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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 2713 Views
General comments on the book. - 18/10/2010 06:14:10 PM 1569 Views
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Me too - 01/11/2010 02:11:28 PM 1553 Views
Suggestions. - 18/10/2010 06:18:46 PM 1610 Views
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*cough* - 09/11/2010 09:24:21 AM 1485 Views
Oh yes. I'm being distracted by Towers of Midnight. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:11:22 PM 919 Views
Shocking. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:43 PM 865 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 1827 Views
Characters: The three Ministers, Snape, Narcissa, Bellatrix, Harry, Dumbledore, the Dursleys. - 18/10/2010 06:25:12 PM 1832 Views
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(minor book seven spoilers) - 19/10/2010 11:27:53 AM 1796 Views
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*spoilers for book 7* an assortment of characters - 19/10/2010 01:01:35 AM 1788 Views
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I rather enjoyed the new characters. - 22/10/2010 07:30:03 PM 1574 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 18/10/2010 06:28:16 PM 778 Views
Dumbledore-centered. - 19/10/2010 01:03:05 AM 1707 Views
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Re: Dumbledore-centered. - 22/10/2010 07:33:34 PM 1657 Views
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(Mostly) on Slughorn, Narcissa and Fleur... - 20/10/2010 09:25:20 PM 1783 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 20/10/2010 03:47:55 PM 1661 Views
*minor spoilers for book 7* - 20/10/2010 09:23:44 PM 1706 Views
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Dumbledore's Stephen Fry moment... or maybe that's just me. - 22/10/2010 07:35:59 PM 1498 Views
It's not just you - 22/10/2010 08:34:25 PM 1490 Views
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Characters *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:24 PM 861 Views
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Thoughts about your thoughts. - 23/10/2010 05:28:10 PM 1497 Views
Re: Thoughts about your thoughts. - 24/10/2010 09:18:37 AM 1527 Views
More characters. - 25/10/2010 03:21:33 AM 1501 Views
Re: More characters. - 25/10/2010 10:27:33 AM 1498 Views
Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 07:54:35 PM 1679 Views
Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:04:24 PM 1618 Views
Re: Love is in the air, evidently. - 22/10/2010 09:54:46 PM 1536 Views
Slytherin had been in need of new blood for a long time. (And assorted other comments.) - 22/10/2010 10:34:49 PM 1701 Views
Neville. - 23/10/2010 05:30:39 PM 1598 Views
Re: Neville. - 08/11/2010 02:35:57 PM 1685 Views
NEWT Potions - 24/10/2010 03:24:42 AM 1677 Views
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Plotting and writing. *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:37 PM 865 Views
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Malfoy and the DADA job. - 22/10/2010 10:51:03 PM 1536 Views
Re: Malfoy and the DADA job. - 25/10/2010 11:31:57 AM 1555 Views
Re: Dumbledore, patronuses and the DADA job. - 23/10/2010 05:32:27 PM 1546 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 22/10/2010 07:23:50 PM 885 Views
I believe in Wrackspurts, too. And some questions. - 22/10/2010 07:28:04 PM 1505 Views
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Harry's continued insistence about Malfoy really irritates me (even though he's right). - 25/10/2010 06:15:23 PM 1773 Views
*lol* - 25/10/2010 06:39:19 PM 1634 Views
I don't hide from my faults. - 25/10/2010 08:01:39 PM 1472 Views
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~geeky moment~ - 26/10/2010 03:14:52 PM 1521 Views
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Plotting and writing. - 25/10/2010 05:03:16 PM 1630 Views
Amazing amounts of accurate guesswork here, in hindsight. - 25/10/2010 05:37:28 PM 1672 Views
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The smuggling and Trelawney's rambling. - 27/10/2010 12:05:48 AM 1616 Views
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Things - 25/10/2010 10:24:19 PM 1645 Views
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Anything else? *NM* - 25/10/2010 05:03:32 PM 712 Views
Dumbledore still sounds like Stephen Fry. And reflections on the nature of Potions class. - 25/10/2010 05:11:24 PM 1482 Views
It's like baking, I think. - 25/10/2010 05:32:42 PM 1618 Views
Good analogy - 25/10/2010 05:52:38 PM 1467 Views
Yes, exactly like baking - and advanced baking involves experimenting, substituting, improvising. - 25/10/2010 06:42:42 PM 1662 Views
But not at high school. - 25/10/2010 07:57:44 PM 1581 Views
Also - 04/11/2010 09:29:47 AM 1532 Views
Also, Parseltongue - is Harry that thick, or is it a magic thing? - 25/10/2010 05:18:41 PM 1601 Views
I think it's a magic thing. - 25/10/2010 05:34:09 PM 1590 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 1554 Views
Huh. I completely missed that. Good thing we're doing a reread. - 25/10/2010 05:57:38 PM 1552 Views
Speaking of Dumbledore and Parseltongue. - 28/10/2010 05:03:10 AM 1827 Views
parseltongue - 25/10/2010 10:24:46 PM 1703 Views
Interesting how many of our remarks are along similar lines. *NM* - 25/10/2010 10:27:30 PM 752 Views
Indeed - 26/10/2010 09:20:43 AM 1596 Views
Chapters 13-15: The Secret Riddle, Felix Felicis, The Unbreakable Vow *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:16:28 PM 881 Views
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Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron & Hermione, Harry, Ginny, Luna - 27/10/2010 10:31:39 PM 1571 Views
My take on Ginny is rather different, I must say... at least this time around. - 29/10/2010 01:47:20 PM 1547 Views
Girls. - 29/10/2010 05:54:25 PM 1578 Views
Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 02:02:01 PM 1729 Views
Re: Draco: Not as confident as he appears, surely. - 29/10/2010 09:01:56 PM 1713 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:26 PM 681 Views
plot and writing. - 27/10/2010 10:30:14 PM 1598 Views
Re: plot and writing. - 28/10/2010 05:07:03 AM 1745 Views
Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 02:08:35 PM 1618 Views
Re: Draco can dissemble rather well, just like his parents. - 29/10/2010 09:00:36 PM 1624 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 27/10/2010 04:17:42 PM 717 Views
Re: Anything else? - 27/10/2010 10:30:55 PM 1730 Views
Re: Anything else? - 28/10/2010 04:56:10 AM 1681 Views
Harry comments on that when in Snape's memories in book five. - 28/10/2010 10:42:08 AM 1536 Views
I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:39:20 AM 1720 Views
Re: I wonder if that's actually true, though. - 28/10/2010 10:44:22 AM 1586 Views
It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 10:55:49 AM 1650 Views
Re: It's more than that, though. - 28/10/2010 11:48:19 AM 1464 Views
Chapters 16-18: A Very Frosty Christmas, A Sluggish Memory, Birthday Surprises *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:40:39 PM 853 Views
Characters: The Trio, Fleur, Scrimgeour, Percy, Remus, Slughorn,... *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:43:02 PM 940 Views
Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 08:51:58 PM 1730 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:24:02 PM 1557 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 29/10/2010 11:51:06 PM 1564 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:14:46 PM 1800 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 31/10/2010 09:07:19 PM 1656 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 06:23:04 PM 1621 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 02/11/2010 07:20:26 PM 1317 Views
Re: Mr Weasley, Lupin, Fleur, Harry and Scrimgeour - 04/11/2010 04:03:02 AM 1552 Views
And - 04/11/2010 10:46:37 AM 1570 Views
Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 05:43:49 PM 1499 Views
Re: Plotting and writing. - 29/10/2010 08:52:34 PM 1647 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 29/10/2010 05:44:04 PM 750 Views
My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:28:43 PM 1564 Views
Re: My comments on Potions class were heeded! Excellent. - 29/10/2010 11:52:12 PM 1651 Views
Chapters 19-21: Elf Tails, Lord Voldemort's Requests, The Unknowable Room *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:22 PM 646 Views
Characters: The Trio, the elves, Draco, Dumbledore,... *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:00:56 PM 972 Views
the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 02:08:32 PM 1462 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:10:11 PM 1709 Views
Re: the twins, Hermione, Ron, Luna, Voldemort, Draco and Tonks - 01/11/2010 05:16:30 PM 1790 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:13 PM 753 Views
Dumbledore, little girls and the house-elf issue again. - 01/11/2010 02:09:35 PM 1785 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 01/11/2010 02:01:27 PM 769 Views
Chapters 22-24: After the Burial, Horcruxes, Sectumsempra - 03/11/2010 09:50:17 PM 1864 Views
Characters. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:33 PM 892 Views
Malfoy, Ron & Hermione, Slughorn, Voldemort, Snape and Ginny. - 04/11/2010 12:12:57 AM 1624 Views
Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:02:04 PM 1650 Views
Re: Draco, Slughorn, Snape, the romance. - 04/11/2010 02:16:17 PM 1666 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:50:50 PM 781 Views
Harry wrong again, house elves, horcruxes, free will, well hidden clues and some irony *DH spoiler* - 03/11/2010 10:35:20 PM 1587 Views
Re: Stuff. - 04/11/2010 04:28:04 AM 1642 Views
Re: Stuff. *spoilers for book 7* - 04/11/2010 09:10:19 AM 1652 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 1488 Views
Yes, I think you are right - 04/11/2010 01:24:41 PM 1653 Views
Well, I'm back. Some comments inside. *DH Spoilers* - 08/11/2010 02:28:11 PM 1629 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 03/11/2010 09:51:04 PM 768 Views
Chapters 25-27: The Seer Overheard, The Cave, The Lightning-Struck Tower - 05/11/2010 05:37:42 PM 1479 Views
Plotting and writing. - 05/11/2010 05:39:27 PM 1317 Views
*spoilers for book 7* - 05/11/2010 07:55:07 PM 1532 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 05/11/2010 05:39:43 PM 795 Views
I like how good magic is not flashy. Also, a Tolkien thing - 05/11/2010 07:55:27 PM 1574 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 1793 Views
yes - 05/11/2010 10:06:43 PM 1559 Views
Chapters 28-30: Flight of the Prince, The Phoenix Lament, The White Tomb. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:12 PM 892 Views
Characters. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:25 PM 729 Views
Plotting and writing. *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:40 PM 859 Views
Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 02:26:38 PM 1505 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 09/11/2010 04:49:06 PM 1556 Views
I'm assuming not even the Ministry knows 100% what she did. - 13/11/2010 12:26:14 AM 1656 Views
Very true. - 15/11/2010 01:48:36 PM 1647 Views
Not much, no, but there's one fairly crucial mention. - 15/11/2010 04:37:23 PM 1612 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 12:22:22 AM 1762 Views
Re: Spoilers. - 13/11/2010 09:38:09 AM 1898 Views
Anything else? *NM* - 09/11/2010 02:13:53 PM 742 Views
We did the Harry Potter marathon thing on Sunday - 09/11/2010 02:28:08 PM 1627 Views
I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:57:56 PM 1822 Views
Re: I vaguely remember something of the sort, yes. - 09/11/2010 02:58:56 PM 1523 Views
This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:34:33 PM 1647 Views
Re: This is definitely the most painfully altered of the movies. - 09/11/2010 04:36:29 PM 1626 Views
Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:40:24 PM 1864 Views
Re: Very true. - 09/11/2010 04:43:45 PM 2102 Views
Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:53:46 PM 1637 Views
Re: Agreed. - 09/11/2010 04:58:59 PM 1742 Views

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