Warning: I am going to warn you now--this blog post is quite different than my normal posts, but society is quite different than normal right now, and it demands to be discussed. This post discusses the controversial issue of police brutality. If you feel that you have seen and heard enough of that lately, I … Continue reading The Hate We Find in Our World Today →

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child picks up the story that was seemingly finished nineteen years prior.  In this new story, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are dropping their kids off at King's Cross Station for the Hogwarts Express. It is Harry and Ginny's son Albus' first year at Hogwarts, and their son James' third … Continue reading Nineteen Years Later… →

Albus Dumbledore, the symbol of wisdom and hope in the wizarding world, has died, leaving Harry with the burden of having to locate and destroy four Horcruxes, or portions of Voldemort's soul. Harry has very little to go on. He doesn't know what the Horcruxes might be, and he doesn't know where they are. Harry … Continue reading Unexpected Heroes →

The wizarding world now is fully aware and terrified of the fact that the Dark Lord is back. The wizard who murdered without hesitation--the one who took many family members--has returned. Murders are occurring again. Muggles are being murdered. People are going missing. The public of the wizarding world is growing more and more fearful … Continue reading Live, Love, Laugh →

The world has darkened. There is a dark cloud hanging over the wizarding world and Harry Potter's life. The Dark Lord has returned, but only a select few believe it. The Ministry of Magic does not believe that the rumors of Voldemort's return are true. In the Daily Prophet (the wizarding newspaper run by the … Continue reading Dark Clouds Forming →

Today we move into the fourth of the seven-book series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The adventures of the three best friends Harry, Hermione, and Ron don't wait for the school year to start this year, for when the Weasleys invite Hermione and Harry to accompany them to the Quidditch World Cup, what … Continue reading Excitement of Challenge →

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the next book in the amazing Harry Potter series.  (I can't help but include spoilers here, so beware!) Harry, Ron, and Hermione take on further adventures in their third year at Hogwarts, and terrifying new characters are introduced--the dementors, guards of the wizard prison Azkaban, who are … Continue reading The Third Turn is the Charm… →

The second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, brings us back to the world which we all grew to love in the first book. Sequels are rarely ever as good as the original, but J.K. Rowling managed to succeed in making six novels following the original, each just as great … Continue reading Let’s Follow the Butterflies…er…Spiders →

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a revolutionary book by J.K. Rowling. The door opens to a world where there are wondrous creatures and magnificent things can be done with just a magic wand in your hand. The first of the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, brought us the story of a … Continue reading Finally a Real Home →

Hello, bookworms, and welcome to my favorite reading time of the year; summer! While I always try to find time to read, it is much easier in the summer when I seem to end up with more time on my hands. I would like to share my tradition with any bookworm reading this. I am … Continue reading My Obsessive Reading Tradition →