2007 50 Book Challenge: Book Six - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling

Doesn't matter how many times I read through this series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is by far my most favourite book.
It's short, concise and the story is just so perfectly thought-out. It's also extremely well written.

I remember the first time I read the story I was a little confused about the ending. I really had it in my head that Harry had seen his father but it didn't jive with the ending. I believe that I was so excited to see the ending in that first read that I stayed up way late into the wee hours and was too tired to find it coherent. It's kind of funny that I remember that. Of course, now it makes perfect sense and I wonder what hallucenigen I was on. :D

At any rate, this book is just so perfect and I just enjoy it tremendously with every reading. And btw, it's also the best of the movies made thus far.

Some thoughts:

- I love that Harry's Patronus is a stag

- best line of the book:
"So you did see your father last night, Harry ... you found him inside yourself."- Albus Dumbledore

- and definite foreshadowing for Book 7:
"'Pettigrew owes his life to you. You have sent Voldemort a deputy who is in your debt. When one wizard saves another wizard's life, it creates a certain bond between them ... and I'm much mistaken if Voldemort wants his servant in the debt of Harry Potter.'
'I don't want a bond with Pettigrew!' said Harry. 'He betrayed my parents!'
'This is magic at its deepest, its most impenetrable, Harry. But trust me ... the time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life.'"

This is definitely going to have some major impact in book 7. I just know it! :)


I've been holding off reading any other books other than HP at the moment. But since I'm ahead right now I'll go back to my other reading which is Cassandra Clare's City of Bones. I'll also have Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire nearby in case it beckons me to begin reading it.