Hello friends, strangers, and potential new nemesis (but please don’t go on a seven year vendetta to destroy me) it’s good to see you’ve decided to join me in rereading Harry Potter! Starting November 1st, the day everyone found out that You-Know-Who was defeated by a baby, I’ll be posting a review with discussion questions for each chapter of the seven Harry Potter novels every two days, starting with “The Boy Who Lived.” Sometimes the reviews will include spoilers for the books and the movies, so be advised if you’ve never read the books before you will get spoiled. 🙁
I’d love to have your thoughts on every chapter either through comments here on my blog, my twitter @HSecretLibrary, or my instagram @hermionessecretlibrary. You can follow along on Pinterest as well. I’ll be using the hashtag #ReadHarryPotterWithMe to help you find the posts and anyone else contributing to the discussion. You can also bookmark this page (which I will use as my master list for every chapter) or subscribe to my blog to get notified of every new post.
Happy Reading!
Picture taken in Bruges, Belgium. Send me your pics of you reading Harry Potter!
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone
11-1: The Boy Who Lived
11-3: The Vanishing Glass
11-5: Letters From No One
11-7: Keeper of the Keys
11-9: Diagon Alley
11-11: Journey From Platform 9 and 3/4
11-13: The Sorting Hat
11-15: The Potions Master
11-17: The Midnight Duel
11-19: Halloween
11-21: Quidditch
11-23: The Mirror of Erised
11-25: Nicholas Flamel
11-27: Norbert the Norweigan Ridgeback
11-29: The Forbidden Forest
12-1: Through the Trapdoor
12-3: The Man With Two Faces
12-5: Sorcerer’s Stone Wrap-up Chamber of Secrets Preview
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
12-7: The Worst Birthday
12-9: Dobby’s Warning
12-11: The Burrow
12-13: At Flourish and Blotts
12-15: The Whomping Willow
12-17: Gilderoy Lockhart
12-19: Mudbloods and Murmurs
12-21: The Deathday Party
12-23: The Writing on the Wall
12-25: Merry Christmas, no blog!
12-27: The Rogue Bludger
12-29: The Dueling Club
12-31: Happy New Year, no blog!
1-1: The Polyjuice Potion
1-5: Cornelius Fudge
1-7: Aragog
1-11: The Heir of Slytherin
1-13: Dobby’s Reward
1-15: Chamber of Secrets Wrap-up Prisoner of Azkaban Preview
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
1-17: Owl Post
1-19: Aunt Marge’s Big Mistake
1-21: The Knight Bus
1-23: The Leaky Cauldron
1-25: The Dementor
1-27: Talons and Tea Leaves
1-29: The Boggart in the Wardrobe
1-31: Flight of the Fat Lady
2-2: Grim Defeat
2-4: The Marauder’s Map
2-6: The Firebolt
2-8: The Patronus
2-10: Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw
2-12: Snape’s Grudge
2-14: The Quidditch Final
2-16: Professor Trelawney’s Prediction
2-18: Cat, Rat, and Dog
2-20: Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs
2-22: The Servant of Lord Voldemort
2-24: The Dementor’s Kiss
2-26: Hermione’s Secret
2-28: Owl Post Again
3-2: Prisoner of Azkaban Wrap-up Goblet of Fire Preview
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3-4: The Riddle House
3-6: The Scar
3-8: The Invitation
3-10: Back to the Burrow
3-12: Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes
3-14: The Portkey
3-16: Bagman and Crouch
3-18: The Quidditch World Cup
3-20: The Dark Mark
3-22: Mayhem at the Ministry
3-24: Aboard the Hogwarts Express
3-26: The Triwizard Tournament
3-28: Mad-Eye Moody
3-30: The Unforgivable Curses
4-1: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang
4-3: Goblet of Fire
4-5: The Four Champions
4-7: The Weighing of the Wands
4-11: The First Task
4-13: The House-Elf Liberation Front
4-15: The Unexpected Task
4-17: The Yule Ball
4-19: Rita Skeeter’s Scoop
4-22: The Egg and the Eye
4-24: The Second Task
4-26: Padfoot Returns
4-28: The Madness of Mr. Crouch
4-30: The Dream
5-2: The Pensieve
5-4: The Third Task
5-8: The Death Eaters
5-10: Priori Incantatem
5-12: Veritaserum
5-15: The Parting of the Ways
5-17: The Beginning
5-19: Goblet of Fire Wrap-up Order of the Phoenix Preview
Order of the Phoenix
5-21: Dudley Demented
5-23: A Peck of Owls
5-25: The Advance Guard
5-27: Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place
5-29: The Order of the Phoenix
5-31: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black
6-2: The Ministry
6-4: The Hearing
6-8: Luna Lovegood
6-10: The Sorting Hat’s New Song
6-12: Professor Umbridge
6-14: Detention with Delores
6-16: Percy and Padfoot
6-18: The Hogwarts High Inquisitor
6-20: In the Hog’s Head
6-22: Educational Decree Number 24
6-24: Dumbledore’s Army
6-26: The Lion and the Serpent
6-28: Hagrid’s Tale
6-30: The Eye of the Snake
7-2: St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
7-4: Happy Fourth of July no blog!
7-6: Christmas on the Closed Ward
7-8: Occlumency
7-10: The Beetle at Bay
7-12: Seen and Unforseen
7-14: The Centaur and the Sneak
7-16: Snape’s Worst Memory
7-18: Career Advice
7-20: Grawp
7-22: O.W.L.S.
7-24: Out of the Fire
7-26: Fight and Flight
7-28: The Department of Mysteries
7-30: Beyond the Veil
8-1: The Only One He Ever Feared
8-3: The Lost Prophecy
8-8: Order of the Phoenix Wrap-up Half-Blood Prince Preview
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8-9: The Other Minister
8-11: Spinner’s End
8-13: Will and Won’t
8-15: Horace Slughorn
8-18: An Excess of Phlegm
8-20: Draco’s Detour
8-22: The Slug Club
8-24: Snape Victorious
8-26: The Half-Blood Prince
8-28: The House of Gaunt
8-30: Hermione’s Helping Hand
9-1: Silver and Opals
9-3: The Secret Riddle
9-5: Felix Felicis
9-7: The Unbreakable Vow
9-11: A Sluggish Memory
9-13: Birthday Surprises
9-15: Elf Tails
9-17: Lord Voldemort’s Request
9-19: The Unknowable Room
9-21: After the Burial
9-23: Horcruxes
9-25: Sectumsempra
9-27: The Seer Overheard
9-29: The Cave
10-1: The Lightning Struck Tower
10-3: Flight of the Prince
10-5: The Phoenix Lament
10-7: The White Tomb
10-9: Half-Blood Prince wrap-up and Deathly Hallows Preview
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
10-11: The Dark Lord Ascending
10-13: In Memoriam
10-15: The Dursley’s Departing
10-17: The Seven Potters
10-19: Fallen Warrior
10-21: The Ghoul in Pajamas
10-23: The Will of Albus Dumbledore
10-25: The Wedding
10-27: A Place to Hide
10-29: Kreacher’s Tale
10-31: The Bribe
11-2: Magic is Might
11-4: The Muggle-Born Registration Committee
11-6: The Thief
11-8: The Goblin’s Revenge
11-10: Godric’s Hollow
11-12: Bathilda’s Secret
11-14: The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
11-16: The Silver Doe
11-18: Xenophilius Lovegood
11-20: The Tale of the Three Brothers
11-22: The Deathly Hallows
11-24: Malfoy Manor
11-26: The Wandmaker
11-28: Happy Thanksgiving, no blog!
11-30: Shell Cottage
12-2: Gringotts
12-4: The Final Hiding Place
12-6: The Missing Mirror
12-8: The Lost Diadem
12-10: The Sacking of Severus Snape
12-12: The Battle of Hogwarts
12-14: The Elder Wand
12-16: The Prince’s Tale
12-18: The Forest Again
12-20: King’s Cross
12-22: A Flaw in the Plan
12-24: Merry Xmas Eve no blog!
12-26: 19 Years Later
12-31: Deathly Hallows Wrap-up