Harry Potter: Middle of the Book.

It's really cool reading this book again because I have already picked up on details missing in the movies and new ones that I hadn't noticed before. I am also able to connect with characters like Herminone while studying for tests and doing homework. When I read this before I wasn't old enough to really connect with someone like that because I had never had any really big tests or a lot of homework. It's also fun knowing that I'm now older than the characters are supposed to be, because usually when I read a book or watch a movie I am younger than the main characters. Herminone, Ron and Harry

I am right around the middle of the book and there's been a lot of interesting scenes. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive and I can compare what she says to how it was adapted in the movies. It is funny to read something and think "I'd do that differently" because I am taking a backstage theater class and I know how to set some things up that could be part of a set for a movie. There is one scene that I would have done completely differently, the scene with Hermione and the troll in the bathroom. I would have designed the troll and the bathroom differently because Rowling says the troll is more green than in the movie.

Im excited to finish the book because I like the ending and it's been fun to read it again. The last thing that I noticed was that at the beginning Ron and Harry, but mostly Ron, are very rude to Herminoe which is ironic because in the end Hermione and Ron end up married. It was interesting to see the change in attitude towards Hermione. At first they don't get along and Ron makes fun of Hermione for being book smart, and sort of anti-social. Then as the story progresses they become friends and work together. I always like to see characters change throughout books, especially when I know how the story ends, because I like to know how the journey to the end went, not just the end.