Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Quidditch Through the Ages the Tales of Beedle the Bard
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Sometimes we forget that advices and snippets are sometimes annoying. And and as we grow older we realize it must be the way it should be or the context must be the way it should be. Don't get me wrong I don't understand myself either. Para maiba nmn, hehe! 😊
Just re read this one...Sometimes we forget that advices and snippets are sometimes annoying. And and as we grow older we realize it must be the way it should be or the context must be the way it should be. Don't get me wrong I don't understand myself either. Para maiba nmn, hehe! 😊
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A collection containing 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them', 'Quidditch Through the Ages' and 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard'.
It's Harry Potter, so of course, it's five stars from me. Not biased at all. I swear.
I love rereading this collection when I'm in the mood to dip back into one of my prime obsessions, but I don't have the time to commit to rereading the seven books. As I said in a previous review, one of the reasons why I love the HP series so much is how incredibly detailed and multifaceted its univers
Ah ... this collection is such a casual reread for me that I actually forgot that I needed to write a review!It's Harry Potter, so of course, it's five stars from me. Not biased at all. I swear.
I love rereading this collection when I'm in the mood to dip back into one of my prime obsessions, but I don't have the time to commit to rereading the seven books. As I said in a previous review, one of the reasons why I love the HP series so much is how incredibly detailed and multifaceted its universe is. The fact that Jo Rowling can quite literally sit down and write a textbook, a library book, and a fairytale collection from this world — (which goes over such minute details as when wizards decided to put 'cushioning charms' on broomsticks to make them more comfortable) — is a testimony to how strong her worldbuilding is.
Out of the three (Fantastic Beasts, Quidditch Through the Ages, and Beedle the Bard), my favorite would be the fairytales. Possibly this is because it has the most straightforward narrative — it's a series of short stories, rather than an 'informational' piece — but I also think it's because the fairytales reflect what I find most interesting about the wizarding world: its customs and prejudice. Dumbledore's commentary on how wizards received and changed these tales to 'hide' opinions about Muggles (non-magic people) etc. is fascinating to me.
I studied and wrote about real fairytales pretty extensively in college, and I've always been interested in how they reflect (and shape, in all honesty) the way that a culture thinks. Rowling does this so well here.
Next, I probably most enjoy Quidditch Through the Ages. Given that I'm not a sports fan, you would think this would be tedious to me — but, believe it or not, this book is actually funny. Wizards have a propensity for setting things on fire during games. That's all I'm going to say.
Quidditch Through the Ages also gives, out of the three, the most extensive description of wizarding cultures outside of the UK. Very interesting to me.
Although I'm tagging Fantastic Beasts as my least favorite, I do enjoy it. The way the magical creatures interweave with mythologies and the original book series does make me smile. I might simply have read it too many times, or possibly because I've been exposed to so many magical creatures via the new movies, I found myself pushing through this one a little bit. My favorite part, however, was Rowling's new inclusion of North American creatures: any reference to the American school of magic is addictive to me. Like I said, I'm a nerd.
This is the sort of collection that you want to read after you've read the Harry Potter series. Reading it beforehand, you will find that it's just a collection of seemingly random information — after HP, you appreciate how it deepens, widens, and enriches the global wizarding world in Rowling's series.
Overall, a wonderful, quick, and well-written read!
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A quick, easy, and delightful read! Easy to imagine because I saw the movie first but it was nice to read the dialogue and it was totally JK Rowling's style which I have missed!Book given by Phuong
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Super quick reads and a lot of fun to round out the HP world even more.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Probably my favorite. So cool to read about all the magical creatures!
Quidditch Through the Ages: I was worried that this might be a bit boring, but I really enjoyed it. Interested to see how the game evolved and read about it's influences
I've never read any of these three books before, and this set was perfect. The books are very elegant and sturdy and look lovely next to my HP books!Super quick reads and a lot of fun to round out the HP world even more.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Probably my favorite. So cool to read about all the magical creatures!
Quidditch Through the Ages: I was worried that this might be a bit boring, but I really enjoyed it. Interested to see how the game evolved and read about it's influences outside of English.
The Tales of Beedle the Bard: Probably my least favorite of the three, but still really enjoyable. I especially liked Dumbledore's notes after the stories.
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Fantastic Beasts: Love all the descriptions and additions. Super cute illustration here and there.
Quidditch: I'll never give a fuck about any real sport, but I am a diehard Quidditch fan~ like the humor here too!
Tales: These are all so charming! And the Dumbledore commentary totally made me lose my rag and blub. Bless him.
Absolutely gorgeous editions (the end papers!!!!). Definitely a must for any Harry Potter fan.Fantastic Beasts: Love all the descriptions and additions. Super cute illustration here and there.
Quidditch: I'll never give a fuck about any real sport, but I am a diehard Quidditch fan~ like the humor here too!
Tales: These are all so charming! And the Dumbledore commentary totally made me lose my rag and blub. Bless him.
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Easy read and also a fun read. Descriptions of the invention of Quidditch and also descriptions of the fantastic beasts that were introduced in the Harry Potter series.
P.S: If yo
AMAZING... There are three books in the series. The first one is 'The Tales of Beedle the Bard' which is basically the myths and legends of the Wizarding World. The second and my personal favourite is 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' which teaches you all about the creatures of the Wizarding World (Nifflers Fan!!!). The last and most informative is ' Quidditch through the Ages'. It teaches you all about the most famous and exhilarating sport of the Wizarding World, Quidditch.P.S: If you want you can buy the books separately you can.
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Go Ballycastle Bats! Or.. Go Holyhead Harpies!! Or... Go Fitchburg Finches!!!
I can't decide. But not Sweetwater All-Stars. Because even though I live in Texas. I don't like this state.
Beasts: So cute. The audiobook is narrated by the very sexy Eddie Redmayne. His accent is pleasant for this American to listen to, because Brits sometimes are hard for me to decipher. I just bought the Kindle in Motion versio
Quidditch: Way better than I expected. Her imagination astounds me. It even made me laugh.Go Ballycastle Bats! Or.. Go Holyhead Harpies!! Or... Go Fitchburg Finches!!!
I can't decide. But not Sweetwater All-Stars. Because even though I live in Texas. I don't like this state.
Beasts: So cute. The audiobook is narrated by the very sexy Eddie Redmayne. His accent is pleasant for this American to listen to, because Brits sometimes are hard for me to decipher. I just bought the Kindle in Motion version of this book, so I'll have to re-read it and review that edition:)
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The content of the books themselves:
Fantastic Beasts is a lovely little encyclopedia type book with descriptions that make me want to get out my pencil and doodle the creatures. This book contains my
This handsome edition was one of the most fun and fanciful additions to my bookshelf in the last five years. The notes by characters are wonderful little surprises, the writing is classic Rowling whimsy, and the set creates a feeling - however short - of really being part of the Hogwarts universe.The content of the books themselves:
Fantastic Beasts is a lovely little encyclopedia type book with descriptions that make me want to get out my pencil and doodle the creatures. This book contains my favorite little easter eggs in the form of scribblings by the golden trio. It's also actually very useful. Over the course of seven books, especially if you're plowing through a quick reread like I enjoy doing, it can be a bit easy to forget descriptions of creatures when later referenced, or simply enjoyable to look up creatures that were named in the books but never elaborated upon until this little side edition.
Quidditch Through The Ages was, surprisingly, my favorite book of the trio. Quidditch was interesting to be sure, but I'm not much of a sports fan in real life or in novels, so I admit I do at times glaze over when its described in the main series. Being able to read in-depth about the "history" of the sport gave it much more interest for me personally, as well as another opportunity to be agog at the absolute marvel that is Rowling's deep world-building abilities.
Tales of Beedle the Bard was probably the most nostalgic of the three. When I read about Fantastic Beasts being referenced in the Potter books, I often imagined it as a weightier tome. However, the Beedle book was described as a small book of fairy tales, so holding it in my hand in real life in this small, hardback version with its little black and white pictures and homey feel seemed exactly right. I couldn't have asked for a better little compliment to the Deathly Hallows. The tales inside are lovely, seeming like Aesop's Wizard Fables.
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Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she ch See also: Robert Galbraith
Although she writes under the pen name J.K. Rowling, pronounced like rolling, her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply Joanne Rowling. Anticipating that the target audience of young boys might not want to read a book written by a woman, her publishers demanded that she use two initials, rather than her full name. As she had no middle name, she chose K as the second initial of her pen name, from her paternal grandmother Kathleen Ada Bulgen Rowling. She calls herself Jo and has said, "No one ever called me 'Joanne' when I was young, unless they were angry." Following her marriage, she has sometimes used the name Joanne Murray when conducting personal business. During the Leveson Inquiry she gave evidence under the name of Joanne Kathleen Rowling. In a 2012 interview, Rowling noted that she no longer cared that people pronounced her name incorrectly.
Rowling was born to Peter James Rowling, a Rolls-Royce aircraft engineer, and Anne Rowling (née Volant), on 31 July 1965 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bristol. Her mother Anne was half-French and half-Scottish. Her parents first met on a train departing from King's Cross Station bound for Arbroath in 1964. They married on 14 March 1965. Her mother's maternal grandfather, Dugald Campbell, was born in Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for exceptional bravery in defending the village of Courcelles-le-Comte during the First World War.
Rowling's sister Dianne was born at their home when Rowling was 23 months old. The family moved to the nearby village Winterbourne when Rowling was four. She attended St Michael's Primary School, a school founded by abolitionist William Wilberforce and education reformer Hannah More. Her headmaster at St Michael's, Alfred Dunn, has been suggested as the inspiration for the Harry Potter headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
As a child, Rowling often wrote fantasy stories, which she would usually then read to her sister. She recalls that: "I can still remember me telling her a story in which she fell down a rabbit hole and was fed strawberries by the rabbit family inside it. Certainly the first story I ever wrote down (when I was five or six) was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee." At the age of nine, Rowling moved to Church Cottage in the Gloucestershire village of Tutshill, close to Chepstow, Wales. When she was a young teenager, her great aunt, who Rowling said "taught classics and approved of a thirst for knowledge, even of a questionable kind," gave her a very old copy of Jessica Mitford's autobiography, Hons and Rebels. Mitford became Rowling's heroine, and Rowling subsequently read all of her books.
Rowling has said of her teenage years, in an interview with The New Yorker, "I wasn't particularly happy. I think it's a dreadful time of life." She had a difficult homelife; her mother was ill and she had a difficult relationship with her father (she is no longer on speaking terms with him). She attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother had worked as a technician in the science department. Rowling said of her adolescence, "Hermione [a bookish, know-it-all Harry Potter character] is loosely based on me. She's a caricature of me when I was eleven, which I'm not particularly proud of." Steve Eddy, who taught Rowling English when she first arrived, remembers her as "not exceptional" but "one of a group of girls who were bright, and quite good at English." Sean Harris, her best friend in the Upper Sixth owned a turquoise Ford Anglia, which she says inspired the one in her books.
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