Whimsical Wednesdays (Aug. 25)

Whimsical Wednesdays is my personal departure from my Current Reads list. For one evening each week, I go back to a book I enjoyed as a child, teen, or young adult, and spend some time revisiting favorite characters or authors. Sometimes they are classics, other times it's something quirky that just caught my fancy.

Causing your uncle's sister to inflate like the Goodyear Blimp and float off over the city is not the best way to stay under the magical radar, especially when your every move is already under scrutiny because you are the Boy Who Lived, but then, Aunt Marge sort of had it coming.

Since finding out that he was a wizard, Harry has faced Voldemort, a basilisk, an overly-helpful House Elf, and Professor Snape. This year, he runs away from home and is followed by a large, vicious dog, finds out that the man held responsible for his parents' deaths is free once again, and has to learn how to keep those lovely Dementors at bay. Oh yes, there's also the Divination professor who keeps predicting his death every time she sees him and a bit of a mystery surrounding the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Just who is Remus J. Lupin, anyway?

One of my more favorite books in the series, I'll be enjoying my trip back to Hogwarts this week.