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Between publishers and bookstores and authors themselves clamoring for attention—preorder gifts! promotional temporary tattoos! listicles!!!—I sometimes forget to be grateful. It’s especially humbling, therefore, to come across a book that reminds me so powerfully…
Read story ↗People often repeat the truncated quote “blood is thicker than water,” forgetting that the full quote is “the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Impressively, both of these…
Read story ↗DID YA PUT THE TRUTH SERUM IN THE POTION, HARRY? DID YA? This week, Sarah gives a brief summary of everything that's happened behind the scenes in the entire book, the gang debates whether…
Read story ↗Ghooooooooosts. Or echooooooooes. This week, someone gets a surprising point in this round of the Tri Quizard Tournament, Michael shows us what Priori Incantatem is, and the gang asks about the echoes that appear…
Read story ↗The last fifty pages of The Belles took me as long to read as the rest of the book, because I didn't want the story to end. Plus, the tension was unbearable. There were…
Read story ↗How many Death Eaters does it take to make a small circle? This week, Sarah surprises in this round of the Tri-Quizzard Tournament, Bijaya introduces us to some Death Eaters, and Michael wants to…
Read story ↗When Pride and Prejudice and Zombies came out, I was as delighted as anyone else. What a clever concept! I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was, a not-too-serious romp through Regency England and…
Read story ↗Recipe for bringing a person back to human form: cauldron, water, blood, flesh, bone, thyme, and a sprig of rosemary. This week, the Tri-Quizzard contestants get stumped, Sarah tells us how to stew a…
Read story ↗The Hazel Wood, by Melissa Albert, is like three books for the price of one. It's a mystery, a fairy tale, and then it's a meta-meditation. What's wonderful about it is that if you…
Read story ↗Life is a maze, am I right? This week, Harry is finally faced with the Third Task and the gang tries to digest what just happened by going through a play by play of…
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