I was surprised while reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows because of how much of the book translated to the movie. It was a smart decision to split this book into two movies because there’s so much detail about the horcruxes and the attempts the trio makes in finding them. This book is the grand finale between Harry Potter and Voldemort. I wanted to share all of the details I forgot about in this book.

• Voldemort has glowing red eyes with vertical slits for pupils (in the books)
• Voldemort tells Bellatrix about Tonks marrying Lupin. Voldemort says she needs to “prune her family tree” to keep it healthy
• Dumbledore’s father, Percival, died in Azkaban after attacking three Muggles
• 1945 is the year when Dumbledore first pursued Grindelwald
• The Dursleys actually liked Kingsley Shacklebolt (only because he learned how to dress like a Muggle).
• Dudley says Harry wasn’t a waste of space. Cute.
• Petunia doesn’t say anything to Harry before she leaves. Dudley is the one who has the meaningful interaction with Harry instead.
• Thestrals were used besides broomsticks in the Seven Potters chapter.
• Harry is supposed to be heading to Tonk’s parents instead of the Burrow, like the movie.
• Hedgwig’s death in the book is FUCKING HEART WRENCHING. She’s killed and remains dead in her cage.
• Harry is forced to explode the sidecar with Hedwig’s cage in it, like make me cry more..?!?!
• Hagrid leaps off the motorbike to attack a Death Eater. I love Hagrid
• Mr. Weasley is trying to put Sirius’s bike back together, aww.
• Not mentioned in the movie, but Hermione stole Mad Eye’s Polyjuice potion (from the Seven Potters incident), and that’s how they used it in the Ministry
• The opening scene where Hermione uses Obliviate on her parents comes from the book. It’s not seen, but Hermione made her parents believe they were Wendell and Monica Wilkins and that they wanted to move to Australia. Hermione says if she survives the war, she will come back for them. She tells Harry this story to remind him how serious she is in wanting to help him defeat Voldemort.
• Ron went so far as to catch a ghoul, give him his clothes, and have his dad tell everyone Ron is sick with Spattergroit. The reasoning for this is that no one will know Ron is with Harry, finding Horcruxes. BOOK RON IS SO SMART.
• This also prevents the Weasleys from being harassed by Death Eaters
• Remorse is how you put the soul back together, but the pain of it can rip you apart.
• Ron’s random Quidditch facts are adorable.
• Mrs. Weasley gives Harry a watch with stars for his birthday. It’s a tradition for any wizard who comes of age.
• Mrs. Weasley throws Harry a birthday party with a golden snitch cake and invites Lupin, Tonks, and Hagrid to the party.
• During Bill’s wedding, Harry was giving the Polyjuice Potion and disguised as one of their “cousins” named Barny
• Arthur sends a Patronus after Bill’s wedding, letting them know they are safe.
• Harry sees a vision of Draco being forced to torture Rowle, a Death Eater, in the café.
• Harry finds a letter addressed to Sirius from Lily. Within the letter, Harry learns Sirius bought him a broomstick. His parents knew Bathilda and Dumbledore on a personal level. Finally, James lends Dumbledore the invisibility cloak. Also, they apparently had a cat.
• Kreacher was volunteered by Regulus to put the locket in the cave, along with testing all of the spells Voldemort set up.
• Voldemort left Kreacher there to suffer.
• The reason why Kreacher was saved was because Regulus summoned him home, and that magic allowed Kreacher to apparate back to Grimmauld Place.
• One of the reasons Kreacher betrayed Sirius to Voldemort (despite his horrible treatment of him in the cave) is that Kreacher was loyal to Cissy and Bella. When they wanted info, he was happy to oblige. Sirius was never kind to Kreacher, so why not betray him?
• Death Eaters are watching 12 Grimmauld Place because they know Harry was given the home by Sirius in the will.
• After the wedding, Death Eaters tortured Tonk’s parents (SAD)
• The Muggle-borns are rounded up because they’re stealing magic.
• The thought of rounding up cute eleven-year-old muggles who are attending Hogwarts for the first time is terrifying.
• In the book, they give one of the Ministry members a puking pastille instead of stunning them.
• In the book, Harry stuns Umbridge, but in the movie, he says to her, “I must not tell lies.” This was added for the movie.
• In the book, Ron loses a layer of flesh. In the movie, it looks like a deep cut.
• During Ron’s departure, Harry pulls out the Maurader’s Map and watches Ginny. It’s sad.
• Rita used Veritaserum on Bathila to write her book. Appalling.
• Inside the locket, there’s an eye.
• Xenophilius has an Erumpent horn, which can explode at the slightest touch. (Hermione read Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)
• Hermione says the cloak is the best Hallow, Harry says it’s the resurrection stone, and Ron says the wand. I think this says a lot about what these characters have gone through. Hermione has wanted to be invisible as she has been persecuted for her background. Harry wants the stone based on everyone he’s lost. Ron wants the wand because he feels inferior.
• In the book, the trio are caught after Harry says Voldemort’s name
• In the book, Bellatrix drags Hermione by her hair. ICK, this scene where she tortures Hermione is the worst.
• Dobby is so scared because he’s back at the Malfoys, where he endured all that abuse.
• I wish they kept Wormtail’s death in the movie.
• When Dobby actually dies, all he says is “Harry Potter”. This stuff about his friends was all added for dramatic effect. Personally, I think the book is sadder because Harry doesn’t get a chance to say goodbye.
• “He dug with a kind of fury, relishing the manual work, glorifying in the non-magic of it, for every drop of his sweat and every blister felt like a grin to the elf that saved their lives”
• Harry, Ron, and Dean helped bury Dobby. Ron puts shoes and socks into Dobby’s grave, and Dean puts a hat on Dobby’s head. (This is the point where I started crying)
• Malfoy’s wand (now Harry’s) is Hawthorne and Unicorn Hair 10 in.
• Ron is now using Peter Pettigrew’s wand. Chestnut and Dragon Heartstrings 9 ¾ inches.
• I love how the other two names for the Elder Wand are Wand of Destiny and Deathstick < my favorite.
• Lupin comes to Bill’s cottage to announce the birth of their son, Ted.
• The Goblets in Bellatrix’s vault have Gemino and Flagrante curses, which cause the cups to multiply and burn.
• In the book, this scene is more life-threatening. At one point, Griphook falls underneath the treasure. He’s blistering and burning.
• When the trio meets Aberforth, he reminds Harry that he’s only 17. That’s the issue. Dumbledore places this burden of carrying on the war when he shouldn’t have to worry about that to begin with.
• Neville has been standing up to Death Eaters. He refused to perform the Cruciatus Curse on students, and he defends muggles in the Muggle’s study class.
• The Death Eaters at the school went after Neville’s grandmother (since Neville was protesting at their school) and his grandmother kicked their asses. Imagine a little witch lady dueling two government dudes. The imagery. She lets Neville know she’s okay and tells him that he is his father’s son
• Ravenclaw’s entrance, of course, would make you answer a riddle for a password.
• McGonagall is fierce. “I will not permit your ineptitudes to pass onto the Hogwarts students.”
• Harry fires off a Cruciatius Curse against the Death Eater who spat in McGonagall’s face.
• The original Quidditch team (Oliver Wood, Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, and Alicia Spinnet) come back to fight at Hogwarts.
• Helena Ravenclaw, Rowena’s daughter, stole the diadem from her mother. She wanted all the wisdom. Her mother sent the Bloody Baron aka. Slytherin’s ghost after her. When she rejects his advances, he kills her, then kills himself.
• Neville lobs mandrakes over the wall.
• Neville’s grandmother comes back to fight.
• Hermione kisses Ron after he suggests evacuating the house elves. This is such a Hermione thing to do.
• Nagini is protected in a magical sphere, unlike the movie.
• Peeves dropping stuff on Death Eaters makes me happy.
• Ron punches Malfoy in the face after they stun the Death Eater who wanted to attack him.
• Luna, Ernie, and Seamus all cast Patronuses to save Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Luna has a hare, Ernie has a boar, and Seamus has a fox.
• In the book, the cage Nagini is in encases Snape, and Nagini wraps herself around Snape while attacking him.
• Snape was killed in the Shrieking Shack in Hogsmeade. It’s ironic because this is the place where he was saved by James Potter, yet this is where Snape dies.
• Petunia begged for Dumbledore to accept her to Hogwarts even though Lily got to go. Dumbledore even wrote back with a kind response
• In the King’s Cross scene, Dumbledore wears midnight blue robes (I wish they kept these in the movie)
• Dumbledore equates himself to Voldemort as he wanted to escape death and rule over Muggles with Grindelwald.
• The reason Dumbledore turned down the Minister position is that he was afraid he would be selfish with all that power.
• Voldemort summons the Sorting Hat and puts it on Neville’s head. He then lights the hat on fire which holy shit burning someone alive!?
• Neville, when confronting Voldemort, grabs the sword and decapitates Nagini.
• OMG, Mrs. Weasley telling people to stay away from Bellatrix because she’s here to finish her is a whole mood.
• As Voldemort attacks Molly after she kills Bellatrix, Harry holds a shield up to Molly. This is the moment where Voldemort knows that Harry is alive.
• Voldemort doesn’t turn to pieces like in the movie; he falls dead like any normal person would
• When Harry took Ron and Hermione to Dumbledore’s headmaster’s office, all the headmasters cheered and Dumbledore is seen crying in his frame.
• Harry uses the Elder Wand to repair his own wand, then returns the Elder Wand to Dumbledore’s grave. This will end the control it has.
• “The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years; all was well.”

When I re-read the book, the two deaths that were the hardest to accept were Dobby and Hedwig. When Dobby arrives to save Harry, there are a couple of paragraphs talking about how scared Dobby is. Malfoy Manor is a place where Dobby has been abused for decades. Despite his fear, he shows up because Harry Potter is one of the few people who respect him.

Hedwig’s death is more brutal in the book because she was killed while still in her cage. Due to various circumstances, Harry is forced to blow up Hagrid’s motorbike, which had Hedwig’s cage in it. He couldn’t even bury his owl, who provided him peace while he lived with the Dursleys.

2019 was the year I re-read the Harry Potter series. It was touching to re-read these books that meant so much to me.

This is my fifth year filling out Perpetual Page Turner’s End of Year Book Survey. I discovered this survey back in 2015, and I like how detailed the questions are. 2019 was an exceptional reading year for me, as it was the year when I read the most! I came in at 53 books, graphic novels, and comics this year. In past years, I had a few life events come up that prevented me from reading more. If I could sum up my reading year in 2019, it would be: the year I re-read all the Harry Potter books, and I put an emphasis on re-reading my favorite books. In 2020, I’m going to attempt to re-read more of my favorite books, along with trying to read more nonfiction books. Here are my 2019 reading answers:

**2019 Reading Stats**

Number Of Books You Read: 53
Number of Re-Reads: 7 with all the Harry Potter books. 
Genre You Read The Most From: Fantasy and Comics 

1. Best Book You Read In 2019?

I started reading the Mr. Mercedes trilogy while on vacation in Orlando. I didn’t mind the first book, but this book made me continue with the series. Stephen King does an excellent job creating this cat & mouse chase between Mr. Mercedes and Bill Hodges. The chemistry between Bill Hodges, Jerome, and Holly is great, and I like seeing them solving various crimes. I highly recommend reading this series by Stephen King because it proves, after all this time,that he can still write a thrilling series.

2. Book You Were Excited About & Thought You Were Going To Love More But Didn’t?

Comics are one of my favorite genres to read. When I heard about this book about a romance between two characters of rival comic book companies, I felt I would truly love reading this book. This wasn’t a bad book, but it wasn’t my favorite read of this year.

3. Best Series I Started? Best Sequel of 2019? Best Series Ender?

I became a fan of Marie Lu after reading Warcross last year. I decided to revisit some of her earlier books, where I started reading Legend. This series appealed to me because of the action sequences, the twists, and the romance between June and Day. Additionally, I read Prodigy, the second book in the series, and it’s still a great story. I plan on reading the third and final book in the series in 2020.

4. Book You “Pushed” The Most People To Read (And They Did)?

Out of all the Queer Eye hosts, Jonathan Van Ness is my favorite. This is the book where JVN talks about how they found out they were HIV+. They also highlight the importance of Planned Parenthood for low-income communities. Reading their story brought tears to my eyes, but it also helped to decrease the stigma that still surrounds STDs. I also identified with JVN’s struggle with the loss of their step-dad to cancer. It hit way too close to home for me, but it was cathartic to read about someone I could identify with.

To answer the actual question, I loaned this book to my friend and she read it.

5. Favorite new author you discovered in 2019?

This book was really good. It was easily a contender for being the best book I read in 2019.

6. Most action-packed/thrilling/unputdownable book of the year?

Any book Ashley Elston writes is a must-read for me. My favorite book of 2017 was This is Our Story, which is an Ashley Elston book. I ended up reading over half of this book in one sitting because I couldn’t put it down. If you haven’t read any of her books, you absolutely need to.

7. Favorite Non-Romantic Relationship Of The Year

Harry and Hermione are proof men and women can be friends. I personally like Ron and Hermione ending up together because they’re opposite of each other. I feel book Ron and book Hermione are a better couple then their movie counterparts.

8. Favorite Book You Read in 2019 From An Author You’ve Read Previously

Wildcard wasn’t as good as Warcross in my opinion, but I still love this book series. I can’t wait for the third book to be released.

9. Book That Made You Cry Or Nearly Cry in 2019?

I’m nominating Deathly Hallows. Dobby and Hedwig both got to me. Dobby’s death is especially depressing because there’s a paragraph where it talks about how scared Dobby is to be back in the Malfoy mansion. This is the place where he experienced the most abuse, but Dobby overcomes his fears to save Harry because of how much Harry means to Dobby. Are you crying? or is it just me?

10. Hidden Gem Of The Year?

Mad Cave Comics is a comic studio I discovered earlier this year. They graciously sent a couple of comics to me, so I could review them. Midnight Task Force was my favorite out of the three series I received, but this studio is seriously going places. I wouldn’t be surprised if I see them at more comic book conventions I attend in the future.

1. New favorite book blog/Bookstagram/Youtube channel you discovered in 2019?

I recently started subscribing to Whatpaigeisit as she does comic book reviews. She also does cosplay makeup tutorials and general vlogging. I adore her work and I find different comics to read because of her.

2. Best moment of bookish/blogging life in 2019?

Reading 53 books! This is the most I have ever read and I want this to continue into 2020.

3. Most challenging thing about blogging or your reading life this year?

I had no challenges. This was a great reading year for me.

4. Best bookish discover (book related sites, book stores, etc.)?

Making Cream & Amber my new go-to bookstore. Shop local if possible!

 1. Series Ending/A Sequel You Are Most Anticipating in 2020?

I’m interested in reading the third book in the Legend series by Marie Lu.

2. One Thing You Hope To Accomplish Or Do In Your Reading/Blogging Life In 2020?

I want to re-read more books this next year in 2020 and I want to read more nonfiction books.

Happy Reading in 2020!

Lately, I have been driving to my local comic book store somewhat regularly. Since my comics reading has increased, I have been reading comics faster than I can write reviews. I wanted to share the comics I read and my thoughts about them.

The Prometheite by Ari S. Mulch

This graphic novel was one I backed on Kickstarter in June of this year. Ari is a LGBTQIA+ creator who launched this campaign during Pride Month. This novel is a sapphic retelling of Frankenstein. Frankenstein and Gothic literature are one of my favorite genres to read. This novel captures the essence of the story. The artwork is dark with the use of black and white panels. The only other color used is red. The red is used sparsely; however, when it’s utilized, it creates this horrific theme within the story. Ari Mulch can be found on Instagram. I rated this five stars on Goodreads.

Paper Girls Volume #4

If anyone else reads Paper Girls, the first few trade paperbacks don’t go into why everything is happening, while this one gives more story background. Paper Girls stars four newspaper girls out delivering the newspaper in the 80s. These girls witness an alien invasion of sorts, which leads them to time-travel. It’s been fun reading all the ’80s references. Recently, the girls traveled to Y2K. I was only six when Y2K happened, so there’s a lot I don’t remember. It’s fun reading about it in this graphic novel. Despite my earlier thoughts, I recommend reading the series. The artwork is great, and it’s clear Brian K. Vaughan has crafted an intricate story. I rated Paper Girls Volume #4 four stars on Goodreads.

Riri Williams as Ironheart Issue #1

Ever since Riri Williams was announced to take over Iron Man in 2016, I knew I needed to eventually read this. I picked this first issue up in February during my Universal Trip on the Marvel Island side of the park. I loved Riri’s Ironheart suit. I highly recommend purchasing this comic. I rated this five stars on Goodreads.

During Small Business Saturday (November 30th), I picked up quite a few comics to read. There will be more comic reviews, and I will probably write them in this format. Happy Comics Reading, everyone!

I purchased Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren back in February for my trip to Orlando. Whenever I fly, I don’t like to pack books because they’re heavy and take up too much space in my luggage. While I purchased this book eight months ago, I finally finished it this month. Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating is one of the best romance / contemporary novels I have read and is a contender for being the best book I read in 2019.

Hazel Bradford is an eccentric elementary school teacher. She has a variety of pets living in her one-bedroom apartment in Portland, including a fish named Daniel Craig. Many men Hazel has dated feel she’s a little much for them. Hazel reconnects with Josh Im, whom she originally met in college by puking on his shoes. Josh is the brother of Hazel’s best friend, and he’s more mellow than Hazel. After Josh finds out his girlfriend is cheating on him, Hazel sets him up on a date. This leads to both Josh and Hazel double-dating with the people they set each other up with. Hazel and Josh start to build a friendship, but are they meant to be together?

One reason I instantly became attached to this book is that it reminds me of my relationship. I’m the one who has my head in the clouds. I talk about all the traveling I want to do in my lifetime, whereas my fiancé is the rational one. Can I afford to travel? How much do I have in my 401k? I believe this is the reason we work well together. I lift my fiancé up in the air with me, but he brings me down to earth. Hazel and Josh’s relationship is similar to my relationship in real life.

Hazel is a character I want to be best friends with in real life. Hazel doesn’t conform or change her personality for any of her romantic partners. In one instance, Hazel goes on a date wearing a cow print tank top, a denim skirt, and green cowboy boots. This is an outfit I would never wear, but I think it’s endearing how Hazel is who she is. Josh is the complete opposite of Hazel as he’s quiet, resolved, and put together. He’s a genuinely great guy and deserves to feel appreciated in any relationship he’s in.

In the last quarter of the book, the plot takes a personal turn. I’m not going to reveal what this is because it would be a huge spoiler. Many reviews I read toward Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating are that this plot twist is unnecessary and dramatic. I personally disagree. I believe the book does a beautiful job of highlighting this personal experience that many women have gone through. My spoiler-filled review of this book is on my Goodreads account if you feel inclined to read what this event happens to be.

Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating is an adorable, personal contemporary novel. Hazel and Josh are well-crafted characters, and their dating experiences are awkward yet realistic. This book warrants a re-read for me, and I wish Christina Lauren would write a sequel all about Hazel & Josh raising their kids. I would buy it in a heartbeat.

I’m close to meeting my Goodreads goal of having read fifty books in 2019. This is a superb reading year for me. It’s become difficult to write book reviews on this site because I read faster than I can type reviews. I wanted to write a review for Wildcard by Marie Lu because it’s the second book in the Warcross series. Warcross was one of my favorite series I read in 2018, so it holds a special place in my bibliophile heart.  Despite Warcross’s strong start, Wildcard is a weaker addition to the series.

*spoilers from Warcross & Wildcard down below, be aware*

Wildcard begins immediately after Warcross with Hideo Tanaka’s neurolink going online. This neurolink forces anyone who has committed a crime or thought about committing a crime to turn themselves in to the police. Emika feels betrayed by Hideo because she feels no one should have this type of power, even if Hideo’s intentions are good. Emika is contacted by Zero, who is revealed at the end of Warcross to be Hideo’s missing brother, Sasuke. Zero gives Emika a way to shut down the neurolink by being recruited by Zero’s group, the Blackcoats. As Emika investigates further into Sasuke’s past, she uncovers a shocking horror into what happened with Sasuke and how this leads to the Blackcoats’ true intentions.

Sasuke’s backstory is tragic. I’m not going to reveal any of it because I don’t want to give massive spoilers in this review. I wouldn’t say I shed any tears for Sasuke, but his backstory allowed him to be manipulated by high-ranking individuals who weren’t looking out for his best interests.

Marie Lu excels at crafting morally complex characters. The villain’s methodology is completely wrong, but their intentions are good. This type of character creation enables open discussion about the implications of Wildcard in our current society. Hideo can be considered a villain as well because even though he has good intentions in trying to decrease crime, he has also caused mass suicides of criminals and innocent people. In my opinion, Hideo is more of an anti-hero because his intentions are good, but the outcome is severe.

Wildcard builds off of my OTPs, including Hammie & Asher and Roshan & Tremaine. I don’t ship Emika with Hideo because Emika is fiercely intelligent, and she deserves someone who will listen to her, and Hideo doesn’t.

As I mentioned, Wildcard is a weaker addition in the series because the final battle drags on forever. I found myself losing focus while reading because the virtual elements were confusing to picture in my mind. I never lost my focus reading Warcross, whereas Wildcard felt too long.

Wildcard isn’t terrible, but could be better. I initially gave this book three stars on Goodreads, but seeing the return of the Phoenix Riders along with the addition of new characters allowed me to give this book four stars. It’s not as great as Warcross, but it’s still a worthy sequel to this neon gaming world.

The Half Blood Prince is my favorite Harry Potter novel. It’s the book that sets up the massive battle at Hogwarts and reveals how Voldemort has survived all these years. When my dad read the book to me, I was able to connect all the details established in earlier books. This is one of the reasons I adore the series because of how each book builds upon it’s predecessor. As always, I wanted to share all the details I had forgotten about as I re-read this book.

• The Half Blood Prince book opens with the current British Prime Minister speaking to Fudge through a permanent portrait stuck on the wall.
• Fudge has been updating the Prime Minister about the tragedies throughout the books including Black’s Prison Break, the Triwizard Cup and Voldemort’s Return.
• Fudge does address Black’s death not being regretful, but knowing he made a mistake… GROSS.
• Dementors are reproducing which is causing all the mist in Britain. I wonder how Dementor’s reproduce..?
• Fudge was blackmailed by Voldemort to not interfere with the bridge collapsing. Definitely forgot about this small detail.
• As Bellatrix and Narcissa go to Snape’s, Bellatrix kills a fox because she’s evil.
• Dumbledore picks Harry up at Privet Drive versus at the train station in the movies.
• Voldemort is practicing Occlumency against Harry, so he isn’t having any bad dreams.
• Most wizard homes are protected against unwanted apparators.
• Arthur got a promotion at the Ministry, he’s now the head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects.
• Hermione, Ginny and Mrs. Weasley aren’t hugely fond of Fleur and Bill’s relationship at first.
• Hearing how Harry feels after he tells Hermione and Ron about the prophecy and how they will stand by him is heartwarming.
• Both Ollivander and Florean who sold ice cream in Diagon Alley were kidnapped.
• Diagon Alley isn’t as colorful and everyone shopping there seemed very anxious.
• Fred and George made shield spell clothing that even the Ministry bought for protection.
• Ginny bought a pygmy puff and named it Arnold, how cute.
• Tonks is the first one who finds Harry and not Luna like in the movie. This is after Draco curses Harry on the Hogwarts Express. Both Tonks and Harry have to leap off the moving train back onto Hogwarts property.
• Quote from McGonagall, “it’s high time your grandmother learned to be proud of the grandson she’s got, rather than the one she thinks she ought to have.” YESSS!
• I love that Dumbledore’s passwords are all candy. Acid Pops.
• The first memory they look at is from Bob Ogden, an employee at the Magical Law Enforcement office at the Ministry of Magic. Tracked down by Dumbledore, he received Bob’s memories.
• Ogden is attacked by Morfin, where his father, Mr. Gaunt, comes out and tells his son via parsel tongue to go back into the home.
• Merlope is the daughter and she’s consistently abused by her father. She’s also a squib.
• Gaunt shows Ogden a family ring referencing the Peverell coat (Deathly Hallows foreshadowing?) (Tales of Beetle and the Bard).
• Gaunt is the last living relatives of Salazar Slytherin.
• Morfin cast a spell on a muggle which caused painful hives on his skin.
• Merlope likes the man named Tom, that’s why Morfin cursed that particular muggle.
• Marvolo was Voldemort’s grandfather. Both Marvolo and Morfin spent time in Azkaban for the muggle attack and fighting the Ministry as they were being arrested.
• Merlope gave a love potion to Tom Riddle, became pregnant with his child and then stopped giving him the love potion. Tom left her never to be seen by Merope again.
• Marvolo was never the same after Azkaban and died after being released.
• Stan Shunpike was arrested after being suspected as a Death Eater (this might be Rufus Scrimgeour’s idea of trying to attempt to fix the situation, Stan may not be a Death Eater).
• Harry accidentally casts Levicorpus non-verbally on Ron which caused him to lift Ron upside down in the air.
• Ron is insecure in his lack of experience with girls. I think it’s interesting as he’s only 16 in this book and how these stereotypes are presented in Wizarding society.
• Ron became aggressive to Hermione because of knowing that she had experience with Krum. This might be good social commentary about how when women “have experience” they are ostracized for it even from Ron.
• Hermione sent her “birds” after Ron which actually left Ron injured with cuts and bruises.
• Ron did a really cruel impression of Hermione in front of their Transfiguration class. I have to say book Ron is a huge jerk.
• Hermione saying she’s taking Cormac to Slughorn’s party. She says she dates good Quidditch players. SAVAGE.
• Rufus Scrimgeour is a vampire apparently? Luna tells Harry this before Slughorn’s party.
• Lupin was bitten by Greyback after his father offended Greyback.
• Lupin is undercover with werewolves to try and get them on the side of the Order.
• Kreacher gives Harry maggots for Christmas.
• Scrimgeour wants Harry wandering around the Ministry so everyone can see that he’s on their side. As an exchange, Harry could meet Gawain Robards, the head of the Auror office. How rich.
• Harry is so salty with his convo page 346.
• When Tom Riddle came to Hogwarts, the staff was impressed by him. He was talented, eager for knowledge and he seemed polite.
• Dumbledore always mistrusted Tom (this can be seen by the diary Tom kept).
• Riddle’s friends at Hogwarts were the first Death Eaters in his command.
• Tom tried to find more of his family, but as he searched the trophy room, there was no record of his father. This allowed him to find out that his father was never a wizard. He also tried to trace his relatives through his Marvolo name given by the orphanage through Merlope Gaunt.
• As Voldemort found Morfin, he took Morfin’s wand to kill the Riddle Family including Tom Riddle senior (Voldemort’s father and grand parents).
• Morfin was accused of the crime and confessed to it. Morfin died in Azkaban mourning the loss of his father’s ring.
• Dumbledore believes Tom planted a false memory in Morfin’s mind to make him believe he killed the family.
• The Ministry can detect underage magic, but not the perpetrator.
• If Slughorn’s memory of talking with Riddle, he’s already wearing the ring. Meaning he committed those murders while attending Hogwarts.
• Tom Riddle was a prefect at Hogwarts.
• Ron’s birthday is March 1^st.
• Harry falls off his broom during the Hufflepuff game (isn’t this the 2^nd loss to Hufflepuff the first time being in the third book) Cormac kept shouting orders and taking the beaters bat to hit a bludger… what a jack ass.
• Harry calls for Kreacher to spy on Malfoy. When he calls for him, Dobby appears. When Kreacher insults Harry, Dobby punches him. Dobby is much more vital in the books than the movies.
• Voldemort after completing his 7^th year at Hogwarts began working at Borgin & Burkes.
• Voldemort wanted to teach at Hogwarts because it was his home, although there was magic along with influence among the staff.
• As an employee of Borgin and Burkes, this allowed Voldemort to find Helga Hufflepuff’s goblet.
• Voldemort also gets Salazar Slytherin’s locket from Hepzibah Smith (an old witch lady)
• Two days after Voldemort met with Smith, she was found dead. The house elf, Hokey was accused of the crime.
• By the time Voldemort appeared before Dumbledore for the job interview, Voldemort already had a sickly appearance, not quite snake like and he abandoned his muggle name.
• Ron is the one who thinks Harry should use Felix on Slughorn.
• Fenir Greyback is attacking more kids especially if their parents don’t help the Death Eaters. This happened to the Montgomery family, their little brother died after the attack.
• Hermione passed her apparition test while Ron failed because he left half an eyebrow behind.
• During the burial of Aragog, Slughorn brings down booze to drink. He had house elves taste it first to make sure it wasn’t poison.
• The careless act of not concealing the diary showed to Dumbledore that Voldemort had created more than one horcrux. If he hadn’t he would have protected the diary better.
• When counting horcruxes, Voldemort has 6 with the 7^th being his soul in his body.
• Dumbledore believes Voldemort wanted a position at the school for recruitment, but also to find more horcruxes.
• Throughout the memories, Harry feels the locket and the goblet are horcruxes while Dumbledore gives Harry the impression Nagini is a horcrux too.
• Voldemort was going to use the murder of Harry and his family as a horcrux.
• Lucius, believing Voldemort to be dead, used the diary for his own political gain. He didn’t recognize that he was holding a part of his master’s soul. It’s also why in the later movies, Voldemort seems to be consistently punishing Lucius because of his failure at the ministry, but for also allowing his diary to be destroyed so mercilessly.
• Voldemort singled out Harry because of the prophecy, but if he would have done nothing, the prophecy wouldn’t have come true.
• The reason Voldemort couldn’t possess Harry is because of his love inflicted by his mother when she died to save him.
• As Harry understands the prophecy, Harry realizes he doesn’t have to kill Voldemort. It’s because Voldemort will stop at nothing to kill Harry that if Harry wants to live, he has to stop Voldemort in the end.
• Malfoy is seen crying in Myrtle’s Bathroom fear of failing Voldemort.
• Harry was forced to copy records of old Hogwarts punishments which included transgressions from James and Sirius while they were at Hogwarts.
• Harry and Ginny’s first kiss was after Gryffindor won the house cup with Ginny playing as seeker. Score was 450 to 140.
• The night Dumbledore hired Trelawny was the night she made the prophecy regarding Harry.
• On the night Snape heard Trelawny, he told Voldemort originally about the prophecy. Snape had no idea that it would be Harry and his parents who were being targeted.
• “It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.” Page 566.
• The liquid potion is emerald in the books versus in the movie it’s clear.
• In the book, Dumbledore responds to the Inferi rather quickly where Harry isn’t pulled into the water versus in the movie, Harry is dragged into the water.
• Harry apparated Dumbledore back, that’s quite an achievement.
• The Dark Mark appears in the sky when Harry gets back with Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore tells Malfoy to not use the term mud blood, Go Dumbledore fighting against slurs.
• Dumbledore never approached Malfoy, because if he did Malfoy would have failed and Voldemort would have killed him (regarding Malfoy’s involvement in the necklace and for giving the poison to Ron accidentally). Also since Voldemort is great at Legilimency, he would have been able to tell Malfoy was lying.
• Dumbledore offers Malfoy and his mother protection if Draco comes to the Order.
• Draco is surprised Greyback came. It seems Malfoy has empathy and didn’t want to bring Greyback with.
• Greyback, Amycus, Alecto and Malfoy are with Dumbledore that night.
• As Harry leaves the tower, he stuns two Death Eaters one was Greyback. The other was unnamed.
• Ginny was dueling Amycus, the brother when Harry stuns him.
• McGonagal causes Alecto to run off.
• Buckbeak attacks Snape in the book, why wasn’t this included in the movie???????
• Harry straightens Dumbledore’s spectacles on his nostrils when he approaches his body after it fell off the tower.
• The body referenced by Malfoy (in the tower Malfoy says someone died), is Bill Weasley as this was the moment he was attacked by Greyback.
• THEY USED THE LAST OF THE FELIX POTION IN THE FIGHT!? Why is this not in the movie.
• Harry tells everyone what he knows about Snape and how he told Voldemort about the prophecy.
• Hermione and Luna were outside Snape’s door when Snape urged them to check on Flitwick because he collapsed when in actuality he jinxed him.
• Almost immediately, Dumbledore appeared in his own portrait in his old office.
• Dumbledore’s death is hitting me more than I thought, “The phoenix had gone, had left Hogwarts for good, just as Dumbledore had left the school, the world. . . had left Harry” 😦 😦 😦 😦 😦 😦
• EWWW Umbridge is at Dumbledore’s funeral.
• Ginny always loved Harry, but she dated other people to get away from him.

One of my favorite facts I wrote in this list is the one I made bold. During the battle near the tower, I believe it’s Ginny who mentions the reason they’re all alive is because they took the rest of Harry’s Felix potion. This isn’t mentioned at all in the movie, but I feel this allows Harry’s main group of friends to survive and fight at the tower.

My Harry Potter re-read is coming to a close. Onto The Deathly Hallows.

I thought I had already written this post, but I hadn’t! I finished Order of the Phoenix a month ago and forgot how much was left out of the movie. I thought Order of the Phoenix would be a pain to read due to its length, but it was more enjoyable than I remember, despite Umbridge being a main character. Here is everything I forgot from Order of the Phoenix.

• Poor Dudley puked on the floor from the Dementor encounter.
• Aunt Petunia knew what Dementors were.
• Uncle Vernon recognizes Lore Voldemort’s name and how he was gone. When Harry tells Vernon that Voldemort is back, Vernon actually looks scared.
• “Remember My Last Petunia.” That was a great Howler.
• Tonks sent a letter to the Dursleys, saying they won “best kept lawn.” The Dursleys cash in on their prize, leaving Harry home alone.
• Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, and Hestia Jones are all witches and wizards who show up to escort Harry out of the Dursleys’ home.
• Tonks got top marks as an Auror for her ability to change her appearance. It was the “conceal & disguise” test as an Auror. She just passed this test recently.
• Metamorphmagus are born, not made. Very rare.
• Harry became “disillusioned” when he flew to 12 Grimmauld Place. This meant Harry became a human chameleon.
• Percy was hired up into the Ministry to be a spy for Arthur, since Arthur is working with Dumbledore. This is punishment for Percy because he couldn’t see that Barty Crouch was under the Imperius Curse. Percy moves out and doesn’t speak to his family.
• Evanesco makes things disappear. Used in the Order of the Phoenix’s plans to make them disappear so Harry couldn’t see them.
• Sirius is stuck in Grimmauld Place because Wormtail revealed Voldemort’s return and told the Ministry that Sirius is an animagus. The ministry would be looking for a Black Dog wandering around.
• Sirius and Molly debate whether Harry should know what the Order is discussing. Molly says Sirius isn’t a great role model and wants to protect Harry. Sirius reminds Molly that Harry isn’t her biological son.
• Molly makes a good point. Harry isn’t an adult. He is only 15 years old. Being older, reading this book, Sirius does come across as a bit immature.
• Kingsley Shacklebolt has been feeding false information to the Ministry, such as strange places Sirius Black has been spotted.
• Dumbledore’s been demoted from Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot because he announces Voldemort’s return. They also debated taking away his Order of Merlin, First Class.
• Didn’t know “breakfasted” was a word. Harry and his friends “breakfasted” rather quickly. Page 101
• Buckbeak is hiding out at 12 Grimmauld Place upstairs in Sirius’s mom’s bedroom.
• Sirius was a disappointment to his mom, “broke her heart”. According to Kreacher.
• Sirius can’t “release” Kreacher because he knows too much about the Order.
• Sirius’s Uncle Alphard left him gold. Helped him get his own place at age 17 and allowed him to escape his insufferable family.
• Sirius’s family suffered from “pure-blood mania,” where they wouldn’t look at a person who wasn’t “pure-blood.” The Black family thought they were royalty.
• Regulus became a Death Eater (first mention of his brother) and was killed by Voldemort (we find out that’s not entirely accurate).
• Sirius’s family originally supported Voldemort’s ideology. Once they realized what Voldemort would do to get that power, his family started to fear him.
• Nigellus was Sirius Black’s great-great-grandfather, who was the most hated head master at Hogwarts.
• Araminta Meliflua was a relative who wanted Muggle Hunting legalized.
• Aunt Elladora would behead her house elves when they couldn’t lift tea anymore.
• Tonks is related to Sirius, and she’s also a half blood, her mom being a witch and her dad being a Muggle named Ted.
• Sirius is technically related to the Weasleys and Draco Malfoy.
• Sirius yells at Harry when Harry says Sirius didn’t mention he was related to Bellatrix.
• 12 Grimmauld Place is unplottable (mentioned in the Goblet of Fire) and can’t be located on a map.
• Kreacher actually cried when Sirius threw out a golden ring with the family crest on it.
• Dumbledore ordered Sirius to stay at the Order while Harry went to his trial (much to Sirius’s chagrin)
• Sirius seems angrier in the book than in the movie. Being stuck in his house and not being able to go outside is taking a toll on him.
• Harry and Mr. Weasley entered through a red telephone booth. I can’t remember if that happened in the movie or not.
• Harry is on level #2 in the Ministry of Magic, that’s one of the top floors, I believe. In the movie, it makes it seem like Harry is going underground.
• Harry enters the same courtroom used in Dumbledore’s memories with Barty Crouch Jr.
• Fudge keeps saying he “wants this over with.” Meaning Fudge wants to quickly expel Harry because of what he’s been saying about Voldemort’s return. That’s really gross.
• Harry donates his galleons to Mungo’s after being cleared of all charges.
• Hermione makes a comment about how Sirius isn’t sure if Harry is Harry or James. Imagine how Sirius must feel. His best friend is murdered, he’s imprisoned wrongly, and he sees his best friend’s son, who looks exactly like him. That must be tough for him.
• Ron becomes a prefect and Mrs. Weasley is so excited.
• Harry felt he should have gotten the prefect badge because of everything he’s done. For once, Ron has beaten Harry in something, and it makes Harry say some awful comments. This is definitely a toxic side to Harry.
• Lupin was the prefect when James and Sirius were in school.
• Moody gives Harry the picture of the original Order of the Phoenix.
• Marlene McKinnon is a witch in the picture, and her whole family was murdered two weeks after the picture was taken.
• Benjy Fenwick is a wizard in the Order of the Phoenix who was also killed after the photo was taken.
• Edgar Bones was also killed after the photo was taken.
• Caradoc Dearborn vanished 6 months later, never to be seen again
• Hagrid was also in the Order of the Phoenix
• It took 5 Death Eaters to kill Gideon Prewett and his brother Fabian
• Aberforth Dumbledore was also in the Order of the Phoenix
• Dorcas Meadowes was murdered by Voldemort himself
• Harry found the photograph to be disturbing, and after Moody shows it to Harry, he runs off. Their happy faces in the picture without knowing their demise. I feel for Harry, as I would probably be disturbed looking at this photograph as well.
• Molly, seeing her dead family members as her boggart, was really sad.
• Seeing the photograph, Harry was forced to grow up. This is what Molly was referring to; he is still a 15-year-old kid.
• Luna is a 4th-year. I assumed she was in the same year as Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• Neville brings his Mimbulus Mimbletonia on the Hogwarts Express. It squirts dark green liquid that smells terrible. Poor Harry gets a face full of it.
• Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson are the prefects for Slytherin house.
• Ron and Hermione initially don’t know that Harry gave the twins his Triwizard Tournament money.
• Ron wants to be an auror!
• Draught of Peace is a potion that’s supposed to decrease anxiety. It’s super complicated to make.
• Ron and Hermione call Harry out for his rude behavior. (Harry is constantly yelling at Ron and Hermione)
• I can sympathize with Harry. He’s sent to McGonagall’s office, and she tells him to keep his temper under control.
• Bowtruckles are taught in their lesson.
• Hermione is initially super rude to Luna, and Harry puts her in her place.
• Sturgis Podmore (member of the Order of the Phoenix & who picked up Harry in the beginning) was arrested and sentenced to Azkaban for 6 months. He was convicted of stealing from the Ministry of Magic. Was this a lure by the Ministry to take down allies of Dumbledore?
• Fred & George accidentally gave Katie Bell a blood blisterpod, and now she has to go to the hospital wing.
• Percy writes to Ron letting him know he should cut ties with Harry. What an idiot.
• Umbridge is proposing policies to discriminate against werewolves and merpeople. It’s also made it difficult for Remus to get a job.
• Sirius made a comment, “You’re less like your father than I thought.” As far as Sirius risking his safety to see Harry. It’s not Harry’s responsibility to be exactly like his father. That’s an unfair statement for Sirius to make.
• Hog’s Head is where Harry meets the soon-to-be members of Dumbledore’s Army. It’s also the same place where Hagrid won Norbert.
• The people who showed up were. . .
  • Neville
  • Dean Thomas
  • Lavender Brown
  • Parvati and Padma Patil
  • Cho & one of her friends
  • Luna
  • Katie Bell
  • Alicia Spinnet
  • Angelina Johnson
  • Colin Creevy & his brother Dennis
  • Ernie Macmillian
  • Justin Finch Fletchley
  • Hannah Abbott
  • Random Ravenclaw students
  • Fred & George Weasley
  • Lee Jordan
  • Ginny Weasley
• Foreshadowing! Cho’s friend shows up, and she doesn’t look happy to be there. This is the same friend who rats out Dumbledore’s army to Umbridge
• Susan Bones, a Hufflepuff student whose aunt served on Harry’s trial, also showed up at Hog’s Head.
• Random fact: if a boy goes up to the girls’ dormitory, the stairs turn into a slide.
• Umbridge’s rule of “no clubs.” Also includes Quidditch. The Gryffindor team had to reapply to be able to play Quidditch. What an evil person.
• Sirius finds out about Dumbledore’s Army from Mundungus, who was in the Hog’s Head listening and following Harry. Sirius feels a sense of pride with Harry acting more like James.
• Sirius contacts Harry through the flames, and Umbridge’s hand arises from the ashes to squish out the flames. Another reason why she sucks.
• Dobby is the one who tells Harry about the Room of Requirement in the book.
• Dumbledore’s Army completes their first lesson on practicing Expelliarmus.
• Hermione gives all the members of the Army a coin that’s been put under the Protean Charm. Any time Harry changes the meeting, the coins grow hot and change to the date on the other member’s coins. That’s awesome.
• Crabbe & Goyle are Slytherin Beaters this year.
• Harry beats Malfoy AGAIN in Quidditch. Unfortunately, Ron let in most of the goals as the Keeper.
• Umbridge gives Harry and George a lifetime ban from playing Quidditch after Fred & George pummel Malfoy after he throws insults about their mom.
• Hagrid goes to find the giants with Madame Maxine, unlike in the movie, but it appears he goes by himself.
• Hagrid was negotiating with a giant named Karkus, except he was killed by another giant named Golgomath. Gologomath was the giant who injured Hagrid. Hagrid saw the Death Eaters approaching the giants.
• Hagrid teaches about thestrals in his first lesson back at Hogwarts. Meanwhile, Umbridge is super racist and rudely asks students if they can hear him because he’s a giant.
• Umbridge announces that thestrals are classified by the Ministry as dangerous. The Ministry of Magic is a corrupt government society.
• Dobby decorated the Room of Requirement for Christmas. How cute.
• Ginny replaces Harry as the Gryffindor seeker.
• Dumbledore’s headmaster portraits are displayed in other areas, so they can go to and from the Ministry and St. Mungo’s as needed.
• Dumbledore starts ordering Phineas to send a message to the Order. This is the same Phineas who is related to Sirius Black, who was also one of the worst Headmasters in Hogwarts’ history.
• Immediately after meeting with Dumbledore, Harry & the Weasleys use a portkey to go back to Grimmauld Place. McGonagall has to distract Umbridge from finding out the boys were walking around Hogwarts late at night.
• There’s an argument about whether or not the Weasley kids can go see their father. The Order doesn’t want the Ministry to know Harry is having visions. It would look rather suspicious if they showed up at the hospital without anyone telling them about Arthur’s attack.
• Mungo’s is disguised as a red brick building titled Purge and Dowse Ltd.
• The logo of St. Mungo’s was a wand and a bone crossed together.
• Dilys Derwint was a former healer (not doctor), and she was one of the headmaster’s portraits in Dumbledore’s office.
• The floors of St. Mungo’s are as follows:
  • Ground Floor – Artifact Accidents (wand backfiring, broom crashes)
  • First Floor – Creature-Induced Injuries
  • Second Floor – Magical Bugs (Dragon Pox or Scrofungulus)
  • Third Floor – Potions (rashes, uncontrollable giggling)
  • Fourth Floor – Spell Damage (jinxes, hexes, etc.)
  • Fifth Floor – Visitor’s Tea Room and Hospital Gift Shop
• Arthur says every time they take off his bandages, he keeps bleeding. It must be the snake’s poison that’s preventing him from being able to stop the bleeding.
• Next to Arthur is a man who was bitten by a werewolf, and there’s no cure for that.
• Harry thinks about leaving Grimmauld Place after hearing about how he could be possessed by Voldemort.
• Phineas Nigellus tells Harry a message from Dumbledore instructing him not to leave Grimmauld Place.
• Ginny is much better in the books than in the movies. Ginny reminds Harry that she knows what it’s like to be possessed by Voldemort. Ginny couldn’t remember where she was when she was possessed by Voldemort. Since Harry has been in control of his thoughts, it’s clear he isn’t being possessed.
• Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny see Professor Lockhart, and the healer accompanying him is impressed that he has “visitors.” Apparently, no one has visited Lockhart since being admitted to St. Mungo’s.
• I forgot how terrible Neville’s grandmother is. She says that Neville doesn’t have his father’s talents.
• Neville’s grandmother accuses Neville of being ashamed of his parents. She proceeds to tell the group how they were Aurors and they were tortured.
• Alice Longbottom gives Neville one of her bubble gum wrappers, to which Neville sadly puts the wrapper in his pocket.
• Sirius and Snape have a huge fight, which leads to Sirius pulling out his wand and Harry getting in the middle. It’s rather immature that a fifteen-year-old boy has to get between them.
• Legilimency is the ability to extract feelings and memories from another person’s mind. Occlumency helps protect someone from that.
• Being skilled in legilimency doesn’t mean someone can read minds, but rather know if someone is lying to them.
• Someone usually has to make eye contact with them to use Legilimency.
• Hogwarts has protections that protect students’ minds from outside sources.
• Resisting Legilimency is similar to resisting the Imperius Curse.
• The spell is Legilimens.
• Harry starts randomly laughing as he is on his way to his bed. It’s because Voldemort is really happy, and it caused Harry to feel that way too.
• There was the murder of Broderick Bode. He was injured at the Department of Mysteries, and someone delivered Devil’s Snare to his bedside, where it strangled him. Harry met him talking to Arthur Weasley, and Ron remembers his dad talking about him.
• The prisoners breaking out of Azkaban have shaped how people view Harry’s story of Voldemort’s return. The Ministry seems unorganized in how they are dealing with the prison breakout.
• The breakout motivates Neville to improve on his spells. He is the one who learns the spells the quickest, aside from Hermione.
• Wood was recruited into professional Quidditch by Puddlemere United.
• Cho always wants to talk about Cedric, and she asks Harry about whether he asked about her before he died.
• Hermione writes to Rita Skeeter and brings Luna with her. They plan on writing Harry’s side of the story in the Quibbler (I forgot about that.)
• Ginny would steal Fred and George’s brooms when she was six.
• Ginny caught the snitch in their game against Hufflepuff, but they still lost because Ron let in so many goals. Angelina was hit in the mouth with a bludger.
• Harry in the Quibbler article named Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle’s fathers as current Death Eaters.
• Bode (the man who was murdered from St. Mungo’s was under the Imperius Curse by Lucius Malfoy (I believe he learns this from a dream by Voldemort)
• Dumbledore hires Firenze, a centaur, to replace Trelawny after she’s sacked by Umbridge.
• Dobby warns Harry that Umbridge knows about Dumbledore’s Army. In the book, only Harry is caught instead of the whole DA.
• Marietta was the victim, and she was horribly disfigured by these purple pus-filled blemishes on her skin.
• Umbridge grabs Marietta and shakes her, which prompts Dumbledore to pull out his wand. Go Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore gloating at Fudge, “I could break out, of course, but what a waste of time.” This is a reference to being put away in Azkaban.
• I wish in the movie they kept the part where Dumbledore hexed Fudge and Umbridge.
• Umbridge invites Harry up to her office to ask about Sirius Black. She makes it very clear that he knows where he is.
• Harry makes it clear to Cho that he doesn’t have any sympathy for Marietta, and what Hermione did was justified.
• When James Potter cursed Snape, Snape cursed back at James, causing a huge gash to leak blood.
• James says he will stop bullying Snape if Lily goes out with him (which is really gross manipulation).
• Snape calls Lily a Mudblood after she defends him.
• Harry uses Umbridge’s floo powder fireplace after Fred and George cause a distraction. This allows Harry to talk to Sirius and Lupin about his father.
• Lily dated James in their seventh year.
• Both Lupin and Sirius are upset that Snape discontinued Occlumency lessons.
• Fred and George were going to be whipped by Umbridge, and this was the moment they left school (not during exams like in the movie).
• OMG, someone let a hairy sprouted Niffler into Umbridge’s office where it tried to eat her rings.
• Students would use Fred and George’s stuff to vomit to get out of Umbridge’s classroom.
• Peeves even starts wreaking havoc, and the professors do nothing to stop him.
• Harry (after Fred and George leave Hogwarts) admits to Ron and Hermione that he gave them the gold to open the shop.
• During the Quidditch match between Ravenclaw vs. Gryffindor, Hagrid allows Harry and Hermione to meet Grawp.
• Umbridge thinks Hagrid put the Niffler in her office (which he didn’t).
• Hagrid ended up saving Firenze’s life from the other centaurs; therefore, he is not welcome in the Forbidden Forest.
• Ron won the Gryffindor Quidditch Cup in their fifth year.
• A second niffler was let into Umbridge’s office, lovely.
• While taking their astronomy exam, Umbridge brings people to Hagrid’s cabin where they attempt to hex him. They also hex Fang. When McGonagall comes to Hagrid’s aid, they hex her too.
• A Giant’s blood makes it tough to stun them.
• Lee Jordan admits he was the one who put the Nifflers in Umbridge’s office (not Hagrid). He admits it because he felt bad that Hagrid took the fall for that.
• After Harry’s first Sirius dream, he tries to find Professor McGonagall, but she is at St. Mungo’s recovering from the stunning spells she received trying to come to Hagrid’s aid.
• Before they go to the Department of Mysteries, they attempt to contact Sirius in Umbridge’s office.
• When they get in trouble in the book, it’s because Harry tries to contact Sirius. In the movie, it’s when they are all caught after Dumbledore’s Army meeting.
• Umbridge puts Snape on probation because he doesn’t have any more Veritaserum.
• Umbridge called the Dementors to Harry’s place at the Dursleys
• Incarcerous is the spell Umbridge uses to tie up one of the centaurs. As an added slap in the face, they break her wand, too.
• In the book, Grawp rescues Harry and Hermione from the centaurs, not from Umbridge. In the book, Grawp is injured as one of his blood droplets drops on Harry.
• The thestrals come to their aid because they smell the giant’s blood on Harry and partially on Hermione.
• When the group entered the Ministry of Magic, there was no security person to scan their wands.
• When they enter the Department of Mysteries, the doors rotate, so they have no idea which door they entered from.
• In one room, they find a tank filled with brains (becomes important later).
• Harry discovers the archway in a pit similar to an amphitheater. This is where one of the main battles takes place.
• The Death Eaters who come to the Department of Mysteries include:
  • Nott * stunned by Hermione early on in the battle*
  • Jugson
  • Bellatrix – Tortures Neville, Stuns Tonks, Kills Sirius, Injures Kingsley, later escapes with Voldemort.
  • Rodolphus
  • Crabbe
  • Rabastian
  • Dolohov injures Hermione, Hermione also removes his speech, so they can’t give away their position. Also kicks Neville in the face and breaks his wand. Stunned by Harry. Revives himself, injuring Moody, causing his eye to roll around in the amphitheater with the arch. Sirius begins dueling with Dolohov after he tries yet again to go after Harry.
  • MacNair attempts to strangle Harry. Poked in the eye by Neville, where Harry can stun him.
  • Avery
  • Rookwood
  • Mulciber
  • Lucius Malfoy – attempts to steal the prophecy from Harry, is stunned by Harry, and duels with Lupin.
• One unnamed Death Eater was stunned by Harry.
• There’s a Death Eater who puts his head in a jar, and it turns into a baby’s head. This Death Eater is also unnamed.
• Dolohov releases purple flame across Hermione’s chest, which causes her to fall unconscious.
• Neville’s wand, that broke (caused by Dolohov) was his father’s old wand. To be fair, his dad would be so proud that Neville came to the Department of Mysteries and he partook in a battle that his father started.
• The room with time was where all the Time Turners were kept.
• Ron was hit with a curse that makes him laugh, whereas Ginny’s ankle is broken after Luna uses a curse nearby her.
• Luna was hit with a stunning spell after trying to seal the doors they’re in.
• Ginny shouts a warning to Harry, but is stunned immediately after.
• Harry trips and falls into the room with the arch.
• Neville tries to come to his aid, but he’s tortured by Bellatrix with the Crucio Curse. This is so infuriating to me.
• As Harry begins to hand over the prophecy to Malfoy, this is when the Order shows up.
• Lucius Malfoy attempts to steal the prophecy from Harry, but after throwing the prophecy to Neville, he stuns Lucius.
• Lupin jumps in between them to duel with Lucius.
• The prophecy finally breaks after Neville drops it as they try to escape.
• Dumbledore arrives looking “white and furious.” Dumbledore is mad as hell, and I’m here for it.
• Sirius is killed when he battles Bellatrix after making fun of her. His death scene in the book is quicker than I expected. I thought I would be more emotional reading about it, but honestly, I was angrier at Bellatrix and what she is capable of with dark magic.
• Kingsley continues to duel with Bellatrix.
• Dumbledore groups the other Death Eaters with white ropes.
• As Harry is dueling Bellatrix, Harry taunts her about the prophecy breaking and how Voldemort will be angry. Bellatrix begs Voldemort not to punish her.
• As Voldemort attempts to kill Harry, the statue in the fountain springs to life and wraps itself around Harry and dragging him away from the battle.
• One statue goes after Bellatrix and pins her to the floor.
• Fawkes comes to Dumbledore’s aid and swallows one of Voldemort’s killing spells, killing the phoenix.
• Portus is the spell used to create a portkey
• The real reason Dumbledore didn’t speak to Harry was his fear of Voldemort using Harry to spy on him.
• Kreacher lied to Harry about Sirius being at home when he originally contacted him. Kreacher purposefully injured Buckbeak, which caused Sirius to come to his aid. Kreacher left after Sirius told him to “get out” during the Holiday break. There, he traveled to Narcissa Malfoy’s home, where he revealed how Harry would do anything to protect Sirius if he were to be “in danger.”
• Snape became worried when Harry and Hermione didn’t come back to the school, so he called the Order. Snape knew about Sirius being at the Department of Mysteries because Harry had told Snape earlier.
• The reason Harry is protected at the Dursleys is because of his Aunt Petunia’s blood bond to Lily. This is the same magic that protected Harry from Voldemort as a baby.
• Hermione had to take ten different potions to recover from Dolohov’s magic.
• Dumbledore rescues Umbridge by himself from the centaurs.
• Towards the end of the book, Moody, Tonks, Lupin, and Mr. Weasley basically threaten the Dursleys to take care of Harry this summer. Moody even shows them his eye to properly scare them. What a way to end the book.

As I mentioned, the Order of the Phoenix has many details that are important to the story, but are left out of the movie. For example, when Harry has his dream with Sirius in the Department of Mysteries, he tries to go to McGonagall, except she’s hexed by Umbridge and is in St. Mungo’s. Harry can’t go to Dumbledore as he’s been banished. Harry even uses Floo powder to go to Sirius at 12 Grimmauld Place, except he can’t find him before he’s caught by Umbridge. Harry isn’t as impulsive as the movie would make him seem.

Another point I wanted to make about the Order of the Phoenix is the deterioration of Sirius Black’s mental health. Sirius wants Harry to be like James, so that it becomes unhealthy. Molly is right when she argues with Sirius, especially about whether to give Harry the original “Order of the Phoenix” photograph. Harry becomes revolted as Moody reveals that many of those members were murdered shortly thereafter. Harry is only fifteen years old; he’s still a child. 

The Order of the Phoenix is one of my least favorite books because of Umbridge’s presence. I’m glad I can move on read my favorite Harry Potter book and that’s The Half Blood Prince. 

 

 

 

 

After reading the last page in Prodigy, I felt my heart being ripped open and stomped on. Any reader can empathize with this feeling of reading a book with a heart-wrenching cliff hanger. Thanks to Marie Lu for putting me in a state of despair after reading Prodigy. As much as I loved Prodigy, I did feel the book moved a bit slower than I anticipated. There was a lot of build up to the plot, but it was somewhat boring to read about. Once I was about halfway through the book, I became entranced with seeing the events unfold. I’m hoping to finish this series this year.

Prodigy picks up immediately after Legend with June and Day wandering through Las Vegas after escaping the Republic. Day is still injured as June is trying her best to drag him along to seek shelter. They’re picked up by the Patriots, a rebel group with aims to protest against the Republic. The Patriots give June and Day a deal: help the Patriots successfully assassinate the new elector and the Patriots will personally see to Eden (Day’s brother) being released from the Republic. Day’s leg is patched up and June is sent into the Republic to initiate the assassination attempt.

The beauty in Marie Lu’s writing is the way she writes her action sequences. As I’m reading the action-packed paragraphs, it reminds me of the Bourne movies. Day’s ability to climb balconies and leap across buildings reminds me of something Jason Bourne could do. June’s skill in hand-to-hand combat is also exciting to read about considering without June, Day probably wouldn’t have made it far in his quest to free his brother.

One disappointment I had with this book is how a certain character’s death is treated. I won’t say who they are because I don’t want to provide spoilers, but I felt it wasn’t seen as being a big deal. I wish they would have shown a proper funeral. Another possible scene I would have liked to see in the book, is how this character death would have impacted June and Day. This character’s death scene felt quick and undeserving.

Honestly, I did prefer Legend to Prodigy. Part of this is due to the cliff hanger appearing in the last couple pages of Prodigy. The series went in a direction I wasn’t expecting. I feel for Day because of everything he went through, I wanted him to have a happy ending. I’m not sure if this will be the case, but I can’t quit the series now.

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire is the pivotal book in the series where everything becomes much darker. This may still be a “children’s” book, but the adult themes become more present. Voldemort arises out of the mist ready to take over the Wizarding World with his bigotry towards Mudbloods. As an adult, I find re-reading the Harry Potter book series to be different than when I read it as a child. It’s the same material, but I pick up on themes that are relevant to today’s society. As always, I’m going to post details I completely forgot about from The Goblet of Fire:

• The difference between Wormtail in the book versus the movie is vastly different. In the book, Voldemort makes numerous comments about Wormtail’s devotion due to his endless fear. In the movie, Wormtail is seen as a normal follower willing to do Voldemort’s bidding.
• I wish we would have seen Dudley’s tongue turn purple and grow a foot in length. Instead, the movie starts right at the Quidditch World Cup.
• Apparation requires passing a highly challenging test. This is also the first reference to “splinching” which becomes important later in the series.
• Portkeys need to be objects a “muggle” wouldn’t touch. An example would be litter.
• Ways in which Amos Diggory is such a jerk: He talks about how Cedric beat Harry in the Quidditch match last year EVEN THOUGH Harry fell off his broom due to the Dementor’s presence. Amos Diggory also accused Harry of conjuring the Dark Mark during the World Cup.
• The Quidditch World Cup seats 100,000 people.
• Veelas were women who put men into a trance. They performed at the Quidditch World Cup which almost prompted Harry to dive out of his seat. Fleur is part veela which is why she’s seen as irresistible.
• A break-in is reported at Mad Eye Moody’s house which Arthur Weasley investigates. More excellent foreshadowing by J.K. Rowling.
• Professor Snape forces Neville to disembowel toads as punishment. That’s extremely messed up.
• During the Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson with Professor Moody, he puts everyone under the Imperius Curse and Harry is the only one to fight it off. This becomes extremely important later on as Harry can resist Voldemort’s Imperius Curse during their battle after the third task.
• Triwizard Champions are exempt from end-of-year tests.
• Sirius Black has such an important role in the book. He’s the one who informs Harry about Karkaroff’s past as a Death Eater and about Barty Crouch Sr.’s ruthless ways of punishing the Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War.
• In the book, Harry stays near the arena while fighting the dragon. The whole Hogwarts castle showdown with the dragon is purely made to make the sequence more thrilling.
• DOBBY MADE HARRY QUIDDITCH SOCKS! How cute 🙂
• Moody mentions to Harry about how he would make a good Auror.
• “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors not his equals.” This quote from Sirius is spot on.
• Sirius was sentenced to Azkaban without a proper trial, all thanks to Barty Crouch Sr.
• During Moody’s time as an Auror, he never tried to kill Death Eaters if he didn’t have to. Barty Crouch Sr. gave him special permission to use the three unforgivable curses, but he still avoided using them.
• In Hagrid’s class, they studied Niffler’s! They even had a contest with the Nifflers to see which Niffler would find the most coins. Ron ended up winning. Harry even describes the Nifflers as being cute.
• During a divination lesson, Harry dreams Voldemort tortures Wormtail after he makes a mistake. This further describes Voldemort and Wormtail’s volatile relationship which wasn’t in the movies.
• Ludo Bagman was on trial for giving information to Rookwood [Rookwood was convicted of being a Death Eater].
• The torture of the Longbottom’s shocked the Wizarding World. Frank was a popular Auror and the timing happened right after Voldemort fell from power. This means that Harry’s parents were killed in July and the Longbottom’s were tortured shortly after that.
• Imagine being in Neville’s position: leading the legacy of his parents who have no idea who he is. This is compounded by the fact that his true strength is in Herbology and not necessarily in other forms of magic like his parents. That’s a lot of pressure for Neville.
• A phoenix song plays when Harry and Voldemort’s wands connect. They are also raised in the air and float over the Death Eaters.
• Bertha Jorkins is released from Voldemort’s wand encouraging Harry to keep their wands connected.
• Fawkes heals Harry after the battle with Voldemort. This is after Barty Crouch Jr. is apprehended.
• Fudge doesn’t believe Voldemort’s rise to power due to Harry’s apparent “mental instability” which was written about by Rita Skeeter. In this article, it’s revealed Harry can talk to snakes which was unknown to Fudge. It’s one reason why Fudge launches a smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore.
• During the argument between Fudge and Dumbledore, Professor Snape reveals his “dark mark” to everyone saying how his mark is darker on his arm. Snape is a lot of things, but he at least believes Harry’s account of Voldemort’s return.
• Towards the end of Goblet of Fire, it’s revealed that Sirius is the black dog that’s been following Harry around. Dumbledore insists Sirius and Snape need to work together. This is the beginning of the formation of the Order of the Phoenix.
• Dumbledore makes a comment to Snape, “You know what I must ask you to do. If you are ready . . . if you are prepared . . . then good luck.” I wonder if this was the moment that Snape contacted Voldemort to become his double agent.
• Ron in the end got an autograph from Krum
• The last sentence in Goblet of Fire is fitting to what happens in the series. It is, “What would come, would come. . . and he would have to meet it when it did.” This is written from Harry’s view and how Harry has accepted Voldemort’s return.

These aren’t even all the comments I wrote about Goblet of Fire. I’m writing a Word document of every little detail I find interesting as I re-read the books. I’m already at 13 pages of little tidbits from the series I had forgotten. Re-reading Goblet of Fire brought out more emotion than I had prepared for. It means I’m one book closer to reading The Deathly Hallows and all the character deaths occur in the Battle of Hogwarts. I’m still looking forward to reading the other three books and hope to start Order of the Phoenix sometime this week.