miszladyb19: Florida

Friday, May 10, 2013

Harry Potter Moment of the Week-Diagon Alley coming to US!

I am participating in Harry Potter moment of the week hosted by Uncorked Thoughts . Here is what we do:

This is a meme hosted by me here at my blog :).The aim of this meme is to share with fellow bloggers a character, spell, chapter, object or quote from the books/ films/ J. K. Rowling herself or anything Potter related! I will be picking a topic within HP for us to focus on each week and then if anyone wants to take part feel free! All I ask is to link back here, to my blog :). There is now a full list of the topics to come here.

Q. Favorite moment in Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone? I think my favorite part of this book is when we first see Diagon Alley!! I wanted to really be there so bad. I would just love the shops.

I mean.. did you see today it was announced that they are adding Diagon Alley to Universal Studios in Florida? I must make a trip back ~~NOW~~ I mean in 2014. I had so much fun when I went in 2010 when the park first opened and you better believe I will go back for this. I mean 2014??? WHA??

Anyways.. back to Diagon Alley being my favorite part of the book. This is where Harry sees what wizarding is all about. Brooms to buy, robes, potion ingredients, familiars, and WANDS! Who doesn't want to hang out in the Leaky Cauldron? I would stay there all the time.

I can't stop thinking about Florida.....

Well ... that is my favorite part of the Sorcerer's Stone!! Here is a glimpse of what it will look like!

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling-Review

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling

As some of you may have noticed I haven't posted anything in a while. My dad was in a terrible motorcycle accident so I am in the hospital with him. We have been on a roller coaster ride. I would like to take a moment before I go into my review to remind all of you who ride a motorcycle to wear a helmet at ALL times. It saved my dad's life. We have a journey to go through but he is here.

Since I had to leave home fast and am now in Utah I had to leave all my library books behind. I have had so much going on that I just can't read any crazy serious books. So at first I would play Angry Birds everyday... and then I finally started to relax. I looked around my mom's house who has plenty of books and decided why not give Harry Potter a re-read. Those books bring me so much joy and I don't think I've read them since book 7 came out.

Here is the goodreads description:

Harry Potter thinks he is an ordinary boy - until he is rescued by an owl, taken to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, learns to play Quidditch and does battle in a deadly duel. The Reason ...

HARRY POTTER IS A WIZARD!

Well that was a short description. Guess they figure everyone has read the books. I love to re-read the books. Though I do find myself picturing a lot of the story from the movies. Usually I compare a book to the movies but I guess I have seen these movies so often that I find that I am comparing the movie to the book. Meaning typically I am like "that's not how it happened in the book" and now I am like "that's not how it happened in the movie". hahah!

I am really excited about this re-read. I have only read book 7 once so I am looking forward to getting through them. I have actually been to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando and it was amazing. If you are a Harry Potter fan then you do not want to miss this park!! They did such a good job of making you feel like you are really in their world.