October’s Best Books for Young Readers
Fall fans: it’s finally October! There’s a chill in the air and the wind is picking up, which means it’s the perfect…
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8 Unforgettable Characters You’ll Meet in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Best friends Harry, Ron, and Hermione are the heart of the Harry Potter series, and a friendship force to be…
10 Scenes We Can’t Wait to See in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition
We’ve been counting down the days until the release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The Illustrated Edition ever since we first…
6 YA Books That Visit the Land of the Dead
As we get deeper into autumn and the days grow shorter, those of us of the goth persuasion rub our…
BREAKING: J.K. Rowling Just Released a Patronus Experience on Pottermore!
No offense to other books, but it seems unlikely there will ever be a literary phenomenon quite as wonderfully expansive…
10 Magical Firsts in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
If I had three wishes, I’d use all of them to be able to go back and reread Harry Potter and the…
10 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Schools We Wish We Could Enroll in This Fall
It’s that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the leaves are starting to change, and parents are rejoicing as their…
12 “Strong Female Characters” in Sci-Fi & Fantasy Who Aren’t Just Male Characters with Different Pronouns
The phrase “strong female character” is problematic. Oh, so problematic. It’s a phrase used mainly by guys, first of all,…
The Sad, Strange Histories of Some of the Most Famous Kids in Literature
One thing that seems to unite all of us is an instinctual urge to protect children. Aside from our emotional reaction to…
15 Scenes from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Ranked in Order of How Emotional They Made Me
I love things that make me cry, whether it’s out of joy or sadness. I don’t know what this says…
Should You Read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
Short answer to the question posed above: Yes. Obviously. Long answer? Perhaps you, the discerning reader, want to know WHY Harry…
The Book Nerd’s Guide to Saying Goodbye to a Book
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the…
Growing Up—and Hopefully Growing Old—with Harry Potter
“I think Nathan’s a Hufflepuff,” my sister texted me one day. I winced. How was that going to work? She’s a Ravenclaw.…
6 More Harry Potter Spinoffs We’d Like to See
Looks like J.K. Rowling just can’t quit us. Since ending Harry’s seven-book story in 2009, she has graced us with…
5 Reasons to Reread the Harry Potter Series
Last year, I spent the last two weeks of July rereading all seven Harry Potter books, and I don’t care…
The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Script Book is Here!
By now, you’ve heard the news: Harry Potter’s story has an eighth chapter, in the form of play and script book…