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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A history of “The Boy Who Lived,” or more aptly, a deep dive into the process, publication, hype, and ultimately HP‘s incredible success. Written by The Leaky Cauldron webmaster, journalist Melissa Anelli, this is somewhat a memoir of her experiences, but also a thorough look at the popular culture phenomenon. That book one was rejected several times, and the series went on to become so iconic, is pretty amazing!

And so to bring me up-to-date on the #12BooksOf2022, this is another one that took me by surprise. I‘ve never read the Harry Potter series. I read The Casual Vacancy and though it was dreadful. So I stayed away from the Strike series. But after seeing so many people so excited for each new release, I decided to give the first a try. Since then, I‘ve binge-read most of the books series and binge-watched the TV series.

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#mystery #ominousoctober @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Autumn nights are my fave- fire lit, candle lit snuggled up with a good book 🧡🍁🍂

This isn't a bad murder mystery but it's not a great one either. It wasn't a page turner for me. I put it down and then came back to it because I did want to find out who did it. There were some characters introduced that gave the appearance of having much more involvement but then just disappeared from the pages so that didn't leave a lot of guessing who the killer would be. JK Rowling's first venture into non-fantasy was OK and has potential.

I‘ve avoided reading the Strike series mainly because the author is so popular and I kind of steer away from things that seem overhyped, but after seeing a lot of people praising the series, I gave it a go, and I must say I‘m enjoying the series, though more for the relationship between Strike and Robin that the crime element.

1) Yes and no. I have bookshelves in my den, in which I have organized mostly by author, but then my non-fiction isn‘t as organized and I have piles of books on my bedroom floor, my nightstand, and on some bookshelves unorganized.

2) a) I buy both physical and ebooks
b) While my preference is for paperback, I do get hardbacks on occasion

#thoughtfulthursday

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📚Not right now & it drives me crazy! 😵‍💫 I want them to be organized by genre & height, though. Its my summer rainy day project.
📚In my bedroom, on one sad bookcase. The rest are in plastic bins in the garage. ((See first question lol))
📚I do both! But only hardcover if it‘s a series I enjoy and I started it in hardcover (they must match). Otherwise it‘s paperback.

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My beautiful Slytherin Maggie got me a Hufflepuff set of HP books for my bridal shower. As you can tell from the look on my face, I‘m in love 🦡💛💍

“The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.”
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