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    Book 6

    [Contains spoilers] More about Snape's past! Sorry - I have to confess I am a Snape fan. More revelations about the backstory in general. Humour along the lines of the OWL grades- I laughed out loud when I read those - and as I was on the bus to work this was rather embarrassing...
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    Scariest Book Ever?

    Scariest (story) ever I can't really mention a book, but the one that did it for me was the Edgar Allen Poe story, "The Masque of the Red Death". Read it on my own alone in the house when I was 14 and almost died of terror everytime a floorboard creaked. There is a bit about death walking...
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    Discussion: Rowling, J.K.: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    The films will never contain all the detail that makes readers enjoy the books. Any film has to be (max) 3 hours. The films have had to follow the plot as faithfully as possible to keep especially the young and faithful readership happy. The problem is that this means in both of the films a...
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    Stephen King

    I'm a newbug to this group but will confess Stephen King is probably my all-time favourite author. It will also give away my incredible age if I state that my first book was Salem's Lot in 1977. My paperback cover of that was all black with an etched female face on it with just one drop of...
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    Books of your childhood

    Childhood Favourites Interesting discussion this one.... Many personal favourites already quoted.I had forgotten about the Mary Plain books until I read the posting above. Another series I really liked was the Mary Poppins books - she was much more abrasive than Julie Andrews in the...
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    Discussion: Rowling, J.K.: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Have now read it through twice. Liked it very much - though I think I preferred Goblet of Fire. Personally, I found the humour one of the best aspects of the book - Sirius's frightful family, Fred and George Weasley's battle with the awful Dolores...
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    Discussion: Rowling, J.K.: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

    To those wanting other similar books to the Harry series, can I recommend the Earthsea books by Ursula Le Guin. The first book is "A Wizard of Earthsea" and deals with an apprentice wizard called Sparrowhawk as well as a school for wizards. Also themes on abuse/misuse of magical power. Highly...
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    Hello

    Just thought I'd say hello as a new user.:)
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