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Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 25

In the twenty-fifth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the entire story we’ve been lead to believe in the past six books is completely and utterly shattered. Did shit get real? It’s probably…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 23

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…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 20

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…



Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 17

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…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 16

In the sixteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry spends time with the Weasley family during Christmas, where he has an eye-opening conversation with two characters this book has largely ignored. Intrigued?…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 13

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…



Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 10

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?…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 8

In the eighth chapter of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the wish of MORE SNAPE is granted…yet not quite in the way anyway imagined. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Harry Potter.

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Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 3

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…



Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’: Chapter 2

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…


Mark’s Thoughts on ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ Movie

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…


Mark Theorizes About the Future of Harry Potter: Part 2

I am just going to start this like so:

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO SHOVE YOU BEYOND THE VEIL, THEN GO AHEAD AND DO WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE DID ON THIS REVIEW.

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Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 38

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…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 37

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…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 35

In the thirty-fifth chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, we reach the first point in the book where we (by “we,” I mean “me”) doesn’t want to read any further. Intrigued?…



Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 27

In the twenty-seventh chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, OH MY GOD GUYS SHIT JUST GOT SO REAL OH MY GOD. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Harry Potter.

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Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 26

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…


Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 24

In the twenty-fourth chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Snape and Harry are forced to spend time together. A lot of time. Like..an uncomfortable amount of time together. Intrigued? Then it’s…



Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 22

In the twenty-second chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, everything is just fucked up. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to read Harry Potter.

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Mark Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’: Chapter 8

In the eighth chapter of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry’s hearing with the Ministry of Magic seems like a disaster waiting to happen until Dumbledore arrives and becomes the greatest literary…