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#24 - Harry Potter: A History of magic (1/2019)

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Harry Potter: A History of Magic By  British Library Published:   20th October 2017 Genre: Fantasy Edition :  Hardback Source:  Gift Pages:  256 My rating : 5/5  Goodreads rating : 4.23/5 Read:  2019 This is the official book from the exhibition that took place at the British Library. Unfortunately, I couldn't go but this Christmas my husband decided to offer to me. When I saw this book at the bookshops I thought this was going to be something totally different. However, I was pleasantly surprised by the contents. One can think at first that is a disappointment what you find as content but you start reading and enjoying a lot!  Basically, I thought the idea of this book was to show to the muggle world what wizard students were reading at the History of Magic Classes. But no. This book is based on historical artefacts that ancient civilizations had and modern people discovered that can be related to witchcraft....

#9 Harry Potter: The Prequel (Harry Potter 0.5)

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Harry Potter: the prequel By  J. K. Rowling Published:  11 June 2008 Genre: Fantasy, Short stories, fiction Edition : online Source:  web Pages:  4 My rating : 1/5  Goodreads rating : 4.21/5 Read in:  2018 “Names!” “Names?” repeated the long-haired driver. “Er – well, let’s see. There’s Wilberforce… Bathsheba… Elvendork…” “And what’s nice about that one is, you can use it for a boy or a girl,” said the boy in glasses. “Oh, OUR names, did you mean?” asked the first, as Anderson spluttered with rage. “You should’ve said! This here is James Potter, and I’m Sirius Black!” I felt so disappointed. The Plot  In this short story, we review Sirius Black and James Potter three years before Harry is born. It is so short that the reader, instead of being clarified about the story, starts raising even more questions. How is it written A really short story, simple and raising questions. Likes  The fact th...

Still Christmas

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On Christmas, I do not usually give many or expensive gifts. But my eyes get emotional anytime anyone gives me a book. This year was no exception. And for this year was not news the book I was getting but I simply love it. The drawings are fantastic! I totally recommend. I actually have another one on my list... Can you guess which one?