This is Karen. She is the best, she assists our Library Director and pretty much manages lots of important things around the library (and she's a notary so she's my hero!)
When I originally read it:
The first time I read it was in 1998 when my kids were little and I read it out loud to them. I had completely forgotten the whole second half of the book. Weird, huh?
What I thought of it then:
When I was reading the book the first time, it was hard to retain because I was reading it out loud to two small children that would stop me over and over and ask questions. Plus I didn’t know how to pronounce a lot of the names, so when the movie came out I was like OHHHH!!, that’s how you say that.
When I re-read it:
So I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for the second time. I actually listened to the audio book the second time around. The reader of the book was fantastic except when he’s trying to be Hermione Granger. My favorite moments of the book were when Hagrid comes to get Harry from the Dursley’s, learning that Professor Snape is not really trying to kill Harry and when Gryffindor beats out the Slytherins to win the house rivalry.
What my thoughts are now:
This is the only book of the series that I have read. so I’m totally psyched to read the Chamber of Secrets. I can’t wait to see what trouble they are going to get into the next year at Hogwarts. Whose body will Voldermort be in? What will Snape do to Harry this year? Will Neville grow up some and stop being such a baby? Will Hermione still be as irritating? Can’t wait, on to the next book.
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