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Hey ForeverBookers,   How are you all doing? I hope that even at this hard time you’re doing okay! I’ve just finished “ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and I LOVED it again!!! When I was younger this was my favourite Harry Potter book, bearing in mind that I only read the second and third books in their entirety, don’t think me a bad person, I’m getting to the rest now. I read about three quarters of book four when I was 11 years old, so over 10 years ago. I can remember just about where I gave up too, so I’m excited to see what I feel about it now...anyway, back to book 3.  5 Stars!!! Harry goes into his third year at Hogwarts in this book. He has to take more classes, including Divination. A weird teacher, Professor Trelawney teaches this class. The new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher is Professor Lupin. He comes with his own story. Harry also has the opportunity to go to Hogsmeade, which is a Wizarding Village where magic is the norm. Will he ...

Hi Foreverbookers!  How are you all today? I hope you’re well, what with the Coronavirus pandemic. I’ve just finished Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb, which I ADORED!!!  5 Stars!  I’m really surprised that I enjoyed it so much if I’m being honest as it’s got none of my favourite things (no central romance, no female lead character, LOTS talk of killings etc) but I really did! Probably the most surprising thing of this novel for me was my enjoyment of it because it’s told from a boy’s perspective as he grows up. Now, I love first person POV’s but I much prefer reading from a female point of view because I feel that I can relate better. The author, Robin Hobb is a woman so that may have been psychologically why I enjoyed Assassin’s Apprentice, but there were hardly any female characters apart from Molly, who doesn’t have a huge role and a couple of other minor characters. When I was a lot younger (over 10 years ago) I read another book written by two female auth...