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Tag Archives: J. K. Rowling

Mid-Series Review: Harry Potter Minalima Pop-Up Edition

I read the Harry Potter series almost every Halloween-time. Last year I started the series by reading and then reviewing the illustrated version. This year I am doing the same thing with the Minalima pop-up edition, just it’s taken me a couple months to get around to reviewing it. (And, in fact, I waited for…

December 22, 2021 in Book Reviews, Books.

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

(Bit slow on the up-swing, I know. I read this book as quickly as I could get my hands on a decently-priced copy, but I missed it in reviews. Here it is.) I am a Potter fan. I mean, who isn’t? It was a whiplash ride from passively observing the mania to, well, becoming manic,…

March 20, 2018 in Book Reviews, Books.

Book Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Let’s first be clear on what this is. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, by J.K. Rowling is not a novel. It’s not even a play, in the tradition of so many great writers before her. It is, in fact, a screenplay. (There is also a book by almost the exact…

February 23, 2017 in Book Reviews, Books, Plays.

Movie Review: Magic Beyond Words

Magic Beyond Words: The J. K. Rowling Story, 2011. Available currently on Amazon Prime. First thing I learned: her name is pronounced ROE-ling, not R-Ow!-ling. I had no idea. Second thing: this movie is cheesy, sometimes painfully so. And yet, I did not want to turn it off. I guess I was willing to take…

July 18, 2014 in Books, Movie Reviews, Movies, The Writing Life.

Author Review: J. K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith

I am a Harry Potter fan. (To see my review of the series, see here.) I was as curious as anyone about what Rowling would do after such astounding success and fame, and was happy to hear that there was a book on the way. I was as dubious as anyone when she announced it…

March 13, 2014 in Book Reviews, Books.

Series Review: Harry Potter

Harry Potter book series, by J. K. Rowling and published by Bloomsbury and Scholastic Inc, 1997-2007 (seven books). As many times as I have mentioned Harry Potter or J. K. Rowling, I have not officially done a review of the book series. So in honor of October, Halloween, and our recent trip to The Wizarding…

October 7, 2013 in Book Reviews, Books, Halloween, Literary Criticism, Literature, Movies.

Weird for Weird’s Sake

I think the first thing I need to define here is my idea of art. Now, there are whole books and classes and even lives dedicated to this topic, as well as ever-shifting popular and specialist opinions. I know. (I took a couple classes in college on aesthetics, as well as art appreciation, and the…

June 10, 2013 in Art, Literary Criticism, Literature, Philosophy, The Artistic Personality, The Writing Life, Writing.

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