[HPforGrownups] Reading SS (American version)

[Denise Rogers]

No: HPFGUIDX 3380

  I thought about combining this with that reading list, but I am glad I didn't--I didn't realize how big that list was until I posted it!

  Still reading through SS and finding more comments, questions, and queries.  (This time I am not trying to read just to read--so it's taking longer (I need a notepad and pen beside the book!)

  Here goes!

  All pages are from the American version.  I believe that all of Chapter seven's are from that chapter, but if not, then please do forgive me!

  Notes.

  Chapter Seven

  pg. 118--Slytherin...those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.  This doesn't necessarily mean bad ends.

  pg. 121==Moon, Nott, Parkinson (Assume this one is Pansy!), Perks, Sally Anne...  Where are these "unsorted" students?  Do we learn of their houses later?

  pg. 122--...Looking very peculiar in a large purple turban... He wasn't wearing the turban the first time in Diagon that Harry met him.

  pg. 123--(AD)...a bit mad... Does this explain the socks?

  pg. 124--Slyth's won for 7 years.  This doesn't mean that Gryf won 8 years ago, or more!

  pg. 126--Why did Harry's scar hurt when Snape looked at him in the hall the first time?

  pg. 129--Little man with wicked dark eyes (Peeves)...  This does sound a bit like Mini-me!

  pg. 130--Why was Scabbers chewing Ron's sheets?  (Also see page 184)

  pg. 134--Why did DADA class smell strongly like garlic (and why was the turban stuffed with it?  What was the significance of the garlic and Voldie?

  pg. 136--Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort.  It sounds like he did have the knack of teaching, just not the attitude!

  pg. 138--Why did Snape ask Harry "those" particular questions?  What significance did that have?

  pg. 140--What is a boar hound?  (Fangs)

  Chapter Nine
  pg. 151--threw the chalk into a bin...  Do you use something different for chalk in the UK?  Or are they talking about a chalktray (eraser-tray?)

  Chapter Eleven
  pg. 192--Why is Hagrid SO adamant about it NOT being Snape?

  Chapter Twelve
  pg. 200=-What a weird shape...What shape is a 50p?  Isn't it round and uniform like US funds?  Does that mean that wizard-money is not round and disklike?

  pg. 202--Here's a thought--did the twins switch sweaters?  Gred and Forge?

  pg. 207--(Mirror) propped against the wall.  If it has feet, why is it propped?

  pg. 212--Apparating inside Hogwarts?  Just an idea, did Harry trigger a trap the first time he came into the mirror room, and if so, did Dumbledore apparate to him, or was he just hidden in the shadows?  (I'm thinking of the trap in The Dragon Knight?)

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