Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
>> Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Series: #6 in the Harry Potter seriesGenre: Fiction
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 652
Challenges: TBR 2009 Challenge #12, Clear Off Your Shelves
Yes, I’m probably the last person on the planet to still be reading the end of this series for the first time. My excuse is that I’ve been keeping pace with the movies and not reading ahead of the next movie. I did finally read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last year and watched that movie. I have been delaying this one until the release date for the movie on DVD is coming soon (December). So that’s why I haven’t read it until now. Since there’s only one more in the series after this I do plan to read it pretty soon after I watch this movie.
I’m not going to bother with a plot summary since you’ve all read it. If you are the rare person who hasn’t, you don’t want to see a plot summary anyway.
Suffice it to say I still just enjoy the heck out of this series and plan re-read the series as soon as I finish the last book. At this point the plan is to listen to them all on audio, but that’s subject to change after I listen to the first one.
Still one of my favorite series ever.
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 652
Challenges: TBR 2009 Challenge #12, Clear Off Your Shelves
Yes, I’m probably the last person on the planet to still be reading the end of this series for the first time. My excuse is that I’ve been keeping pace with the movies and not reading ahead of the next movie. I did finally read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix last year and watched that movie. I have been delaying this one until the release date for the movie on DVD is coming soon (December). So that’s why I haven’t read it until now. Since there’s only one more in the series after this I do plan to read it pretty soon after I watch this movie.
I’m not going to bother with a plot summary since you’ve all read it. If you are the rare person who hasn’t, you don’t want to see a plot summary anyway.
Suffice it to say I still just enjoy the heck out of this series and plan re-read the series as soon as I finish the last book. At this point the plan is to listen to them all on audio, but that’s subject to change after I listen to the first one.
Still one of my favorite series ever.
Rating 5/5 
No stars – I couldn’t even finish it
1 star – I didn’t like it but I managed to finish it.
2 stars – It was OK. Not good, but seriously just OK.
3 stars - I liked it. I didn’t think it was great, but I thought it was good entertainment.
4 stars – I really liked it. I really think you might like it too.
5 comments:
I definitely want to re-read this series eventually. Maybe after all the movies are out and then I can try and pace them all close enough to gather to catch all the connections and nuances between the books that I missed the first time around. I am glad you enjoyed this one!
There is just something about the world of Harry Potter that is purely addictive. I've been wanting to reread the series for ages. I'm almost jealous that you're still experiencing it for the first time!
Literary Feline: That's exactlty why I want to re-read them or listen to them and close together. I've read the first two more than once, but not any of the rest.
Meghan: It is a very special series. I'm still loving it and am looking forward to reading the last one fairly soon.
I've read and re-read all of these many times, yet every time I read them I discover something new.
Swapna: and that's exactly why I'm looking forward to a re-read (or listen) of the entire series ;-)
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