Review “ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (illustrated edition)“ (J. K. Rowling)

November 14, 2017.Lesedauer 5 Minuten.

The Dursleys were so mean and hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he’s packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, disaster will […]

Review „Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (illustrated edition)“ (J. K. Rowling)

Oktober 16, 2017.Lesedauer 5 Minuten.

When a letter arrives for unhappy but ordinary Harry Potter, a decade-old secret is revealed to him that apparently he’s the last to know. His parents were wizards, killed by a Dark Lord’s curse when Harry was just a baby, and which he somehow survived. Leaving his unsympathetic aunt and uncle for Hogwarts School of […]

Birthday: 20 Jahre Harry Potter

Juni 26, 2017.Lesedauer 4 Minuten.

Liebe Leser, heute vor 20 Jahren hatte J. K. Rowling die Kraft, den Mut und vor allem trotz aller Zweifel und Ablehnungen, die wundervolle Harry-Potter-Reihe mit der Veröffentlichung des ersten Bandes, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (dt. Harry Pottter und der Stein der Weisen) in die Welt zu entlassen und hat damit vielen das Lesen lieben […]

Lieblings-Zitate aus der aktuellen Lektüre

I was breaking apart. Shattering. Everything was coming undone. Pieces of who I used to be were repelled by what I’d become. The past and the present couldn’t coexist with the future. I was torn in two. (Apollyon)

Failure […] You’ll live through it, you’ll learn from it, and it will create a greater chance of success next time. (Attitude is you Superpower)

Was wäre, wenn jeder Tag unseres Lebens katalogisiert würde? Unsere Gefühle, die Menschen, mit denen wir zu tun haben, die Dinge, mit denen wir unsere Zeit verbringen? (The Big Five for Life)

Wege entstehen dadurch, dass man sie geht. (Spaziergang zu dir selbst)