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On my flight home yesterday (it's fall break) I finished the 10 year anniversary edition of Sorcerer's Stone. As I read, I remembered reading the book for the first time and the wonders that it brought me. I also noticed some of the subtle hints and foreshadowing that would be crucial in later ... ... Cornwell
Sharpe's Triumph by Bernard Cornwell
I'm finally giving in and reading at least the first two of these:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Good thing I stopped by the store and got a little more cash than my OH gave me. ;)
... I just received my copy of the 10 year edition of Sorcerer's Stone and have started reading that. I'm still listening to Deathly Hallows while I study. In English class, we finished Canturbury Tales (only the General Prologue and the Pardoner's Tale). And in French, we've begun a ... 1. Re-reads in 2009
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blo ... ... Russian, much English sci-fi is off limits, but there are quite a few options that aren't available in English. If you read Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone in Irish, it's likely not because you can't read it in English. All this of course is something that could be done automatically by Libr ... ... which is in my purse half the time when I'm not reading. Otherwise, I'd go for sentimental books: Children's edition of Philospher's Stone (some LTers wrote in it :), The Golden Compass, a Twilight series book, The Onion Girl or Widdershins, a Thursday Next book...
If I could ... ... The Da Vinci Code, a central concept stolen from The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, badly-structured, appalling prose; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, just plain ordinary, and considerably worse than similar works by Diana Wynne Jones; anything by Kevin J Anderson... Good news: I got The Dragon Heir and the tenth anniversary edition of Sorcerer's Stone! I dare say foggi will find something she may like in the first few pages of that SS. :)
Bad news: There have been two attempted kidnappings since Thursday right where I turn onto my street after taking a ... Oh, I forgot about that. If you are talking about the gal I gave Philosopher's Stone to, I'm sure she hasn't read it.
Oh, and hey, The Other Side of the Island has a few references and mild spoilers for a few books, like The Wizard of Oz... ummm....and a HUGE spoiler for Bridge to Terabithia ... Where it ranks within LT for the total number of copies of that work.
Currently Harry Potter and the Philosopher is popularity 0 (shoud be 1st) the most owned work on LT. Anybook you alone own is shared last place popularity 2,475,937. ... of the Phoenix, and Goblet of Fire. Now, I'm listening to Prisoner of Azkaban, followed by Chamber of secrets and Sorcerer's Stone. At night when I'm in bed reading and studying, I'm listening to my burnt copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. ... that title in the country of origin.
Similarly, I think the canonical title for the first Harry Potter book should be Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
(Don't worry any and all. These are my opinions, but this isn't a big issue to me. I'm not going to mess with either of the ... ... when only one is possible, I'd go with either the original or author's preferred title, if it's possible to know. (E.g. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is Rowling's intended title, and the US version was made up by the publishers. The fact that it's the most popular title is ... ... rather than our planned every-three-weeks schedule, due to the changed release date for HBP. Since we already watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in August, Chamber of Secrets has been moved to October. Following that pattern, we will watch the fifth movie in April -- a little ... Hmmm... I already own 2 copies of Sorcerer's Stone. I really shouldn't buy another. I can spend that money on another book that I don't have. Although I have been eyeing the hardback set of all 7 books in my Scholastic book order. All 7 for $83. I know it's a deal, but I don't need them. I ... Did you want the ten year anniversary edition of Sorcerer's Stone?
22. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling.
Finished August 31, 2008
Trade Paperback
223 Pages
7271 Total Pages Read
331 Average Pages Read ... you didn't know or didn't remember, a few weeks from now in September will be the 10 year annivesary of the publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Scholastic is releasing a 10 year annivesary edition of the book, and obviously, some of us have reservered it or are planning on ... ... which probably will keep me busy for about three months or so. But this year, I've also read, in no particular order, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, both for the second time, both to my five-year-old daughter. I've also read Water for E ... New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
The Path to Tranquility: Daily Wisdom by Daili Lama
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith I decided to take a break from my plans, and reread the Harry Potter series. So far i reread the first 6 books:
#3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
#4 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
#5 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowli ... ... Lowry
A Horse Called Wonder by Joanna Campbell, and the rest in the Thoroughbred Series
and I must give a shout out to Harry Potter, though I didn't read that series until my 20's. ... three years after the first Barry Trotter. But it's not simply true that the first Barry Trotter book is a parody of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, either; if you've had the misfortune to read the book, it's sort of a parody of the entire series up to that point. Likewise with S ... - 2. Rereads
1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
3 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
4 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ... Two chapters to go in The Well of Lost Plots, plus I started re-reading(listening) to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone today in the car. I love Jim Dale!
edited to fix touchstone ... hab, zeigt die Zahl wo das Buch liegt, wenn alle Werke nach der Anzahl der katalogierten Exemplare sortiert werden. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone steht auf 0, ein Buch mit einem einzigen Exemplar steht auf 2475937, alles andere irgendwo dazwischen. Mit Empfehlungen hat es nichts ... ... 'Lord of the Rings franchise'. They weren't bought and packaged by a media group the way the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter movies have been. No movie studio was interested in doing a fantasy movie back then. Fantasy movies were expensive and had only so-so box office performance.
... ... made a wand for that night. My kid sister got excited and asked for me to make her a wand as well as to borrow my copy of Sorcerers Stone. We waited and waited before heading to the midnight release party when it was about 11pm. She asked me for names of spells as we drove to the bookstore, ... ... was only going to read her Merlin books but now I think I'll look for her other books to try too.
Read with my son:
9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling *****
My favorite Harry Potter book. The magical world is so exciting and new as I (re)discover it through Harry's ... ... it - whereas I'm sure I could find books like Twilight quite easily on my own.
Besides, neither of those books, or Harry Potter are challenging books. Shouldn't one be reading something a little tougher at the high school level?
But, booklovers young enough to still remember ... 12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone I'm reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The curiosity finally caught up with me, so I snagged a copy from my nephew. I'm enjoying it so far. I'm also reading two chapters a night of Turn of the Screw. I'm over halfway through each book. 36. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Review: http://rhydypennau.blogspot.com/2008/07/harry-potter-i.html
(edited to add review URL) ... I wasn't sure if I was going to join in the discussion but I think I'll try to convince my 7yo we should read it next after The Philosopher's Stone. I wasn't even sure I had a copy but LT assures me I do. Group Movie History:
5 April 2008 -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
12 April 2008 -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
19 April 2008 -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
26 April 2008 -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
3 May 2008 -- Harry Potter and the Order ... ... in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
The Iceman Cometh by Eugene O'Neill
Emerald Knight by Michelle M. Pillow
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell I just saw an article about a librarian who was apparently fired for not recommending Harry Potter to children.
She's now suing her old employers, Poplar Bluff Library, with help from the ACLU.
Anyone heard about this one?
TMZ.com link:
Kerian in Hogwarts Express : Advice, well wishes and general enthusiasm for K's big trip!!! (May 28, 2008, 10:52am) ... gh.)
book to read
Thank you, kirby! :)
I'm only bringing two books in my carryon. My checked bag will have a copy of Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone in it.
If I bring a pen with my carryon, does it have to go in my quart sized bag? ... far out of date, but I see the top shared books list update regularly.
Top books cataloged by us as of May 13:
16 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
14 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
14 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
14 - The Hobbit
13 - Harry Potter ... ... The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
5. The Complete Short Stories of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde
6. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling*
7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling*
8. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaba ... ... Bengali (a book of poetry).
Of the ones I own in non-english languages, they are probably best summed up by my copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which I have in Ancient Greek, Latin and Irish as well as its original. ... forget you?! *hugs* Come back soon!
#4 Kirconnell:
Welcome to the group! :)
#5 MrA:
A one-sided discussion of Philosopher's Stone would be tough!
#10 Mar:
We love you, Mar!
... obbit
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Beowulf
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Earthsea Cycle
The Odyssey
The Princess Bride
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
His Dark Materials
Dracula
Peter Pan
Dr ... ... ulf
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
(Edited: Added the Potter)
... with me. (Especially the word Great, maybe I expect too much.)
A book that I couldn't pick up for the longest time was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling. I couldn't get past him living with his aunt and uncle. I thought he was a baby for moaning about how bad his ... ... Potter series the same way - I was without a book to read, saw only selections of books I thought I disliked, and grabbed Sorcerer's Stone anyways. (I admit before reading it I had thought it was stupid how much attention the books were getting, especially from adults because I figured only ... ... - Dead Witch Walking
More urban fantasy. This book was ok, but not terribly engaging.
J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is a cute book. The plot was cute, but terribly cliché. The characters were flat and ... ... it down, could you? Haha! That is the book for you!! WOOHOO!! *high five for bib* :)
#356 bib:
I got two copies of Philosopher's Stone from BookMooch. The downside? You have to be willing to part with some of your books to use the site. Also, they're typically international mooches, ... #355 I couldn't get Philosopher's Stone at Target of Borders, at least not in the states.
;) >#354: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ?
*blinks innocently* ... at a party:
I was at a friend's house oh, maybe six years ago or so, and noticed that he had the British edition of Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone. My reaction to this was not "oh, you've read Harry Potter too" but "so what's different in the British edition?" In other words, ... >#341: I'm assuming that it is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.... no, just kidding. Twilight, right? If so, yeah i read the first one.
stoopid touchstones #254: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
I have no idea how this came to be on his shelves, neither does he.
Maybe it Apparated? Hmm....it occurs to me that I should probably have one post where I actually count the books I've finished.
1. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone on audio
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on audio
3. Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club
4. Alive and Well in Prague, New Yor ... ... attention. I noticed a book on my husband's shelves in his home office that was NOT science fiction, so I claimed it.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, first Scholastic trade paperback printing. I already have a hardback copy and the audiobook, but I'll add it to my shelves.
I ... ... Hobbit comes out as number one with a value of 4467/20223. What do these numbers mean?
Also the following page lists Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone as number one with a value of 24861. What does this number mean? Number of people who own the book?
http://www.librarything.com/z_boo ... Alright, I'm playing catch-up again. Here's some more of what I've read this year.
#15 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J. K. Rowling - Finished March 7, 2008
I had read this before, but haven't read the whole series, so I decided to start from the beginning again. This is a good ... 22.) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling ****
The last of the books I'm reading with my students this semester. I've read it before, of course, (I think this is the fourth time). It's my least favorite of the seven (with five a very close second--in fact, they may very ... Probably When We Were Very Young or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I also really like the Westing Game, which everyone MUST read! Probably When We Were Very Young or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I also really like the Westing Game, which everyone MUST read! ... *
32. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis *
33. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
34. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling *
35. Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis *
36. The Flirt by Kathleen Tessaro ... The top picks from 39 votes so far are:
Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit by Tolkien (35 votes, Duh!)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by Rowling (32 votes)
Dracula by Stoker (27 votes)
A Midsummer's Night Dream by Shakespeare (25 votes)
Gulliver's Travels by S ... > 88: The first Harry Potter is Sorcerer's Stone - you should really begin with that one and read them in order, since there is so much character development and even plot details that develop throughout the series. I know there is much debate about whether these are true literature or just pop ... I finished listening to Sorceror's Stone this morning and started on Chamber of Secrets, of course I'm also still keeping up with the group read and working on The Other Boleyn Girl in my "spare time". ... hallows, which comes up in bracketed red letters. This doesn't come up with a Touchstone, but the other Potter books do: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone.
I think the look up algorithm cuts out after a search of a certain size.
... master-top ten, after that there will still sme heartwrenching choices, but I've managed it.
1. Winnie-the -Pooh
2. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
3. Watership down
4. The neverending story
5. Nothing new on the western front
6. The stone diaries
7. Metamorphosis ... I also posted this list in the action-thread
children's books:
1. Winnie-the -Pooh
2. Mary Poppins
3. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
4. Watership down
5. Alice in wonderland
6. Pippi Longstocking
7. His dark materials
8. The curious incident of the dog in the night- ... children's books:
1. Winnie-the -Pooh
2. Mary Poppins
3. Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone
4. Watership down
5. Alice in wonderland
6. Pippi Longstocking
7. His dark materials
8. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
9. The BFG
10. The neverending ... I put series in tags for sorting purposes: "series name", "number" (no quotes, of course) as the first two tags. So Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone would be tagged "harry potter, 1". Then sorting first by tags then by author gives me all series in order. This lets me keep the titles ... ... consider them separate works; are they really that different from each other? Different enough that a translation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and the original book are closer than the two editions?
My expectation would have been that the difference between the different ... ... of the Harry Potter books, which many of you know I am avoiding at the moment. Well, I wanted to see why it recommended Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for me, and conveniently, they have a "why?" link, so I clicked it. They recommended that Harry Potter book because I have Sand County ... I remember when my mother forced me to read a little book called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone... because my cousin went to all the trouble of picking it out for me and I should have been reading more...
Do I really need to say what happened next? I would like to know if anyone has suggestions for good Pagan Movies. I already own The Mists Of Avalon, MERLIN, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone , Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, The Blair Witch Project, The Blair Witch Project 2 Book Of Shadows, I plan on buying ... Well, doing a search on "fantasy" tags on LibraryThing doesn't help much unless you haven't read the Harry Potter novels (OK, but not great). I would start with George R. R. Martin's Song of Fire and Ice, though the series isn't finished. Patrick Rothfuss's first novel is getting a lot ... ... so much better, but it's a trade PB, so I can't give up my hardcover, either.
And I have both US and French editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Jane Eyre
Pride and Prejudice
Ender's Game
And the Harry Potter series Ohh would that be Harry Potter and the Sorceres Stone? ... Book Festival and I thought some of you might be interested.
We Are Wizards
Directed by Josh Koury
In 1997, the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone exploded onto the literary scene, captivating readers all over the world and quickly spawning cinematic versions. We Are Wizards ... February 14, 2008
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Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone, by JK Rowling. Well, we all know what this book is. I love it vair vair mucho.
February 17, 2008
#7
Love is a Many Trousered Thing, by Louise Rennison.
I got this book for Valentine's Day. It's funny but as far as this ... February 14, 2008
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Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone, by JK Rowling.
Well, we all know what this book is. I love it vair vair mucho.
February 17, 2008
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Love is a Many Trousered Thing, by Louise Rennison.
I got this book for Valentine's Day. It's funny but as far as this ... ... land and no one will give them any answers" phase, and it frankly sounded a bit too much like the author had just read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Animals watching the girl, strange people bowing to her or shaking her hand in public, kid finding out there's a whole other world ... ... apparently is not exactly living 'next door'.
FYI: We have got and catalogued e.g. about 28,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone--in 50+ different languages ! ... are abandoned (I base this claim on the fact that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has nowhere near as many copies as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; it's not that people didn't buy it, but that they haven't been back to LT to catalogue it). Consider instead "most people who use ... ... d.
canonical title
What's expected to be the canonical title (in English) for e.g. J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone either Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ? ... the "if you like X, you'll like y" rule of recommendations*. I think Journal of Curious Letters is quite different from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. It's similar enough to say that Harry Potter fans will probably enjoy it, but it's also different enough to say that people who ... ... I would jump the gun and go ahead with a comparison review here (for simplicity's sake I'll stick with book one of HP, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone).
It probably doesn't really need to be explained due to it's prevalence in pop culture but in the first Harry Potter book (hencefor ... ... is, in het Engels, de "canonical title" van een van de Harry Potterboeken, bovendien het bij LT ruimst verbreide werk: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone dan wel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. De ene is de titel van de Amerikaanse, terwijl de andere die van de ... |
