Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone: Author - J K Rowling

Harry Potter Series

Author: J K Rowling

Book I: Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone

Here comes a book set in a total fantasy world about wizards and witches. Not the first of its kind but had captured the attention of everybody from a young kid to an old man....all were completely involved with the adventures of Harry Potter in the Howgarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In this first book Harry is thrilled to learn that he is a wizard and even more thrilled to learn that he can stay away from his uncle’s family to study at a school called Howgarts...

Harry is astounded to discover that he is already famous in the magic world being the only person in this queer world to face a death curse and thwart it to live.. no one knows how he did it including himself. He learns the truth of his parents’ death and how his mother Lily had sacrificed herself to protect him from death... and how an evil wizard Voldemort was destroyed...

On the train he meets his soon to be best friend for life Ron Weasley and they both are placed in the same house “Gryffindor”. Harry’s life totally changes after coming to Howgarts and he is caught in studying about magic and discovers new facts about his dead parents James and Lily Potter which he had no clue of earlier.

But being James’ son he can’t stay away from trouble.. and soon after one such incident finds a new friend in the “Miss Know all” of the school Hermione.. Harry, Ron and Hermoine are inseparable soon and spend all their time together. Alas their curious nature is tested when they wish to solve a mystery about the secret thing stored in the school...

Many startling facts, twists and surprises come in front of Harry which he has to face to solve the mystery...

The climax is amazingly well written and the real culprit comes as a shock to Harry and the readers as well...

Some of my favourite parts in the book are The first Quidditch match played by Harry.. one of the most amazing sport which the author has fantasized about.. its well written, fast paced and too good. One of the touching parts is when Harry sees his parents in The Mirror of Erised, his feelings on seeing his dead parents are too good.

The friendship between Harry, Ron, Hermione and Hagrid is also very very well brought out. But the best moments come in the climax when they solve the mysteries and also when Harry and gang win points for their house and lift the Gryffindor cup.. the utter disbelief mixed with happy expressions on their faces are so well depicted.

About few of the characters in the book

Harry Potter– The absolute favourite 11 year old wizard in the book

Ron – Harry’s best friend and confidant for life.

Hermione – The studious, nerd, never to break rules kind of a girl...

The kind of friendship between Harry, Ron and Hermione is a kind which every kid would want to have.. absolutely loyal, sincere and totally supportive of each other.

Hagrid – The half giant gamekeeper at Howgarts and Harry’s absolutely most favourite person in the school

Professor Dumbledore – Headmaster of Howgarts, an eccentric and genius wizard. The only person whom Voldemort feared... he absolutes loves Harry and keeps a close watch on him even though Harry never realizes it.

Professor McGonagall – The strict teacher and Head of Gryffindor house... a severe tickler for rules, her mere eye contact with a person is commanding and enough to scare you. But beneath the strict look is the loving and caring heart of a woman who is concerned about the safety and well being of all her students

Professor Snape – Potions master and head of Slytherin house.. who for some unknown reason hates Harry and Harry shares a mutual hatred for him... The encounters between Snape and Harry are amazingly written; the progression of Snape’s character through out all the seven books in the series is mind blowing.

You Know Who (Voldemort) – The most evil wizard in the magic world who killed Harry’s parents but couldn’t kill Harry.. was destroyed by his own death curse... few people still believe that You Know Who is just biding his time and will make a comeback soon; will Harry be able to destroy Voldemort again????????????

Twilight series... Book II: New Moon: Author - Stephanie Meyer

Continuing the story of Twilight Bella dreams of being with Edward all her life... But her dreams are shattered when Edward leaves Forks forever with his family after an incident which took place at Bella’s birthday party where Jasper nearly pounced on her wanting to kill her and taste her blood which has spilled by accident. Bella is heartbroken and cant stand separation from her beloved Edward and is shattered for days together. Only a warning from her dad to move her back with her mom brings her back to senses and she tries to carry on with life.. She renews her friendship with Jacob Black from La Push. They both become very good friends soon with Jacob wanting to take their relationship to the next level while she is not yet ready to carry on… Alas everything changes again in Bella’s life when Jacob suddenly becomes unresponsive and stops talking to her for no reason… She is again heartbroken on losing a friend but decides to find out the reason behind Jacob’s silence… Soon another truth comes to light which completely shocks her but doesn’t break her friendship with Jacob… Meanwhile a small misunderstanding leads Edward to believe that Bella is dead and he goes to Italy to confront Volturi the royal vampire family who can destroy any vampire who breaks the rules…….. So does Edward die? What happens to Bella and Jacob? Will Edward come back to Bella or is this the end of their love story??????…. 

Twilight - Author: Stephenie Meyer

Twilight is about Isabella Swan who calls herself as Bella. She has come to Forks a small town in USA from Phoenix to live with her dad Charlie when her mom remarries and moves to Jacksonville with her new husband. She doesn’t realize that her life would turn 180 degrees when she moves here. By nature she is an introvert, caring and “accident prone’ girl who is a magnet for disaster and can’t spend even a day without getting involved into a mishap… After coming to Forks she sees “the most handsome and gorgeous guy on earth” Edward Cullen and his family in school.. she finds each and every person in his family good looking J; however her friends warn her that Edward never dates and the Cullen family doesn’t interact very socially with others and they are a very very close knit family. On her very first day in school Edward ignores her like she is a disease and doesn’t even talk to her… it’s as if talking to her would be a death sentence for him. He is missing for the next few days and when he comes back apologizes for his rudeness.. a slow friendship starts between them even though Edward keeps warning her that being his friend is not safe for Bella.. but she doesn’t care. She wants to know this guy further and wants to know the real Edward behind the façade.. When Edward miraculously saves her from getting crushed under a van she realizes that this guy is not normal.. there is something really super natural about him. She tries to find out the truth behind this gorgeous guy when he saves her a second time from a pack of goons..... After learning some old stories from a friend who thinks it all superstition she discovers that Edward and his family have a lot of traits of vampires like... (read the book to find out J J). However this doesn’t stop her from being attracted to him and in her words she is “dazzled” by the handsome guy so much that she doesn’t even care that she is playing with fire. Edward is also very much taken with this girl who keeps attracting trouble for herself where ever she goes.. not even a day would go when she wouldn’t stumble and fall down somewhere and Edward would be there to protect her.. The bond between them slowly deepens and they become inseparable after sometime….

But again trouble awaits her in the form of a tracker James who sees her with the Cullen family one day and finds her scent too tasty to ignore. James has never failed in tracking and killing his prey once he gets attracted... He never misses his prey and now he has his eyes set on Bella.... What happens to Bella now... will she end up on James dinner menu or in the safe arms of Edward or something worse????

It is the most fast pacing and not to be put down book once you start reading....