Well, we have finally updated the only harry potter website, so if you have not already checked out the new, ’simple yet stylish’ design then you can do so here . Unfortunately whilst we updated the site (due to a server change) we managed to lose all of our news section, which caused quite an arguement, however, we have found some of our old post on this blog so they are now on the site, here’s hoping a new harry potter news section is soon to be on its way ;-). Well, what a week it has been with all the harry potter order of the phoenix premiers taking place, thankfully we still have all our pictures and articles, so they should be updated shortly. Anyway, if you were one of our many previous visitors, please let us know what you think of this new design. Only just over one week to go till the deathly hallows release, lets hope we all put our arses into gear and finish the new website before we get to sit down and enjoy a long (hot**** PLEEEEAAAAAASE GOD) summer, reading the final (or maybe, not quite final, as JK Rowling pointed to in recent interviews), (apart from the jonathan ross interview that is!) Harry Potter Adventure!
Quidditch Through The Ages Book Reviews
•June 28, 2007 • No Comments
Quidditch Through the Ages:
J.K.Rowling
Synopsis:
Did you know that : there are 700 ways of committing a foul in Quidditch? The game first began to evolve on Queerditch Marsh - What Bumphing is? That Puddlemere United is oldest team in the Britain and Ireland league (founded 1163). All this information and much more could be yours once you have read this book: this is all you could ever need to know about the history, the rules - and the breaking of the rules - of the noble wizarding sport of Quidditch.
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Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them Book Reviews
•June 28, 2007 • No Comments
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them:
J.K.Rowling
Synopsis:
As featured in the first year set texts reading list in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them” is an extensive introduction to the magical beasts that exist in the magical, non-Muggle world. Some of the animals featured in the A-Z you will have already met in the existing Harry Potter books: for example Hippogriff, Flobberworm, Kappa - others you certainly won’t. Read on to find out exactly what a Chizpurfle is, why there are so few Erumpents, or why one should always beware of the sinister Lethifold. As Albus Dumbledore says in his introduction, this set text book by Newt Scamander has given the perfect grounding to many a Hogwarts student. It will be helpful to all Muggles out there too. On reading the book you will also find that Harry, Ron and (in one instance) Hermione - couldn’t resist grafittiing the book, and adding their own personal hand-written opinions.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Book Reviews
•June 28, 2007 • 1 Comment
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
J.K.Rowling
Synopsis:
J.K.Rowling’s final Harry Potter adventure
‘His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.’ With these words “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” draws to a close. And here, in this seventh and final book, Harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he inexorably makes his way to that final meeting with Voldemort. In this thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, J.K. Rowling will reveal all to her eagerly waiting readers.
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HARRY POTTER DEATHLY HOLLOWS - UPDATE
•May 21, 2007 • 1 CommentStill the Best Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Deal in the UK, but be quick or you will miss out as this offer ends at MIDNIGHT on the 24th of May 2007!!!!!!!!!!
Waterstones are selling the new Harry Potter Book (harry potter and the Deathly Hollows, release date 21st July 2007) at half price only £8.99 whats more if you order the book online now, you not only get it delivered on the day of release but you will also receive a free book worth over ten pounds. This has got to be the best Deathly Hollows deal in the Uk at the moment and i cant think that anywhere will lower the prices lower than that, although asda had the order of the phoenix going for £6.99 on launch a few years ago. I still think the waterstones deal is about the best for price and freebies so if you fancy taking advantage of the deal, their website can be found here:
Waterstones Deathly Hollows Deal
as a bit of a side quest i am trying to find the best deal for harry potter and the deathly hollows in the states, so if anyone knows the state of the current deals i’d be very greatful to hear from you.
NEW HARRY POTTER BOXED SET
•May 18, 2007 • No CommentsSTOP PRESS: PRE-ORDER A NEW COMPLETE COLLECTABLE BOXED SET FROM WATERSTONES!
Amazon in the US are have an image of the up-coming scholistic collectors boxed set of the harry potter books, however as of yet bloomsbury have not released an image of the uk edition. It is available for pre-order though, from waterstones at the amazing price of £185 pounds. This is how they describe it on their website:
‘This is a fabulous opportunity to own all seven Harry Potter titles - “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” - in a fantastic boxed set.’
If you want to Pre-Order the set now, follow this link:
WATERSTONES HARRY POTTER BOXED SET LINK
as soon as there is an image available we will show it, in the meantime here is the Scholistic (american) version to feast your eyes over:
IS THIS WHAT THE UK COLLECTORS BOX SET WILL LOOK LIKE?
HARRY POTTER NAMED BEST BOOK!
•May 18, 2007 • No CommentsAnother great BBC news article:
HARRY POTTER and the PHILOSOPHERS’S STONE NAMED BEST BOOK!
UK book chain Waterstone’s announced the Top 25 Books of the Past 25 years, as voted for by their customers, and the number one book on the list was Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. The announcement was made to celebrate the chains silver jubilee and the nominations were made by publishers, editors and agents.
Gerry Johnson, Managing Director of Waterstone’s, unveiled the list yesterday and said:
When Waterstone’s asked the publishing industry to tell us who they thought would be the great talents of our second quarter century, we received a wonderful and eclectic array of nominations covering all tastes and genres.
It was incredibly tough to choose just 25 of them, but I think our final list includes a sparkling selection of talent - these authors will be on the bestseller and the awards lists for years to come.
UNFINISHED READS
•May 18, 2007 • No CommentsThis was on the BBC News Website:
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE NO2 ON LIST OF UNFINISHED READS!!!!
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 300 million copies
The fourth Harry Potter novel and David Beckham’s autobiography are among the books least likely to be finished by Britons, according to a survey.
Booker winner Vernon God Little was the least-finished fiction title, followed by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Autobiographies by David Blunkett, Bill Clinton and David Beckham topped the non-fiction unfinished list.
A Teletext survey of 4,000 Britons found that almost half of the books they bought remained unfinished.
UNFINISHED FICTION
1 Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre
2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling
3 Ulysses, James Joyce
4 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Louis De Bernieres
5 Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell
6 The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie
7 The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
8 War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
9 The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy
10 Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Some 35% of those who bought or borrowed Vernon God Little, DBC Pierre’s story of a US high school massacre, admitted not finishing it.
The figure was 32% for the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter series, while 28% said the same for James Joyce’s Ulysses, third on the list.
The fiction top 10 also included Louis De Bernieres’ Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (27%), made into a film starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz.
Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, over which a Muslim fatwa was issued ordering the writer’s execution, was unfinished by 21%.
UNFINISHED NON-FICTION
1 The Blunkett Tapes, David Blunkett
2 My Life, Bill Clinton
3 My Side, David Beckham
4 Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss
5 Wild Swans, Jung Chang
6 Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking
7 The Downing Street Years, Margaret Thatcher
8 I Can Make You Thin, Paul McKenna
9 Jade: My Autobiography, Jade Goody
10 Why Don’t Penguins’ Feet Freeze?, Mick O’Hare
On the non-fiction list, former home secretary Blunkett’s The Blunkett Tapes was too much for 35% of readers, followed by Clinton’s My Life (30%) and Beckham’s My Side (27%).
The average Briton spent more than £4,000 on books during their lifetime, the survey found.
Less than a quarter of people found time to read every day, with 48% saying they were too tired.
IS J.K. A GRAFFITI ARTIST?
•May 18, 2007 • No CommentsJK Rowling finished writing her latest book, Harry potter and the Deathly Hollows at The Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh
When she finished it she scribbled a note to fans on a marble bust in the Edinburgh hotel room she was staying in.
In black marker on an antique-style statue, she wrote: “JK Rowling finished writing Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows in this room on 11 Jan 2007.”
The hotel confirmed the Edinburgh-based author signed a bust in the hotel.
However the spokeswoman for the 188-room city centre Balmoral, where rates range from £290 to £1,575 a night, refused to say which room the author had stayed in.
A spokeswoman for the author said: “We can confirm JK Rowling did write some of the book at the Balmoral last month and did complete the book at that hotel.”
So, which room did she stay in? anybody know?
Only Harry Potter New ‘Books’ Page
•May 18, 2007 • No CommentsSTOP PRESS: Our Mega ‘BOOKS’ page is now complete!
Well, we finally did it, it was a huge task, but its done. Yes, the Books page is now up and running, on this page you will find all the Harry Potter Books, from The Philosophers Stone to Harry Ptter and the Deathly Hollows, we also have ALL the Harry Potter best deals on boxed sets, and all the best deals on Harry Potter Adult Cover Books, not to mention special edition Harry Potter Books like the Comic Relief School Books. and if that wasn’t all, we are also adding books about Harry potter daily, so if you want a Hardback Harry Potter, a Paperback Harry Potter, an Adult Harry Potter, A Collectors Harry Potter, an Audio Book Harry Potter then this is the page to check out… oh yes, and did we mention we also added links to the best deals on the books themselves, simply click the picture or the ‘but now’ tag to go directly to the deal. Don’t forget that if its more information about the individual Harry Potter Titles that you are after, all you need to do is select the specific title from the ‘The Books’ Menu.
