Done with Book Two!

So here we are again, blogging Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. First off, I liked it (of course), and reading the book made me have some very vague memories of seeing at least parts of the movie. I will recount my few snapshots now. I clearly remember these parts in the movie:

• There is a giant snake in a dark tunnel sort thing and someone barely escapes death
• Dobby gets a sock that is wedged in the pages of a diary which allows him to be free from his master
• We get to see inside the Weasley's house
• There is a ghost that haunts the girls' bathroom
• And Hermione turns herself into a cat (kind of)

These are my memories that have become more clear after reading the book. However, I had no idea that Ginny was so involved and was in fact the one doing the dirty work (however aware of it she was), that Hermione (and several other students) were Petrified for a large portion of the book, that there's a secret community of huge spiders in the Forbidden Forest, that Voldemort preserved his young self in his own diary, or that Harry could speak Parseltongue. Plus a lot of other things, but those are the big ones.

Now I would like to take some time to comment on how refreshing it is to be reading books that have a point and are actually well-thought-out. I like how things from the first book actually connect to the second book, and I'm sure that will continue through the rest of them. For example, almost immediately in the first book, we learn that Harry can talk to snakes. It just seems to be one of those strange wizard occurrences until we get to the second book and learn that it is something actually very rare. It's exciting. :)

Also, J.K. Rowling covers her bases. She may not have perfect explanations for everything, but at least she explains things. I had a happy moment at the end of this book when I realized I only had a few pages and left and I thought to myself, "But what was Percy doing that Ginny saw?? Is she not going to tell us?!"

And then my eyes skipped down the very page I was reading and lo and behold, Harry asks what Ginny saw Percy doing. Aha. No loose ends here, no siree. :)

It's just nice and safe knowing that you have an exceptional author writing the book you're reading.

So yes, Book Two was enjoyable and I look forward to reading the rest, but not before I am subjected to the first part of the last movie. Sadness. I will try to get through this movie relatively unscathed, hoping that the rest of the books I have to read will not be spoiled beyond belief. Fingers crossed...

Want to see my other posts about the series? Right here.