What with the upcoming release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince  (the world premier was last night in London) I thought I’d do another of my top top ten character lists, this time looking at characters from the Harry Potter books.

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Fantastic news from jkrowling.com.

The Children’s High Level Group to publish “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” on 4th December 2008
There was understandable disappointment among Harry Potter fans when only one copy of “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” was offered to the public last December. I am therefore delighted to announce that, thanks to the [...]

We seem to have been waiting ages for it, but at last a teaser trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince has finally become available online… and can I just pinch Ron’s words for a moment and say it looks “Bloody Brilliant!”

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‘His hand closed automatically around the fake Horcrux, but in spite of everything, in spite of the dark and twisting path he saw stretching ahead for himself, in spite of the final meeting with Voldemort he knew must come, whether in a month, in a year, or in ten, he felt his heart lift at the thought that there was still one last golden day of peace left to enjoy with Ron and Hermione.’ With these words “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” draws to a close. And here, in this seventh and final book, Harry discovers what fate truly has in store for him as he inexorably makes his way to that final meeting with Voldemort. In this thrilling climax to the phenomenally bestselling series, J.K. Rowling will reveal all to her eagerly waiting readers.

First off, I much preferred this one to book 5 it felt better edited and more importantly it felt as if JKR actually enjoyed writing it – something I didn’t get from Order of the Phoenix – and more than ever before, at the end you are left wanting more (and cursing the fact, the [...]