Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
- Read an installment of a series.
- Share your review/recommendation below.
- Include the title, author and series name.
My Series Sunday pick is Harry Potter Special 20th Anniversary Edition Box Set by J.K. Rowling. Yes, I am 20 years late to the Harry Potter bandwagon. The wizardry finally got me! Thanks to Amazon's Black Friday deal, I scored the special edition box set of books #1-7 for only $35 (originally $100)!
Of course I heard of the series, but read nary a page nor seen a minute of the movies. Though I admire howfans Potterheads stan for the series a whole two decades later. Potterheads are like the literary version of the BeyHive. So I ordered the complete bestselling series on a shopping whim and cannot wait to start in the new year. It looks quite nice under my Christmas tree with its redesigned illustrations.
My plans are to buddy read with my 9-year-old niece. We will read a book followed by watching the corresponding movie in the series, then post vlog (YouTube) and blog reviews here. Stay tuned for our journey through Harry Potter fantasy land as we read over 4,000+ pages together!
Of course I heard of the series, but read nary a page nor seen a minute of the movies. Though I admire how
"Harry Potter not knowin' his own story when every kid in our world knows his name!" ~ pg. 53
So there was this little boy who lived with an evil aunt, uncle and cousin. He slept in a cupboard under the stairs. No friends. No parents. No siblings. No parties ever. A quiet life until his 11th birthday when a giant busted in the house revealing the little boy was a famous wizard. He was a legend for defeating the greatest sorcerer in the world. And now it was time for magic school. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the little boy finds friends, flying sports, family history and magic in everything.
That little boy is Harry Potter. And I am finally introduced to him 20+ years later!
Author: J.K. Rowling
Illustrator: Brian Selznick
Illustrator: Brian Selznick
Published: August 2018
Pages: 4,320
Edition: Box Set
Rating: TBD
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