Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by A Daily Rhythm. Anyone can play along! All you have to do is grab the book you’re currently reading, open to a random page and share two sentences from that page. But make sure you don’t share any spoilers!
It’s pouring with rain today and I didn’t want to lug my iPad around in the rain to read my current e-Book, so I decided to grab a paperback that I could slip in all cosy in my little handbag. I thought I’d continue with my ‘Harry Potter’ reread and so I started number three in the series this morning, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
I’ve always loved this one a little more than some of the others, mostly because my favourite character, Sirius Black, makes his first appearance (I love him so much I even bought a replica of his wand at the Platform 9¾ shop in London). Plus we get to visit Hogsmeade for the first time, and how great is Professor Lupin, you guys? Anyway, here are the teaser sentences:
“Harry got through the next three days by forcing himself to think about his Handbook of Do-it-Yourself Broomcare whenever Aunt Marge started on him. This worked quite well, though it seemed to give him a glazed look, because Aunt Marge started voicing the opinion that he was mentally subnormal.”
What are you reading this week?
Bits & Books 
Oh gosh. I really need to reread these. I remember LOVING the first trip to Hogsmeade!
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This is precisely the sort of thing I love about Rowling. Making up a book called “DIY Broomcare” and then using it to show instead of tell how frustrated Harry is. ❤
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YES! Every page I read I just sit and think, ‘Holy crap she can write’. Which obviously we all know, but it never ceases to amaze me.
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Gah one of my favorite Harry Potter books too ^_^ so good!
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I was reading on the train this morning and got to the part when Hagrid is announced as a teacher – I got happy tears in my eyes. It’s just the best.
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Sometimes Felix seemed like an empty house, but he wasn’t really. It was just that he kept all his possessions in a locked room. And when, once every few years, the door cracked open for a moment, she felt strangely moved to see herself within.” Recognize it?
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Unfortunately I don’t…. Is it something I read recently? All I can think of is Felix the cat for some reason!
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Wait! Is it ‘The Truth According to Us’?
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Ta-dah!
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Are you enjoying it so far?
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I would have enjoyed it more had it been from one point of view. The tri-view perspective was less than satisfactory. An interesting format but somewhat irritating.
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