently surprised look. Harry knew at once why Neville had chosen to pass this compartment by. The girl gave off an aura of distinct dottiness. Per...

Chapter 7 - The Ministry of Magic Harry awoke at half past five the next morning as abruptly and completely as if somebody had yelled in his ear. For a few moments he lay immobile as the prospect of the disciplinary hearing filled every tiny particle of his brain, then, unable to bear it, he leapt out of bed and put on his glasses. Q1 - Have you ever woke up in dread of something like this? Q2 - E...

Chapter 4 - Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place The othersʹ hushed voices were giving Harry an odd feeling of foreboding; it was as though they had just entered the house of a dying person. Q1 - What do you think of this house? The warm glow that had flared inside him at the sight of his two best friends was extinguished as something icy flooded the pit of his stomach. All of a sudden —  after yearning...

Chapter 1 - Dudley Demented The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive . . . The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four. Q1 - What do you think of Mrs Figg? Every day this summer had been the same: the tension, the expectation, the temporary...

Join us as we trash this movie, but we all secretively love this movie, but it's really got some serious issues though.

Join us this episode as it's a compilation of all the voice recordings Danny and Jenn had of the last three chapters of Goblet of Fire. It's fun to listen to them react live to whatever is happening in the books.

Chapter 35 - Veritaserum Harry let go of the cup, but he clutched Cedric to him even more tightly. He raised his free hand and seized Dumbledore's wrist, while Dumbledore's face swam in and out of focus. "He's back," Harry whispered. "He's back. Voldemort." Q1 - Why did Fudge want to tell Amos his son died before he got to his son? Meta Question… "Karkaroff's gone? He ran away? But then - he didn'...

Chapter 33 - The Death Eaters Wormtail's robes were shining with blood now; he had wrapped the stump of his arm in them. "My Lord..." he choked, "my Lord...you promised...you did promise..." "Hold out your arm," said Voldemort lazily. "Oh Master...thank you, Master..." He extended the bleeding stump, but Voldemort laughed again. "The other arm, Wormtail." "Master, please...please..." Voldemort ben...

Chapter 31 - The Third Task Harry and Hermione went to see. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were standing in the shadow of a tree below. Crabbe and Goyle seemed to be keeping a lookout; both were smirking. Malfoy was holding his hand up to his mouth and speaking into it. "He looks like he's using a walkie-talkie," said Harry curiously. Q1 - What are these three doing? "Yes," said Hermione breathlessly....

Chapter 28 - The Madness of Mr Crouch "Master is - hic - trusting Winky with - hic - the most important - hic - the most secret..." Q1 - What is this secret? Q2 - What do you think of Nifflers? "Oh..." he said, the memory coming back to him at last. "I dunno...I never noticed it had gone. I was more worried about my wand, wasn't I?" They climbed the steps into the entrance hall and went into the G...

Chapter 26 - The Second Task Owing to the potential for nasty accidents when objects kept flying across the room. Professor Flitwick had given each student a stack of cushions on which to practice, the theory being that these wouldn't hurt anyone if they went off target. It was a good theory, but it wasn't working very well. Neville's aim was so poor that he kept accidentally sending much heavier...