Quidditch Through the Ages (original 2001; edition 2001)

Quidditch is one of the few “sports” that I really wish I could experience. The whole flying about on broomsticks is fun on its own, but add a few magical balls and well, apart from a bad sexual joke you also have an exciting sounding sport. There’s not much to really say about this book, but it’s quite charming and fun with its illustrations and side stories. There’s a library card that shows the students who checked it out, background stories on how the game evolved, a listing of the teams and their brief histories and about quidditch around the world. This book is first mentioned in Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone as the book for quidditch players. One of the fun things I find about HP is the book titles the students read, so to read a book the characters in the book read too was exciting. It’s not critical to understanding anything in the series, but still worth a read. ( )

Parts of this short little book were very entertaining and then a lot of it was sort of boring faux history. It's Rowling, though, so I did enjoy it. She never lets the opportunity for a well-place pun pass her by, which I appreciate. ( )

Absolutely adorable companion piece. The side-notes from Ron and Harry are hilarious. ( )

I read this book as I aim to read all of the Harry Potter series. I understand that this book has raised and awful lot of money for charity, but it really isn't very interesting, merely page after page of Quidditch 'facts'. ( )

This is a wonderful little companion book to the Harry Potter books, that gives more details to the game of Quidditch. I really enjoyed all the facts and tidbits, which were included. I even loved the list of teams from around the world. My only complaint is how Quidditch in North America mirrors Soccer & Football here. I think it was a bit of a diss to all the American fans, to say that they don't play Quidditch in the States. Especially with all the US Universities that tried to find a way for all us regular Muggles to play some form of the game. ( )