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Since the new Harry Potter movie's coming out, I'd like to know: which is your favorite HP book? Mine is Prisoner of Azkaban, because of the Buckbeak and dementor action, and that they stray away from Voldemort for a book.

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I've only read the first 3 (the others are all too long...), but out of those, I have to say Prisoner of Azkaban, if only for the tea leaves scene. "So you will suffer...but you will be happy about it." I love that scene.

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hrmm... i read order of the pheonix, and it was O.K., i am choosing not to read the half blood prince,


im not sure if anyone saw this issue of MAD magazine, but it was right around the....exact day that Order of the pheonix came out. it was a fake ad for the book, but it showed harrypotter on the cover wearing a little Sonic-like hat, and holding up a tray with a dead and cooked pheonix on it........ ill be ordering the pheonix, dear potter.

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You should seriously rethink your decision. I had read the first 5, and Order of the Pheonix seriosly let me down. I had a truckload of summer reading this summer, and didnt have the book delivered on the first morning, like usual.
After summer, I forgot about it. 5 days ago on Monday, I realized I was 1000 pages behind on my free readingn pages. The reading log was due on Thursday. I needed a big book that kept ya hooked. I borrowed the book from a friend...read it in 2 nights....and it was amazing. Great writing and an excellant ending.
I really suggest you read this a book.

Azkaban, for these reasons:

- Introduces Lupin, Trelawney, and Sirius, all awesome awesome characters
- Starts getting noticeably more mature than the previous two (Dementors )
- tiiiiime traveeel
- the whole Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, Prongs thing was cool
- it's not so freakin long!

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I love Prisoner because Harry FINALLY gets a good family figure in his life...but it makes me cry that it will never really stay that way. And I love sad things!

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I can't choose.

The first started it, and got me hooked on it.

The second had Ron's sister, Murtle, and Tom Riddle.

The third, listed for reasons above.

I love the fourth for it's darker mood, great details, the whole new Dark Arts teacher, and the awesome(and sad) part near the end.

The fifth has...well...it's awesome beyond words. The whole Harry/Neville thing was interesting, dark door at hallway end, and the part near the end.

And the sixth is a pretty cool, too.

I guess from this I'd say the sixth...

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I like the third one best. No explanation, I don't know why. It just has that feeling I like in those books in it.

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Actually, screw this. I'm out.

Definitely Goblet of Fire. Such an intricate story was great.

Although sadly the movie of GoF left me disappointed.

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PoA Dementors rawk.

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Sister, now that we're grieving
Our fingers will falter
Our lungs will be leaking
All over each other and without even speaking
We'll know that it's over and smile and go greeting
Whatever comes next

Most definitely Goblet of Fire.

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"It's not a matter of where he grips it. It's a simple matter of weight ratio!"

I liked Azkaban the best. Order of the Phoenix barely even had a plot, the first 2 are a but childish and 4 and 6 are just too long-winded.

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TIRES TIRES TIRES

Third one was easily the best. GoF and HBP were both good, but the rest I am not too fond of. PoA had Lupin, great Quidditch chapters, Sirius, and so much more.

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GENGHIS KHAN!!!!!

Most people insult the first two, but I think they're great setups for the rest of the series - they introduced all of the main characters and ideas and placed them in the backdrop of their own small story arcs (stories that we later see had little effect on the overall plot of the series).

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"It's not a matter of where he grips it. It's a simple matter of weight ratio!"

Disregard this, my choice is going to go to Azkaban.

Way more intricate story, better plot twist, touching yet dark ending...the book had it all.

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I admit, PoA does have the biggest twist and surprise ending - but I don't think it's the best WRITTEN. I say that still goes to GoF, which had a pretty intricate story itself.

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"It's not a matter of where he grips it. It's a simple matter of weight ratio!"

OotP was redeemed solely for the "Give 'em hell, Peeves" scene.

SS was bearable, CoS sucked.

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PoA.

I just prefer it. It's good.

*nothing interesting to say*

"The Sorcerer's Stone" - is that the American title for "The Philosopher's Stone"? Do you guys refer to philosophers as scorcerers? Wow, I've got so much to learn.

My personal favourite is "The Chamber of Secrets", purely because it was the first one that really shocked me at the end. The new one is very credible, though. Speaking of which, where is JK Rowling? Man, the next one is going to be B-I-G-.

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You and me? Soggy napkin.

No, they just thought it sounded better. But yes, this is the American title.

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So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain. Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

Goblet of Fire.

I stopped reading after that one, but I thought it was the best.

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SNAPE KILLS DUMBLEDOR

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