Tag: harry potter
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The Rise and Fall of a Franchise
Sometimes, when a book franchise is popular enough, it receives what every author dreams of—a movie or TV series contract. For the Harry Potter series, first published in 1997, it was only a matter of time before movies hit the screens. Despite minor missteps in the movies (see: “calmly”, book 4), the popularity of the…
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Book-Themed Recipes
I’m an avid reader, but I’m also a cook, and I love to try out the food from different books or series that I enjoy reading. Here are my top five picks! 1. Butterbeer From: Harry Potter There seem to be dozens of Butterbeer copycat recipes out there, but the basic ingredients are all the…
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My Top 10 Favourite Tropes
Ever since I was a child, I’ve used reading as a method of escape from the mundane everyday. My favourite stories include some element or otherness in the world, or how the world would be in other circumstances. Because of this, while I can enjoy several different genres, my favourites are Fantasy and Science Fiction.…