Category: Fantacy

Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior by Cube Kid

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This book is about an 8 year old villager, Runt, who wants to be a warrior but his parents want him to be a farmer.  He attends warrior school in Village Town to make his dream come true. On his journey, he meets some new people. He meets Steve who is his combat teacher, Urf who is horribly bad at combat and is called a ‘noob’,  Breeze who is his friend and later on, his partner, and Stump who is his great friend.

This book is great for children 6 and up. If you like this book, then check out Cube Kid’s other books!

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

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The Prisoner of Azkaban is by far my favorite book in the Harry Potter series. The third book in the 7 book series by J.K. Rowling, the Prisoner of Azkaban really builds the backstory of the characters. It also introduces some history to the world of Harry Potter that hadn’t been portrayed before.

Going along with the previous two books, the Prisoner of Azkaban takes place during Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s third year at Hogwarts. Unlike the first two books, however, this is the first book where the main villain isn’t the feared Voldemort. This is a nice touch as it breaks up the repetitiveness in the series of the ever growing battle between Voldemort and Harry. The Prisoner of Azkaban also dives deeper into Harry’s parentage as well as what the Potter universe looked like before book one.

This book was a great springboard for the magical world of Harry Potter to explode into what it is today. Without Rowling going into more detail about Harry’s parents and really building the foundation of this fictional world, the attachment to characters later in the series wouldn’t have been as strong and thus some of the events less meaningful. This is why this book had the most impact on the success of the story about the boy who lives under the stairs.

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second installment of J.K. Rowling’s wildly successful series about a The Boy Who Lived. Picking up right where the first book left off, it’s impossible not to get excited about what is coming next. Once again, if you haven’t read this one, what are you waiting for?!

In this book, Harry and his friends, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley, return to the wizarding school of Hogwarts for their second year of education in the mystical arts of witchcraft and wizardry. Rowling shows her skills as an author by keeping up with the continuity from the first book in this very well thought out universe. Furthermore, her ability to show the gradual maturing of the three main characters as well as all the friends and enemies around them is impressive for a second time author.

If you haven’t already read this series, I would highly recommend it and if you have the opportunity to read it alongside children of your own, it is that much more rewarding. Reliving the magical world of Harry Potter with a young one has been very fulfilling experience. I can’t wait to read his review, hopefully coming soon to this blog. Stay tuned.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone review

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

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The first installment of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, if you haven’t read it yet, what are you waiting for?! The third best selling book of all time, as reported by The Guardian, with over 4.2 million copies sold, it’s hard to find someone who hasn’t read the story of the boy who lived. But there are people out there that haven’t. I know a few and it blows my mind.

The beginning of the epic tale of a boy who was abandoned with his hateful aunt, uncle, and cousin in England, Harry Potter soon finds out he isn’t an ordinary 11 year old boy. From meeting a half giant to attending a secret school for witches and wizards, this book will keep you begging for more. And you’re in luck! There are 6 more of them, 3 side books, a play, and 8 movies to feed your Potterhead obsession.

I am so glad I was at the right age to read these books when they came out. Like millions of other children in the 90’s and 00’s, Harry Potter was a story we could all relate to growing up through the awkward years between the single digits and college. Now with a child entering that age, I have really enjoyed rereading and reliving the excitement and wonder with him. If you haven’t read this one, come on! Get on with it!

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets review