I just finished reading this series for the first time last year at age 61 and plan to reread it again this year--loved it so much! Great book talk here. My husband is planning to read it for the first time this year. When I took the sorting test, I got Griyffindor.
it's great you gave them a try! the books are great for any age, I think you should do a book talk so we can hear the opinion from a fresher perspective!
Also in prisoner of azkaban lupin explains when James saved severus's life. It was when Sirius convinced Snape to go to the shrieking shark during the full moon when lupin was a werewolf and James went in and pulled him out of there before wereworf lupin could kill him
After all these years im finally reading the series for the first time. I on The prisoner of Azkaban right now (just started) Cant wait to finish the series!
I'm on book 7 (just started it and haven't been spoiled for much yet) and it's also my first time reading the series so you're not alone there. Trust me, this series will change your life for the better. I've never felt so invested in a story as I am with the Harry Potter series and you probably won't either, so prepare yourself for a journey you will never forget for the rest of your life.
I read the first book in third grade. I didn't really know what it was about, only that it was about wizards, and I had seen the books lying around the house. I also knew my dad had read them and LOVED them. So on the day we had library that week (we had library time too) I picked up the first one. Loved it instantly, read it in a matter of days. Then afterwards I borrowed the books from my dad, who was thrilled I had just picked up the first book on my own. Read the whole series in about a year, and I loved it. Harry Potter is and will always be my favorite series of all time.
The first time I was introduced to Harry Potter was in 1st grade. My mom read the first two chapters to me, and I already loved it so much that after she went downstairs, I picked up the book, read the first two chapters again, and then the rest of the book myself. The Harry Potter series is one of my favorite things in the whole entire world, and it makes me sad that none of my friends want to read it. :( I love these booktalks because it's sort of like talking to one of my friends about the books. Thanks for making these Christine😊❤️
I JUST started re-reading the HP series, and it's been years since I've done that. I love your reviews of the book series!! So much to hear your thoughts on this beloved series. I'm having a blast remembering how I felt when I first read the book. Like, I remember hating Uncle Vernon for not letting Harry recieve his letter, and I loved that Harry was able to make friends with Ron so quick and it was great that Ron was so kind to Harry. And then I just absolutely adore the trio! Anyway, I was in high school when I began reading the books. I precisely remember seeing the first book on display in the library when I was in 7th grade, and I thought, "This looks like such a kid's book. I'm too old for this." I was an idiot. LOL A few years later, one of my friends was a big fan of HP so she and I went to go watch the second HP film opening weekend, and that was when I was like, "OK I have to read the books." I remember finishing the fourth book right before summer break, and then shortly after that the fifth book was released so I was feeling really good that I didn't have to wait long for the fifth book. LOL I then spent most of my family's camping trip reading book five. I would read out parts that I really liked during our car ride up to the mountains to my brothers, but none of them cared because they weren't HP fans. Excited for your CoS review!
PS. I've been sorted into Hufflepuff, always unofficially though. Haven't done it officially yet. I would be so sad if I don't get sorted into Hufflepuff.
The candy he says he likes in the 1st book in the US is lemon drop. The password to his office in chamber is lemon drop. Then in goblet when harry tries the password again it mysteriously changes to sherbet lemon even in the us version.
James saved snapes life during the full moon when remus was being all werewolfy and snape was already suspicious and everything, and i think james and sirius got into a fight over something, and sirius bumped into snape and he told snape about the tree and how to make it stop moving, and i think james found out and pulled snape out of the shrieking shack in time or else snape would've come in contact with werewolf remus and died??? I think this was in chamber of secrets but im not sure
I'm so happy that you are doing a book talk about Harry Potter . I read the series about 5 years ago when i was in third grade. You have really inspired me to read them all again. Loved the video.
J.K. Rowling actually wrote something about Peeves on pottermore. Poltergeist are not ghosts, and they were never people to begin with. Peeves has more in common with a boggart or other magical creature actually. A poltergeist usually formed where there's lots of young people living. And J.K. Rowling also wrote that throughout the years there has been countless effort to remove Peeves, but they all ended in failure. I learned a lot of new stuff about Harry Potter from pottermore actualy! You should check some of Rowling's pottermore's writing out.
Didn't James save Snape's life by (aggressively) stopping him from going into The Whomping Willow when Lupin was transforming into a werewolf? I could be wrong... it's been so long haha
+polandbananasBOOKS yeah, it was mentioned in the prisoner of azkaban i think, i might be wrong about which book it was talked about in, it was so long ago hahaha, i really need to re-read too omg
Yes. Sirius tried to trick snape into going in on the shack via the whomping willow but james stops him and saves his life. Snape said james only didn't to protect himself and his friends.
Hey Christine! I'm 15 years old and only just now reading Harry Potter. I've finished book one and took my sorting hat quiz! (Slytherin! 🐍) I'm already falling in love! I would really like to thank you for making these book talks. Seeing my favorite BookTuber review a series along with me makes my experience so much more enjoyable. I can't wait to finish this series but also trying to savor every moment! Thanks again!
Way back in school, Sirius set up a "prank" in which Snape would come across Lupin while he was a werewolf--an insanely dangerous and reckless thing to do. James saved Snape then, which enraged the latter. So technically (because Dumbledore is way sneaky) he was kinda/sorta telling the truth.
I watched the movies growing up, so I kind of grew up with Harry. But I started watching you and you made me start to read it. I read the first two last year and recently bought the box set. I LOVE THEM, AND I OWE THAT LOVE TO YOU!!! Anyway, THANK YOU!!! And once again, your video is perfect, they keep getting better and better with every video you make.
I love your hp booktalks so much !! this one has just brought me back to the first time I picked up the philosopher's stone, i remember my older brother and parents reading the books and I just wanted to read them so, so badly but my mum and dad said I was too young. they finally gave in when I was 6, I was so happy !! aahh I just love this series so much !!
Dumbledore starts getting serious in book 4 (except book 5 is when he is full on serious) and i remember being in awe at that side of dumbledore and saying "YAH DUMBLEDORE YOU SHOW THOSE SCRUBS WHO THE MOST POWERFUL WIZARD IS!" Please keep doing more talks I really enjoy them :)
I'm finally reading my beautiful illustrated edition. I am now realizing how much I can NOT WAIT THIS LONG FOR THE REST OF THE ILLUSTRATED ONES!!! Hmm...ill just have to reread the normal versions...over and over again to make up for it FOREVER. I love your videos and you!
CHRISTINE! I JUST READ SORCER'S STONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WAS SO SAD WHEN I DIDN'T SEE YOUR BOOKTALK FOR IT, BUT NOW THERE IS ONE AND I'M SO HAPPY!!! XD
James saved Snape's life when he stopped him from walking into the Mystery Shack and getting eaten by Lupin. But Snape managed yo see Lupin before James pulled him out. They explain it in Book three.
YES, XTINE, YOU READ MY MIND! I remember waiting for the letter when I was 11 ahahah and how I started the series younger than Harry but finished it a year older. Harry Potter is my childhood and adolescence, no other book will ever compare. I used to read the series from the start every christmas and every summer and just reading one or two randomly throughout the year, so I have no idea how many times I read them. I stopped the year the last film came out. BUT I did it again this year for christmas and it was like coming home.
I just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone for the first time, so this video was perfect timing! It was so great to relive what happens in the first book. Thanks so much for your review!
I love love love that laugh Christine does at 11:04 XD You can totally see her little 3rd grader, Harry Potter-loving self shining through when she talks about this book, and it reminds me of when I read HP in 3rd grade too. NOSTALGIA. My mom was a fan, and I remember watching the movies when I was little with her so reading the books as soon as I was old enough was like a birth right or something haha.
I'm so happy I found this channel! I love your excitement for books and reading! It pretty much got me back into reading again and now I discuss with/rant to my fiancé about the books I read XD Thanks for having such an awesome channel! As for reading the Harry Potter books, I read the Sorcerer's Stone and the Prisoner of Azkaban at age 14, and the Half-Blood Prince at 17. I went ahead and watched the all the films for the first time at the age of 18 or 19 because it was the easiest way around my (extremely) religious dad so he couldn't find out. I felt so happy to finally be in on the biggest book/films of my childhood. I felt like a kid again, and my imagination/creativity expanded so much more! Now that I'm watching you, it REALLY makes me want to go to the library and check out the entire Harry Potter series and marathon through them :) Again, thanks for being an awesome book nerd and sharing your goofy thoughts!
I read all the books last year for the first time and in December I wanted to re-read The Philosopher's Stone so I listened to the Audiobook and I loved it. It's a beautiful experience! I'd fall asleep listening to an echo of the narrator's voice and it was great
I was so late to the HP train, mostly because I never had the habit of reading for pleasure, until I was on high school, (5 or 6 years ago?) and I love it so much it helped me through hard times and it still does since I reread it last year
i just finished watching AVPM for the first time and it brought all the HP feels back, and now i really wanna reread whole HP again, for the first time in English. But i was kinda scared, because i haven't read a book since august cuz college, and fell off the reading train. But this video was exactly what i needed to get me started, thanks Christine :) Now i am gotta get myself to Hogwarts ;)
I just finished the book today and im hooked, I had actually heard it prior to now back in sixth grade (however I barely remembered anything but the sorting hat and lemon drops) my teacher was going to have the class each take turns reading it out loud, although being a smart and shy kid I found a way to get out of out-loud reading, I just had my parents write a note saying I wasn't aloud to read this. so every day in class I got to sit there and draw for the whole hour and a half period but I still heard the story since the class read out loud. very glad I did hear it though otherwise I probably wouldn't have returned to the book today
CHRISTINE, it's crazy that you just posted this considering I just finished reading the illustrated edition last night for the first time and ughhh it was SO MAGICAL ANd GREAT. I'm trying to get thru my crazy TBR but I just wanna say "screw my TBR" and binge read the entire Harry Potter series!
I remember seeing as interview with JK on the Rosie show, and I think that was the first time I heard about the series. I was in Middle School but my Brother was still in Elementary, and the Elementary school was having their Scholastic Book Fair, so bought the paper back of Sorcerer's Stone there. After finishing that my mom took me to get the second. I hadn't really had a strong interest in reading and even had trouble with it in Elementary, so she was happy I found something I loved to read. I had to wait for the third to come out, and every release after that I had to get the book the day it was released.
im making my way through the series for the first time right now (as you can tell from my channel name, im already obsessed." and this book was just so magical. it's one of those books i know im going to reread and love for the rest of my life.
The films had a really big impact in my childhood then the books did. I didn't read the books until almost all the movies were out. So I knew what was going to happen but I fully understood why everyone love these books. I'm for sure in Ravenclaw!
I learned of Harry Potter when I was like 8 years old. My mom was obsessed with it and made me read it. It turned out I also was obsessed with it. I've read the books at least once or twice every year since then... Absolutely love.
Oh shoot I just retook the Sorting Hat test and I used to be a Gryffindor but now it says I'm Slytherin MY WHOLE IDENTITY IS DESTROYED Really loving that you're booktalking these now, Christine--it's so much fun to watch you have so much fun with it! Plus it makes me want to get on with my own reread of the series...
4:28 There's an early interview where J. K. Rowling confirms the official pronunciation as "Vol-de-mor", with a silent T. She eventually took to saying "Voldemort" with the T, because nobody cared... I've been pronouncing it without the T ever since I found this out.
I am apart of Gryffindor!!!! As of last year I binged watch all the potter movies and have fallen in love with the books. Currently finishing the Rise of the Phoenix.
I never wanted to read the books or watch the movies because of all the hype and I was scared to be disappointed but I just recently started reading HP, and I must say I am really impressed with it. Can't wait to start the second book!
Bought all three of the illustrated editions this afternoon and just finished the first novel. I think it must’ve been over a decade since I last read it, been just doing movie marathons instead. There were many small details I’d forgotten which were left out of the movie Thoughts I had while reading - - Those three “adults” actually left baby Harry out in the open, at night, all alone on the floor 😱 talk about child endangerment - Hagrid attacking Dudley course he was pissed at Vernon was really wrong. This grown ass giant of a man just assaulted an 11 year old kid. Not cool Hagrid Nice review . Will come watch your Chambers video after I finish reading the book tomorrow
I started reading Harry Potter in 3rd grade too! I can’t remember reading the first few but I remember specific moments reading the 4th book; outside and I remember my sister being mad at me because I didn’t answer her because I couldn’t hear because I was so into the book. I am now rereading them a few years later and am so excited.
I'm currently re-reading the series for the first time since middle school, and I'm on book 5 now :) I just love these books so much they really are amazing
I started reading this series in June and I’ve read the first 5 Books within two months and a week (which is a lot because I don’t read often but I’ve told myself that it is time to start doing it more xD). I’m so excited about this series! Book 3, the prisoner of Azkaban has been my favourite of the bunch so far!
I got into Harry Potter from this channel no joke. It was last year and I thought I was to old to ready it like i was past the time limit but hearing Christine gush about it I was like alright I'll dip a toe in for a moment and now I'm halfway through book 3 and I love it so much!!!!! *prays that I spelt her name right because I suck at spelling anything ever*
I read in like first grade. It was probably the first real book I ever read on my own. I remember my father giving it to me and I didn't want to read it at first, but as soon as I started I completely fell in love with it and read all of the other ones, too and even though I love all of them the first one is just so special to me. I'm probably going to read it to my kids.
I read them in 2008 the summer before I went into fourth grade and had discovered them because well it was Harry Potter. Haha but I immediately fell in love with it and actually read it at the same time as my mom and of course she finished them faster but it was so amazing to be able to experience this world with her for the first time and we would discuss it all the time. Ah favorite series ever ❤️❤️
When I first read Harry Potter, I was 10, and I went with my family to the movies and watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 and I had no idea what was going on, I hadn't even HEARD of Harry Potter yet. Then I decided I would read the books and watch the movies before the next movie came out, and I ended up reading the books twice because I loved them so much. They really kickstarted reading for me and so far I've read them 8 times, they are a yearly re-read for me!
I don't remember a lot from the earlier books, but I really remember the Christmas scenes and the socks scene, it was definitely one of my favorites :) I also remember that I wanted to watch the movies, but my mom said I had to read the books first so that how I ended up reading them :D
I remember my mom reading and loving all the books, but I being a dumb person refused to read them for so many years. I'll never forget when I first opened Sorcerers Stone and actually gave it a chance, after reading the first page I was hooked! I read through the entire series within a month or two and waited for Deathly Hallows to come out in a long line at the book store with my mom.
I just read the book for the first time this month. I absolutely loved it. I have no idea why I waited so long to read it. I watched the movie right after I read the book, and they did change some parts. I loved the book though. I can't wait to continue on with this amazing series.
I read the first four books in 3rd and 4th grade. I hardly remember reading them for the first time but I do remember asking for the third book for Christmas in third grade since it came out sometime that fall. I also remember going to the midnight release at the bookstore for Goblet of Fire. I do remember struggling to get past the first few chapters of The Sorcerer's Stone the first time I read it but after that it was history. Ha.
I'm so conflicted on my house. The first time I took it (on potter more obviously) I got slytherin but when i took it any other time i got Ravenclaw so I guess I'm a ravenclaw
I've been loving these Harry Potter videos! I was Harry's age when my Mom read the first book out loud to me and my siblings and I didn't know anything about it. Not a thing. So I remember when Hagrid said: "Harry, you're a wizard", I was completely stunned. I was like "He is?? I didn't expect that!" ;D Good times! I'm so lucky to be one of the kids who got to grow up with this series.
I'm a Gryffindor! My whole family read them before me as I am much younger. I distinctly remember trying to read it on the train to Orlando and not liking it because of mr. Dursley's chapter. I also remember watching the movie every time I went to my aunt's house and making her skip through the part with the troll!
My dad discovered them very early on (in the late 90s when the first books were released) and read them to me before bed. He would read me one chapter a night. Such a good dad.
You find out about James 'saving'' Snape in Prisoner of Azkaban I think? I don't remember if it's mentioned in the movie, but Lupin & Sirius talk a LOT more about backstory stuff at the end of PoA in the book. I think it was still a half-truth by Dumbledore though, because he wasn't ready to tell Harry the truth about the Prophesy yet and he'd promised Snape he'd never tell anyone that he was ever helping to watch over Harry. Also, yeah, I can barely remember a time before HP haha. I think I was 6 or 7 when I read the first one? All I remember about the first time reading this book was that my parents and I read it out loud together.
when I was in first grade (over ten years ago) my mom read to be before I went to sleep, and one day she came to my room with a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone :"c) English isn't her first language so she pronounced a lot of words wrong but I remember being so excited for her to come read to me, I'd start reading it myself! I still have that same copy; the back cover is ripped off and the pages are yellowing but I still love it with all my heart
When I was 6 years old, my dad started reading HP to me. At first, I read a few lines, a paragraph, a chapter and then, I read a book all by myself! When HP and the Deathly Hallows came out, I was 8 years old and I remember going to the event that night at my local library... It was so nice! One of the librarians was dressed as Hagrid XD I can proudly say that HP was the first book I read!
I just finished reading this series for the first time last year at age 61 and plan to reread it again this year--loved it so much! Great book talk here. My husband is planning to read it for the first time this year. When I took the sorting test, I got Griyffindor.
it's great you gave them a try! the books are great for any age, I think you should do a book talk so we can hear the opinion from a fresher perspective!
+Michael Smith I did do a book talk on THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and a review of THE DEATHLY HALLOWS. The others are included in my wrap up videos.
It's amazing that people of all ages love this masterpiece
Thats amazing!
Also in prisoner of azkaban lupin explains when James saved severus's life. It was when Sirius convinced Snape to go to the shrieking shark during the full moon when lupin was a werewolf and James went in and pulled him out of there before wereworf lupin could kill him
*shack not shark 😂😅
+Shelbie McDonald Harry Potter and the Shrieking Shark
(terrifying image????!)
+Mandee N HAHHA omg this should be a novella @jk Rowling 😂😂😂
OMG, why don't I remember this?! Also, how much of a jerk was young Sirius?! lol
Shelbie McDonald *Shrieking* *Shack*
Weird hearing the minor differences in the US version compared to the UK version. In the UK one it's a sherbert lemon not a lemon drop
+Emma D lol intersting! =D
+Emma D or puff ball vs bobble
After all these years im finally reading the series for the first time. I on The prisoner of Azkaban right now (just started) Cant wait to finish the series!
YOUR GOING TO ENJOY IT SO MUCH!
I'm on book 7 (just started it and haven't been spoiled for much yet) and it's also my first time reading the series so you're not alone there. Trust me, this series will change your life for the better. I've never felt so invested in a story as I am with the Harry Potter series and you probably won't either, so prepare yourself for a journey you will never forget for the rest of your life.
Kinda wish I didnt know anything about harry potter or seen the movies, cause then I would be more into it than I already am lol
+StarlightBaby24 'm reading them for the first time too.I'm on the goblet of fire now :)
I feel you I started reading Harry Potter in August and I'm on Deathly Hallows and the books are just amazing :)
I read the first book in third grade. I didn't really know what it was about, only that it was about wizards, and I had seen the books lying around the house. I also knew my dad had read them and LOVED them. So on the day we had library that week (we had library time too) I picked up the first one. Loved it instantly, read it in a matter of days. Then afterwards I borrowed the books from my dad, who was thrilled I had just picked up the first book on my own. Read the whole series in about a year, and I loved it. Harry Potter is and will always be my favorite series of all time.
The first time I was introduced to Harry Potter was in 1st grade. My mom read the first two chapters to me, and I already loved it so much that after she went downstairs, I picked up the book, read the first two chapters again, and then the rest of the book myself. The Harry Potter series is one of my favorite things in the whole entire world, and it makes me sad that none of my friends want to read it. :( I love these booktalks because it's sort of like talking to one of my friends about the books. Thanks for making these Christine😊❤️
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I JUST started re-reading the HP series, and it's been years since I've done that. I love your reviews of the book series!! So much to hear your thoughts on this beloved series. I'm having a blast remembering how I felt when I first read the book. Like, I remember hating Uncle Vernon for not letting Harry recieve his letter, and I loved that Harry was able to make friends with Ron so quick and it was great that Ron was so kind to Harry. And then I just absolutely adore the trio!
Anyway, I was in high school when I began reading the books. I precisely remember seeing the first book on display in the library when I was in 7th grade, and I thought, "This looks like such a kid's book. I'm too old for this." I was an idiot. LOL A few years later, one of my friends was a big fan of HP so she and I went to go watch the second HP film opening weekend, and that was when I was like, "OK I have to read the books." I remember finishing the fourth book right before summer break, and then shortly after that the fifth book was released so I was feeling really good that I didn't have to wait long for the fifth book. LOL I then spent most of my family's camping trip reading book five. I would read out parts that I really liked during our car ride up to the mountains to my brothers, but none of them cared because they weren't HP fans.
Excited for your CoS review!
PS. I've been sorted into Hufflepuff, always unofficially though. Haven't done it officially yet. I would be so sad if I don't get sorted into Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff!
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Wait, in the US book, they say lemon drop? Because in the UK one, they say sherbet lemon if I remember the spelling correctly.
Yep
Jasmine Kong ive seen both
Jasmine Kong even in the French version they say 'sorbet de citron'
The candy he says he likes in the 1st book in the US is lemon drop. The password to his office in chamber is lemon drop. Then in goblet when harry tries the password again it mysteriously changes to sherbet lemon even in the us version.
James saved snapes life during the full moon when remus was being all werewolfy and snape was already suspicious and everything, and i think james and sirius got into a fight over something, and sirius bumped into snape and he told snape about the tree and how to make it stop moving, and i think james found out and pulled snape out of the shrieking shack in time or else snape would've come in contact with werewolf remus and died??? I think this was in chamber of secrets but im not sure
+Vivian Tang It was actually in Prisoner of Azkaban :) I just reread it last week.
+NeonCandy Cat no it was a story remus told harry in poa of james i think
+NeonCandy Cat this was in james 6th or 7th year
prisoner of azkaban
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Same honestly
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I'm so happy that you are doing a book talk about Harry Potter . I read the series about 5 years ago when i was in third grade. You have really inspired me to read them all again. Loved the video.
J.K. Rowling actually wrote something about Peeves on pottermore. Poltergeist are not ghosts, and they were never people to begin with. Peeves has more in common with a boggart or other magical creature actually. A poltergeist usually formed where there's lots of young people living. And J.K. Rowling also wrote that throughout the years there has been countless effort to remove Peeves, but they all ended in failure. I learned a lot of new stuff about Harry Potter from pottermore actualy! You should check some of Rowling's pottermore's writing out.
Hapsari Darmastuti yes an actual poltergeist is something that never lived or was born not a ghost
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WAS THAT A SOUND OF MUSIC REFERENCE IN THE BEGINNING OR JUST A COINCIDENCE
it wasn't a coincidence lol
+badger-buddy I love the sound of music I was just making sure because Christine is always making up songs😂😂
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I love how you dress up for the booktalks! The lightening scar is goals!
Didn't James save Snape's life by (aggressively) stopping him from going into The Whomping Willow when Lupin was transforming into a werewolf? I could be wrong... it's been so long haha
+Ross oh maybe!!
yes, you're right
it's in the prisoner of azkaban
i think.
+polandbananasBOOKS yeah, it was mentioned in the prisoner of azkaban i think, i might be wrong about which book it was talked about in, it was so long ago hahaha, i really need to re-read too omg
Yes. Sirius tried to trick snape into going in on the shack via the whomping willow but james stops him and saves his life. Snape said james only didn't to protect himself and his friends.
Hey Christine!
I'm 15 years old and only just now reading Harry Potter. I've finished book one and took my sorting hat quiz! (Slytherin! 🐍) I'm already falling in love! I would really like to thank you for making these book talks. Seeing my favorite BookTuber review a series along with me makes my experience so much more enjoyable.
I can't wait to finish this series but also trying to savor every moment! Thanks again!
Way back in school, Sirius set up a "prank" in which Snape would come across Lupin while he was a werewolf--an insanely dangerous and reckless thing to do. James saved Snape then, which enraged the latter. So technically (because Dumbledore is way sneaky) he was kinda/sorta telling the truth.
yep!
I watched the movies growing up, so I kind of grew up with Harry. But I started watching you and you made me start to read it. I read the first two last year and recently bought the box set. I LOVE THEM, AND I OWE THAT LOVE TO YOU!!! Anyway, THANK YOU!!! And once again, your video is perfect, they keep getting better and better with every video you make.
Didn't James protect Snape in relation to something to do with Lupin turning into a werewolf or something, or am I just making that up?
I love your hp booktalks so much !! this one has just brought me back to the first time I picked up the philosopher's stone, i remember my older brother and parents reading the books and I just wanted to read them so, so badly but my mum and dad said I was too young. they finally gave in when I was 6, I was so happy !! aahh I just love this series so much !!
Dumbledore starts getting serious in book 4 (except book 5 is when he is full on serious) and i remember being in awe at that side of dumbledore and saying "YAH DUMBLEDORE YOU SHOW THOSE SCRUBS WHO THE MOST POWERFUL WIZARD IS!" Please keep doing more talks I really enjoy them :)
I'm finally reading my beautiful illustrated edition. I am now realizing how much I can NOT WAIT THIS LONG FOR THE REST OF THE ILLUSTRATED ONES!!! Hmm...ill just have to reread the normal versions...over and over again to make up for it FOREVER. I love your videos and you!
I LOVE YOUR HP BOOKTALKS! ❤ 😍
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I looove your Harry potter booktalks. I'm rereading the books and rewatching the videos S2
What I've never understood is why Ravenclaw's mascot is an eagle and not a raven!
+Eli Fierro Because Eagles are supposed to be wise i think =P ?
+polandbananasBOOKS I though owls were supposed to be wise?
+Eli Fierro ravens are also wise :P Eagles are about pride too though
+Eli Fierro It is some kind of symbol for Rowena Ravenclaws family, i don't think Ravenclaw is her maiden name.
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In fact owls are dumb.
CHRISTINE! I JUST READ SORCER'S STONE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WAS SO SAD WHEN I DIDN'T SEE YOUR BOOKTALK FOR IT, BUT NOW THERE IS ONE AND I'M SO HAPPY!!! XD
James saved Snape's life when he stopped him from walking into the Mystery Shack and getting eaten by Lupin. But Snape managed yo see Lupin before James pulled him out.
They explain it in Book three.
YES, XTINE, YOU READ MY MIND! I remember waiting for the letter when I was 11 ahahah and how I started the series younger than Harry but finished it a year older. Harry Potter is my childhood and adolescence, no other book will ever compare.
I used to read the series from the start every christmas and every summer and just reading one or two randomly throughout the year, so I have no idea how many times I read them. I stopped the year the last film came out. BUT I did it again this year for christmas and it was like coming home.
ooooo THATS why they sang it in the goblet of fire.....kinda makes sense know lol
now*
I just finished re-reading Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone for the first time, so this video was perfect timing! It was so great to relive what happens in the first book. Thanks so much for your review!
i'm in Gryffindor baby lol
And proud!
I read this comment in an Austin Powers voice because of the baby at the end
Me too x
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I love love love that laugh Christine does at 11:04 XD You can totally see her little 3rd grader, Harry Potter-loving self shining through when she talks about this book, and it reminds me of when I read HP in 3rd grade too. NOSTALGIA. My mom was a fan, and I remember watching the movies when I was little with her so reading the books as soon as I was old enough was like a birth right or something haha.
I'm a slytherin!
I'm Slytherclaw!
Percabeth Lover I've heard people say that is that some mixture of ravenclaw and slytherin?
+Emily N yes! Slytherin and Ravenclaw= Slytherclaw!
Percabeth Lover hmm i may be slytherclaw then but mostly slytherin i guess
+Emily N Cool!
I'm rereading this series along with my best friend who is reading it for the first time, can't wait to watch these book talks as I go along!!
Im a proud Hufflepuff! 💛
These Harry Potter book talks are my favorite ones you've ever made cant wait for the rest ❤️❤️❤️
WHERE MY POTTERHEADS AT?!?! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
+MerChauchau KC HOLLA
I've been loving these Harry Potter booktalks :) They've been making me want to re-read the books...
i just finished this book like ten minutes ago cx
I'm so happy I found this channel! I love your excitement for books and reading! It pretty much got me back into reading again and now I discuss with/rant to my fiancé about the books I read XD Thanks for having such an awesome channel! As for reading the Harry Potter books, I read the Sorcerer's Stone and the Prisoner of Azkaban at age 14, and the Half-Blood Prince at 17. I went ahead and watched the all the films for the first time at the age of 18 or 19 because it was the easiest way around my (extremely) religious dad so he couldn't find out. I felt so happy to finally be in on the biggest book/films of my childhood. I felt like a kid again, and my imagination/creativity expanded so much more! Now that I'm watching you, it REALLY makes me want to go to the library and check out the entire Harry Potter series and marathon through them :) Again, thanks for being an awesome book nerd and sharing your goofy thoughts!
No one hate me, but I'm slitheren. I didn't like it at first but then I was like "BOO U DO U!" Come at me bro I got crabble and goyle.
Well at least u have SCORPIOS!😊
spoken like a true fan :D
I read all the books last year for the first time and in December I wanted to re-read The Philosopher's Stone so I listened to the Audiobook and I loved it. It's a beautiful experience! I'd fall asleep listening to an echo of the narrator's voice and it was great
Oh and I'm also in Ravenclaw!
It's the philosophers stone!!!!
hahaha only in the uk
Well Britain I'm Scottish but yeah 😂
Katie MacKinnon and in Australia!
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im an idiot.
my copy was from when i went up to edinburgh so obviously.
I was so late to the HP train, mostly because I never had the habit of reading for pleasure, until I was on high school, (5 or 6 years ago?) and I love it so much it helped me through hard times and it still does since I reread it last year
I got Hufflepuff
I haven't read this series in a while, watching your book talk on them is making me want to go get them and re-read them.
I never felt the need to read this books until I started watching you!! now they're one of my favorite series :D
i just finished watching AVPM for the first time and it brought all the HP feels back, and now i really wanna reread whole HP again, for the first time in English. But i was kinda scared, because i haven't read a book since august cuz college, and fell off the reading train. But this video was exactly what i needed to get me started, thanks Christine :) Now i am gotta get myself to Hogwarts ;)
I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE THE TWEET SAYING YOU POSTED THIS!!!!!!
I just finished the book today and im hooked, I had actually heard it prior to now back in sixth grade (however I barely remembered anything but the sorting hat and lemon drops) my teacher was going to have the class each take turns reading it out loud, although being a smart and shy kid I found a way to get out of out-loud reading, I just had my parents write a note saying I wasn't aloud to read this. so every day in class I got to sit there and draw for the whole hour and a half period but I still heard the story since the class read out loud. very glad I did hear it though otherwise I probably wouldn't have returned to the book today
CHRISTINE, it's crazy that you just posted this considering I just finished reading the illustrated edition last night for the first time and ughhh it was SO MAGICAL ANd GREAT. I'm trying to get thru my crazy TBR but I just wanna say "screw my TBR" and binge read the entire Harry Potter series!
YAAASS! I re-read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone this month so I was able to recall each moment that you mentioned. :)
I remember seeing as interview with JK on the Rosie show, and I think that was the first time I heard about the series. I was in Middle School but my Brother was still in Elementary, and the Elementary school was having their Scholastic Book Fair, so bought the paper back of Sorcerer's Stone there. After finishing that my mom took me to get the second. I hadn't really had a strong interest in reading and even had trouble with it in Elementary, so she was happy I found something I loved to read. I had to wait for the third to come out, and every release after that I had to get the book the day it was released.
I’m here because this series is finally going to be read by me!! I’m so excited to start it, I put holds on all of them!! 💖💖💖
I'm finally reading harry potter for the first time ever so of course I had to come back for your book talks!
Yes!! I'm so happy you're doing book talks to all of the Harry potter books 😭😭😭😭
+Shania Johnson Yay =D
Shania Johnson she did alllll of them+ cursed child except goblet of fire! and are you gonna do fantastic beasts booktalk? on the screenplay
alyssa fashion beauty yes 😂 she has done all of them NOW. But 10 months ago she didn't 😂 but yes! I can't wait for the fantastic beasts booktalk
alyssa fashion beauty yes 😂 she has done all of them NOW. But 10 months ago she didn't 😂 but yes! I can't wait for the fantastic beasts booktalk
I joined the hp fandom last year. Before 2015, I didn't like reading so much. But now I'm addicted. I loved hp and I freaking love pjo
I read the book in December! Loved it, currently on the 5th book!!! Book-Tube actually got me into reading it!
Sigh... Thanks, Christine. You've done it to me. Gave me the feels. Time to read the series again.
im making my way through the series for the first time right now (as you can tell from my channel name, im already obsessed." and this book was just so magical. it's one of those books i know im going to reread and love for the rest of my life.
The films had a really big impact in my childhood then the books did. I didn't read the books until almost all the movies were out. So I knew what was going to happen but I fully understood why everyone love these books. I'm for sure in Ravenclaw!
I learned of Harry Potter when I was like 8 years old. My mom was obsessed with it and made me read it. It turned out I also was obsessed with it. I've read the books at least once or twice every year since then... Absolutely love.
Oh shoot I just retook the Sorting Hat test and I used to be a Gryffindor but now it says I'm Slytherin MY WHOLE IDENTITY IS DESTROYED
Really loving that you're booktalking these now, Christine--it's so much fun to watch you have so much fun with it! Plus it makes me want to get on with my own reread of the series...
4:28 There's an early interview where J. K. Rowling confirms the official pronunciation as "Vol-de-mor", with a silent T. She eventually took to saying "Voldemort" with the T, because nobody cared... I've been pronouncing it without the T ever since I found this out.
Omg I just realized that in the movie when quirrel falls backwards and faints bc of the troll, he's making the dark lord face plant😂woah
I am apart of Gryffindor!!!! As of last year I binged watch all the potter movies and have fallen in love with the books. Currently finishing the Rise of the Phoenix.
Been meaning to read this for a long time. Glad I finally did. It was great. Loved the Snape twist. Didn't see it at all.
I never wanted to read the books or watch the movies because of all the hype and I was scared to be disappointed but I just recently started reading HP, and I must say I am really impressed with it. Can't wait to start the second book!
Bought all three of the illustrated editions this afternoon and just finished the first novel. I think it must’ve been over a decade since I last read it, been just doing movie marathons instead. There were many small details I’d forgotten which were left out of the movie
Thoughts I had while reading -
- Those three “adults” actually left baby Harry out in the open, at night, all alone on the floor 😱 talk about child endangerment
- Hagrid attacking Dudley course he was pissed at Vernon was really wrong. This grown ass giant of a man just assaulted an 11 year old kid. Not cool Hagrid
Nice review . Will come watch your Chambers video after I finish reading the book tomorrow
I am rereading the series and this is the first one I can watch because I am only on the third book but I am loving it!
I started reading Harry Potter in 3rd grade too! I can’t remember reading the first few but I remember specific moments reading the 4th book; outside and I remember my sister being mad at me because I didn’t answer her because I couldn’t hear because I was so into the book. I am now rereading them a few years later and am so excited.
I'm currently re-reading the series for the first time since middle school, and I'm on book 5 now :) I just love these books so much they really are amazing
I started reading this series in June and I’ve read the first 5 Books within two months and a week (which is a lot because I don’t read often but I’ve told myself that it is time to start doing it more xD). I’m so excited about this series! Book 3, the prisoner of Azkaban has been my favourite of the bunch so far!
Harry Potter got me into reading! I LOVE HARRY POTTER AND I READ THEM IN THIRD GRADE TOO!
I just finished reading the Sorcerer's Stone today,and I loved it! I've already started reading the Chamber of Secrets!
Also,I'm Ravenclaw too
I got into Harry Potter from this channel no joke. It was last year and I thought I was to old to ready it like i was past the time limit but hearing Christine gush about it I was like alright I'll dip a toe in for a moment and now I'm halfway through book 3 and I love it so much!!!!! *prays that I spelt her name right because I suck at spelling anything ever*
This video made me want to reread this book. It sounds like so much fun! Bringing me back to the past....
I read in like first grade. It was probably the first real book I ever read on my own. I remember my father giving it to me and I didn't want to read it at first, but as soon as I started I completely fell in love with it and read all of the other ones, too and even though I love all of them the first one is just so special to me. I'm probably going to read it to my kids.
I read them in 2008 the summer before I went into fourth grade and had discovered them because well it was Harry Potter. Haha but I immediately fell in love with it and actually read it at the same time as my mom and of course she finished them faster but it was so amazing to be able to experience this world with her for the first time and we would discuss it all the time. Ah favorite series ever ❤️❤️
I love these Harry Potter booktalks and I love you and your videos! They're so fun and you really inspire me :D
When I first read Harry Potter, I was 10, and I went with my family to the movies and watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 and I had no idea what was going on, I hadn't even HEARD of Harry Potter yet. Then I decided I would read the books and watch the movies before the next movie came out, and I ended up reading the books twice because I loved them so much. They really kickstarted reading for me and so far I've read them 8 times, they are a yearly re-read for me!
I don't remember a lot from the earlier books, but I really remember the Christmas scenes and the socks scene, it was definitely one of my favorites :) I also remember that I wanted to watch the movies, but my mom said I had to read the books first so that how I ended up reading them :D
I remember my mom reading and loving all the books, but I being a dumb person refused to read them for so many years. I'll never forget when I first opened Sorcerers Stone and actually gave it a chance, after reading the first page I was hooked! I read through the entire series within a month or two and waited for Deathly Hallows to come out in a long line at the book store with my mom.
I HAVE TI ADMIT THAT I STARTED READING HARRY POTTER BECAUSE OF YOU AND I DONT REGRET IT AT ALL IS JUST SOO GOOD AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT
I started reading the series two years ago, so I guess I'm pretty fresh... BUT I LOVE IT
I just read the book for the first time this month. I absolutely loved it. I have no idea why I waited so long to read it. I watched the movie right after I read the book, and they did change some parts. I loved the book though. I can't wait to continue on with this amazing series.
I read the first four books in 3rd and 4th grade. I hardly remember reading them for the first time but I do remember asking for the third book for Christmas in third grade since it came out sometime that fall. I also remember going to the midnight release at the bookstore for Goblet of Fire. I do remember struggling to get past the first few chapters of The Sorcerer's Stone the first time I read it but after that it was history. Ha.
I'm so conflicted on my house. The first time I took it (on potter more obviously) I got slytherin but when i took it any other time i got Ravenclaw so I guess I'm a ravenclaw
I just love when I find people that love and get excited with Harry Potter as much as I do :')
I've been loving these Harry Potter videos! I was Harry's age when my Mom read the first book out loud to me and my siblings and I didn't know anything about it. Not a thing. So I remember when Hagrid said: "Harry, you're a wizard", I was completely stunned. I was like "He is?? I didn't expect that!" ;D Good times! I'm so lucky to be one of the kids who got to grow up with this series.
I'm a Gryffindor! My whole family read them before me as I am much younger. I distinctly remember trying to read it on the train to Orlando and not liking it because of mr. Dursley's chapter. I also remember watching the movie every time I went to my aunt's house and making her skip through the part with the troll!
I'm rereading prisoner right now and you find out what James did to save Snape towards the end of it :) loving these booktalks!!!
My dad discovered them very early on (in the late 90s when the first books were released) and read them to me before bed. He would read me one chapter a night. Such a good dad.
You find out about James 'saving'' Snape in Prisoner of Azkaban I think? I don't remember if it's mentioned in the movie, but Lupin & Sirius talk a LOT more about backstory stuff at the end of PoA in the book. I think it was still a half-truth by Dumbledore though, because he wasn't ready to tell Harry the truth about the Prophesy yet and he'd promised Snape he'd never tell anyone that he was ever helping to watch over Harry. Also, yeah, I can barely remember a time before HP haha. I think I was 6 or 7 when I read the first one? All I remember about the first time reading this book was that my parents and I read it out loud together.
when I was in first grade (over ten years ago) my mom read to be before I went to sleep, and one day she came to my room with a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone :"c) English isn't her first language so she pronounced a lot of words wrong but I remember being so excited for her to come read to me, I'd start reading it myself! I still have that same copy; the back cover is ripped off and the pages are yellowing but I still love it with all my heart
When I was 6 years old, my dad started reading HP to me. At first, I read a few lines, a paragraph, a chapter and then, I read a book all by myself! When HP and the Deathly Hallows came out, I was 8 years old and I remember going to the event that night at my local library... It was so nice! One of the librarians was dressed as Hagrid XD I can proudly say that HP was the first book I read!