After more than 25 cover-to-cover readings, I awoke Christmas morning to find not only the “Chamber of Secrets,” but also - rejoice! - the “Prisoner of Azkaban” under the tree. So I did what any fiercely stubborn child with obsessive-compulsive tendencies would do - I swore to read nothing but the “Philosopher’s Stone” until the “Chamber of Secrets” was in my hands. Like most 7 year olds, I had little patience. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (the Scholastic edition) on display at Porter Square Books along with other Potter publications. But my mother, forever overprotective, had read the first book herself and decided that there was too much doom, death and destruction for my young mind to handle. When Peeves drops water balloons on students arriving at Hogwarts for the new school year in the fourth book, it’s Harry’s trainers, and not his sneakers, that are soaked.Īn avid reader from a young age, I demolished the first book in a matter of days, entranced from the book’s first sentence - “Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive” - and immediately upon finishing begged my parents to find the second installment. Weasley serves kippers for breakfast, not sausages, and she knits jumpers for Harry and her sons for Christmas, as opposed to sweaters. When Harry visits the Weasleys at The Burrow, Mrs. The Bloomsbury edition to me is truly the original - untranslated, unadulterated. My parents bought me the Bloomsbury edition from the U.K., so I read of Harry’s quest to find the philosopher’s stone, rather than the sorcerer’s. I read the first novel in 2001, when I was 7 years old. The Porter Square gathering instantly brought back memories of the last time I had been at the bookstore for a midnight release - to buy the seventh Harry Potter book, in 2007. While fans were excited for another tale, we were all wondering if Thorne would be able to capture the Harry Potter magic. Special editions of the script went on sale across the globe at midnight on July 31, Harry Potter’s birthday. The play opened at London’s Palace Theatre in July. Thorne is credited with writing the script. Rowling, screenwriter and playwright Jack Thorne and theater director John Tiffany.
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Unlike the seven previous books, all novels, this story is a play - a collaboration between J.K. We were all there for the festivities that would culminate in the release of “ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the next installment in the series. It was a Saturday night, and I was in a line outside Porter Square Books in Cambridge that wound down the strip mall sidewalk. (Joe Difazio for WBUR) This article is more than 5 years old.Įditor's Note: Warning to fans who didn't devour "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" as soon as it was released, there may be some spoilers in here.
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Porter Square Books celebrated the release of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Saturday night.