Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

This is the first book in the Harry Potter series. I have read it before and since I just had to read two books I didn't want to, I decided to read one I knew I liked. I think this will be fun to read because whenever I read a book I have already read I pick up on new details instead of only paying attention to the main events in the story. I still don't know why I like this series so much but for some reason it is one of the only series of books I liked enough to read all of them. I think it's partially because of the style of writing and how J.K. Rowling describes the people and places. Even just reading the book I can hear the characters talking and see them doing everything described. this is one series I really fell in love with, I even purchased the first book in Spanish and I am reading it along side of the English one to expand my Spanish vocabulary to prepare for my trip to Spain in June.

Another thing I really like about the book is how each individual character is so different. You have Harry, who is courageous and kind, but at the same time he has a darkness inside him that he has yet to understand. There is also Hermione who is one of the most intelligent characters in the book. After reading the beginning of the book again I realized that the reason Herminoe is so smart is because she feels the need to work harder than everyone else. In the book there are Pure-Bloods, Half-Bloods and muggle-borns who are sometimes called Mudbloods by the other two because they don't have magical parents. Since Hermione is muggle-born she feels like she missed out on some of the knowledge the other kids acquired in their homes with magic parents. The first time I read the book I didn't pick up on this, but now that I have read it more than once I am catching more details like that.

I am interested in seeing how many more details I missed when I first read the book. Even though I know what's going to happen in the book I still am able to enjoy the book because it is something I am not forced to read. To me, being forced to read a book makes it seem like homework and I can't enjoy the book. As I read this book I will feel less forced and really get a chance to enjoy myself.