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Jane's Great ReRead: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
I’m tackling this in two parts: the first general experience of re-reading for the millionth time and secondly five things that made me tingly warm in a fangirl sense. I have tried to count up how many times I’ve read Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, definitely more than seven, I’m guessing maybe as many as ten I discovered Harry Potter in my final year of University and I was going to be an English Teacher so I made a point of reading ‘kids books’ so that I would have a wealth of recommendations for students (I was exceedingly idealistic even if it didn’t work out for me). I fell…
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Jane's Great Re-Read Harry Potter
And so the great re-read is kicking off with Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This series of books is my ultimate comfort read. I am imagining slipping my feet into warmed slippers as I open my beaten up copy of Philosopher’s Stone for what could well be the tenth time. So here it is. Well thumbed and yellowing with age. It smells of Suncream and a misspent youth. Harry Potter was the first fandom I participated in. I loved theorising what would happen. I found the books just before they exploded into ubiquity I was recommended by a friend and I can remember feeling a bit snobby about…
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Jane's Great Re-read
Look at the sexy logo. Do you like it? Designed by the fabulous @_BabydollNikki_ on twitter. Jane’s Great Re-read is happening. I am in the process of choosing a selection of books each month that I want to enjoy again. I’ve already picked which series I want to revisit first. I’ve been needing to re-read this like an ache in my side and it is the Harry Potter series. I’ve not touched the series since reading Deathly Hallows and I’ve missed the world and I want to go back to it. I need the familiarity of Hogwarts right now. Harry Potter books were a great comfort for me during the tumultuous…
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Jane's Great Re-read of 2015
I’ve been thinking a lot about reading lately. I made a new year’s resolution in 2010 to read more and I think it has been the only resolution I’ve ever managed to keep. Reading has become pretty much essential to my well being and if I can’t focus to read then something is seriously wrong. Since making that resolution I’ve read 250 books and each book has been one that has been new to me, no re-reads. I had wanted to experience lots of new and I have and it has been wonderful but by that token, I want to revisit some favourites just because they made my heart sore,…