Previous: The Philosopher's Stone The Chamber of Secrets The Prisoner of Azkaban The Goblet of Fire The Order of the Phoenix The Half-Blood Prince   The Deathly Hallows (started July 29th, finished August 21st) I was kind of in a daze up until I started writing this. The end of the last book made me … Continue reading my HP Reading Experience: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Previous: The Philosopher's Stone The Chamber of Secrets The Prisoner of Azkaban The Goblet of Fire The Order of the Phoenix   The Half-Blood Prince (started July 21st, finished July 29th) I really like the cover for this one. Chapter 1: The Other Minister. - Good bit of exposition here. Introducing the new Minister of … Continue reading my HP reading experience: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Previous: The Philosopher's Stone The Chamber of Secrets The Prisoner of Azkaban The Goblet of Fire   The Order of the Phoenix (started July 11th, finished July 21st) Here we go. The last couple of books have left me pretty stunned, but I'll try to get back to writing out my thoughts consistently. This book … Continue reading my HP reading experience: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Previous: The Philosopher's Stone The Chamber of Secrets The Prisoner of Azkaban   The Goblet of Fire (started July 1st, finished July 11th) Chapter 1: The Riddle House. - Voldemort's started to regain power! And he's after Harry... - That rat Peter Pettigrew is with him. I hate him. Chapter 2: The Scar. - A … Continue reading my HP reading experience: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Previous: The Philosopher's Stone The Chamber of Secrets   The Prisoner of Azkaban (started June 25th, finished July 1st)   Chapter 1: Owl Post. - I honestly love the way these books start. So casually and so wholesome. Harry, who had never received so much as a birthday card has now received cards and gifts … Continue reading my HP reading experience: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Previous: The Philosopher's Stone The Chamber of Secrets (started June 15th, finished June 25th) Chapter 1: The Worst Birthday. - The Dursleys are at it again... Chapter 2: Dobby's Warning. - I actually hate Dobby so much, wow. Chapter 3: The Burrow. - The Dursleys are just straight up irrational. That would rather Harry stay … Continue reading my HP reading experience: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Before this summer I had not read or watched the Harry Potter books and movies. I started reading them back in June to surprise someone special and ended up a huge fan along the way! I committed to writing out my thoughts as I read each chapter. Here are my notes for the first book. … Continue reading my HP reading experience: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Ever since graduating I've enjoyed a great degree of freedom. I finally feel like I'm wholly in control of the direction my life is taking. But what I didn't realize until now is that I'm also completely *responsible* for the direction my life is taking, and I wasn't ready for the pressures that came with … Continue reading 3 months post-grad

Before starting a new blog post, I usually visit my favourite blog for some inspiration. Something I've realized is that the key to really great reading material is found at the intersection of having something to say and believing that what you're saying is worth listening to. I think the first thing is fairly straightforward. You … Continue reading Writing something worth reading.