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Thoughts about your thoughts. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM
Harry. He is getting used to having Ginny around. Awww.

They're a very good pair, actually. Ginny is very sensible and downt to earth, which will help since Harry's prone to melodrama.

I also like the moment when he chooses Neville and Luna explicitly, not as a default "they are the ones that are around" thing.

:) Me too.

Romilda Vane. Ick.

Heh, quite.

Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson. Ooooh. What is going on there? I had not noticed that before.

I find that ick too.

I also felt like going "hah" when Malfoy found out he had been dropped in favour of Neville. Mostly because Malfoy is not aware that Neville has made such great strides in the past year (which, granted, is not why Slughorn invited him, but it must add to Malfoy's chagrin).

I love that Rowling gave Neville more to do. I think he's the character with the most growth in the series. Well. Maybe equal with Hermione.

Snape: his comment about Tonks' new patronus looking weak -- no surprise considering his history with the marauders. It works on both Sirius and Lupin, although the comment is probably more hurtful in Harry's interpretation of it as Sirius.

What was her previous patronus?

I also liked Hermione's observation that Snape's comments about the dark arts sounded like what Harry says. The two of them do have things in common, and I like it when that is made clear.

I enjoyed that too.

Also, did anyone else notice that Lily was good at potions? I cannot help connecting that to Snape.

Yes.

Lavender Brown fins Ron funny. She has not been that happy about him earlier.

Another Ick moment for me.

I love, love, love McGonagall. The way she supports Neville while talking about how "Augusta" failed her Charms OWL is wonderful.

Yes! I loved that very much.

Hermione and Slughorn's interaction is lovely. It shows both in a good light. I also liked how anything that makes Harry better at potions than her must be Evilâ„¢.

LOL
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The Great Harry Potter Re-read: Book Six, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 18/10/2010 06:12:40 PM 3207 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1865 Views
I am enjoying this a lot more than I thought I would. - 22/10/2010 07:25:17 PM 2012 Views
Yes, I'm loving that I can read in English again. - 22/10/2010 10:10:32 PM 2087 Views
Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1843 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1921 Views
Re: Suggestions. - 20/10/2010 03:20:18 PM 2055 Views
*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1788 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 1109 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 1051 Views
Are we having a break right now? - 12/11/2010 06:48:10 PM 1939 Views
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Chapters 1-3: The Other Minister, Spinner's End, Will and Won't. - 18/10/2010 06:21:55 PM 2123 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 2127 Views
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(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 2095 Views
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 2101 Views
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Re: *spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 11:48:45 AM 2179 Views
I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1875 Views
Re: I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 08:33:44 PM 2005 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 974 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 2010 Views
Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:31:56 PM 1976 Views
Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:33:34 PM 1955 Views
Chapters 4-6: Horace Slughorn, An Excess of Phlegm, Draco's Detour. *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:44:39 PM 1112 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 2122 Views
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Characters. - 25/10/2010 03:10:35 AM 1831 Views
Plotting and writing. - 20/10/2010 03:47:55 PM 1936 Views
*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1982 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 20/10/2010 03:48:07 PM 967 Views
Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1785 Views
It's not just you - 22/10/2010 08:34:25 PM 1780 Views
Chapters 7-9: Slug Club, Snape Victorious, The Half-Blood Prince *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:03 PM 1124 Views
Characters *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM 1061 Views
Harry, Romilda, Malfoy (in luuuve), Snape, Lavender Brown, McGonagall, Hermione and Slughorn. - 22/10/2010 07:26:19 PM 2038 Views
Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1816 Views
Re: Thoughts about your thoughts. - 24/10/2010 09:18:37 AM 1812 Views
More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1826 Views
Re: More characters. - 25/10/2010 10:27:33 AM 1846 Views
Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1985 Views
Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:04:24 PM 1922 Views
Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1846 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 2000 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1916 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 1996 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1988 Views
Re: Characters - 24/10/2010 03:41:30 AM 2032 Views
Re: Characters - 25/10/2010 10:44:00 AM 1867 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 1057 Views
Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 07:27:23 PM 1944 Views
Malfoy and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 10:51:03 PM 1853 Views
Re: Malfoy and the DADA job. - 25/10/2010 11:31:57 AM 1889 Views
Re: Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 23/10/2010 05:32:27 PM 1831 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 1071 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1803 Views
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Re: I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 25/10/2010 03:06:43 AM 1882 Views
Chapters 10-12: The House of Gaunt, Hermione's Helping Hand, Silver and Opals. *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:00:02 PM 1126 Views
Characters: The Gaunts, the Trio, Hagrid, and many more. *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:02:07 PM 1076 Views
Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 2099 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1922 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1765 Views
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Re: *lol* - 26/10/2010 09:50:09 AM 1906 Views
~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1824 Views
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Trelawny, Ogden, Gaunt, Ron, Hermione, Ron and Harry - 25/10/2010 10:23:55 PM 1840 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1933 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1966 Views
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1912 Views
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Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1995 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 886 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1807 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1895 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1769 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 1999 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1883 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1857 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1877 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1869 Views
It can be learned actually. Dumbledore implies he knows it and Ron uses it in book 7 - 25/10/2010 05:55:28 PM 1865 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1882 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 2130 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 2005 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 942 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1883 Views
Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:16:28 PM 1062 Views
Characters: The Trio, Ginny, Tom Riddle, Draco,... *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:12 PM 1050 Views
Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1918 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1835 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1899 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 2028 Views
Re: Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 09:01:56 PM 2017 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 852 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1911 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 2040 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1913 Views
Re: Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 09:00:36 PM 1932 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:42 PM 909 Views
Re: Anything else? - 27/10/2010 10:30:55 PM 2044 Views
Re: Anything else? - 28/10/2010 04:56:10 AM 1967 Views
Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1830 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 2073 Views
Re: I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:44:22 AM 1900 Views
It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1955 Views
Re: It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 11:48:19 AM 1783 Views
Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 1063 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 1127 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 2043 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:24:02 PM 1859 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:51:06 PM 1874 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:14:46 PM 2095 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1979 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 06:23:04 PM 1923 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1598 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1861 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1892 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1830 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1953 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 939 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1880 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1938 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 831 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 1179 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1760 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 2000 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 2080 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 937 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 2110 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 947 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 2153 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 1088 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1930 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1964 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1991 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 962 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1893 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1932 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1991 Views
This "we'll see in book seven" thing is getting old, but still that's what I have to say here... - 04/11/2010 01:23:01 PM 1780 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1950 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1959 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 957 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1774 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1615 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1821 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 969 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1876 Views
I didn't take the comparison as far, but the gate thing did remind me of Moria, yes. (DH spoilers) - 05/11/2010 10:03:16 PM 2123 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1843 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 1086 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 907 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 1035 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1795 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 04:49:06 PM 1863 Views
I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1967 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1950 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1910 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 2076 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 2213 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 939 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1930 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 2155 Views
Re: I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 1823 Views
This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1971 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1920 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 2151 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 2413 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1943 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 2041 Views

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