I’m hoping to have a little fun with this because…wow, this is weird to do. No more books after this one. 🙁
Anyway, let’s start with my predictions for Half-Blood Prince:
In the twenty-seventh chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry and Dumbledore learn that the Dark Mark has been cast over Hogwarts. Anticipating the worst, what they discover atop the Astronomy Tower changes…
In the twenty-sixth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry and Dumbledore enter the mysterious cave where Tom Riddle once tortured two children; they find a bizarre set of enchantments protecting Voldemort’s Horcrux…
In the twenty-third chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry immediately seeks Dumbledore’s attention and together, they reveal the true memory that Slughorn kept secret. And in the process, the entire series is…
In the twenty-second chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, we are once again completely blindsided by the most obvious answer to Harry’s problem with Slughorn: Felix Felicis. When Harry fails yet again to…
In the twentieth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry returns to another lesson with Dumbledore. For the first time, the memories they visit don’t contain all the answers, but what they do…
In the seventeenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the students return to Hogwarts, where Harry resumes his “history” lessons with Dumbledore. This time, Harry learns more about the beginning of Goblet of…
In the thirteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry has his second lesson with Dumbledore. Once again, they use the Pensieve to visit a memory; this time, though, they peer into the…
In the tenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry begins his first private lesson with Dumbledore. The first lesson he provides, however, is more surprising than we could have ever expected. Intrigued?…
In the fourth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore and Harry set off on a journey to acquire a new professor for Hogwarts. In the process, their relationship begins to grow into…
In the third chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the narrative finally focuses on Harry Potter, whose life is in a slight disarray due to the events at the end of the last…
In the second chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Rowling continues to shatter everything we’ve ever thought of the whole series by STILL not focusing on Harry. This time around, we meet some…
In the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Rowling surprises us again by having only one mention of Harry at all; the entire scene is between the Muggle Prime Minister and Cornelius…
As promised, I’d like to take a moment to elaborate on how I felt about the adaptation of the fifth Harry Potter book to the screen. And because it’s now universally accepted that my life…
In the thirty-eighth (and final) chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the Ministry of Magic publicly states that Lord Voldemort is back as the wizarding world prepares for the next great…
In the thirty-seventh chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore speaks candidly about why he’s ignored Harry this whole books and, sadly, reveals how even he can fail when people most…
In the thirty-first chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry, Hermione, and Ron suffer through the very difficult O.W.L.S. exams, despite the many distractions in their lives. Oh, and everything is…
In the twenty-sixth chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, every terrible thing that has happened in this book suddenly receives a (temporary) vindication. In short, this might be the best chapter…
In the sixth chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry’s days are spent helping Mrs. Weasley make Sirius Black’s house liveable. During this time, however, he learns about Sirius’s shocking family…
In the fifth chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, everything is really awkward and it’s like sitting in on a dysfunctional family’s dinner. Then Harry gets an informative Q&A session! Intrigued?…
