Category Archives: Harry Potter

An archive of all my reviews/posts pertaining to the ‘Harry Potter’ series.

Welcome to the future of the Mark Reads series!

If you’ve come here from the lovely land of Twitter or Facebook, thine eyes do not deceive you. This is very real and this is the big “secret” that I’ve been not-so-subtly referencing for a few months now.

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Hello readers! Let’s get down to details

So I don’t plan on there being any breaks in posting from here into the foreseeable future for either of these two sites, but I figure that we need to have a few discussions about what will work best for … Continue reading

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Just an FYI

To establish how these things work, my review of Deathly Hallows is up on Mark Watches. Whenever I do series and there’s a film version, it will always be on MW as opposed to this site. I’d like to keep … Continue reading

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Mark Re-Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’: Chapter 1

In the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we learn exactly how much this entire series hinged on these seventeen pages. It’s time for Mark to re-read Harry Potter.

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Mark Re-Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’: Chapter 2

In the second chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, it’s clear that the Dursleys are just evil, evil people and the knowledge of Petunia’s motivation doesn’t help much. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to re-read Harry Potter.

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Mark Re-Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’: Chapter 3

In the third chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the Dursleys are the worst people ever. Seriously. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to re-read Harry Potter.

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Mark Re-Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’: Chapter 4

In the fourth chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Rubeus Hagrid storms the Dursleys’ hideout to inform Harry that he is indeed a wizard and everything is lovely and wonderful. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to re-read … Continue reading

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Mark Re-Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’: Chapter 5

In the fifth chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry visits Diagon Alley for the first time and we all fall in love with Rowling’s world again. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark to re-read Harry Potter.

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Mark Reads ‘Infinite Jest’ and other such announcements

Note: Please read this even if you have no interest in reading Infinite Jest, as it also contains scheduling information about reviews/posts on Mark Reads.

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Mark Re-Reads ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’: Chapter 6

In the sixth chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Harry suffers through a month of the Dursleys in order to make his very first journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Intrigued? Then it’s time for Mark … Continue reading

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