Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series. The book starts with highlighting the effects of Voldemort’s return – even in the Muggle world. Although you-know-who makes no appearances here, his henchmen gain momentum. His past also comes to light through multiple trips via the Pensieve. In addition, Read more…

Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is an angry book, a lamentation and a thanatopsis. It contains the usual chorus of Doxies, Puffskeins, Bowtruckles, Spattergroit and Thestrals, not to mention a Crumple-Horned Snorkack. The first few pages include Read more…

REVIEW Your devotion is nothing more than cowardice. You would not be here if you had anywhere else to go. It is Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts and one big event is forthcoming for the school year: the Triwizard Tournament is being held in Hogwarts. The participants are the three biggest schools of magic Read more…

For a very long time, I saw books only as a means of jotting down notes from and passing examinations. This was the case up until one day, when things started to take a different turn. It all started when I was in the tenth grade. On fine day, I was discussing some clichéd stuff Read more…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.K. Rowling needs no introduction. She is, of course, the author of the famous Harry Potter series. She was born on July 31, 1965 at Yate General Hospital near Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales. Rowling conceived the idea of Harry Potter in Read more…

In this always-on-your-toes life, sometimes it is better to sit back and relax; grab a cup of hot chocolate and a captivating book. The whole purpose of reading, according to me, is to move into your own mind palace, find solace in there; not to forget to improve your vocabulary and reading skills. For me, Read more…