Today is Harry Potter’s birthday (and J.K. Rowling, in case anyone is wondering).  The boy wizard himself is 31!  I wanted to give that a quick mention, as well as the fact that 1 million lucky people get to see Pottermore early!  I’m pretty excited about Pottermore, and I can’t wait until it’s open to everyone.  I think I might try and get the early access.  Whether I actually get it is another story, but since I have a lot of time on my hands, I figure I might as well try.

I thought I’d share some of my favorite moments from both the books and the movies, in no particular order.

• Seeing Hogwarts for the first time (Movie: SS)
• Hermione punching Draco (PoA: awesome in the book, even more awesome in the movie!)
• Fred and George leaving Hogwarts with a bang (OoTP: awesome in the book, but they could’ve left with more of a bang in the movie)
• “Harry, you’re a wizard.” (SS: one of the most memorable lines of the entire series)
• “Not my daughter, you bitch!” (DH: also one of the most memorable lines from the whole series)
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione meeting for the first time (SS)
• Harry’s First Visit to Diagon Alley (SS- the book version was a lot better than the movie version)
• The first quidditch match (SS)
• The 7 Harry’s (DH- funny in the book, funnier in the movie)
• Snape’s memories (DH- this made me cry)
• Draco being turned into a ferret (GoF- funny in the book, just as funny in the movie)
• Hermione, Ron and Harry taking on a troll (SS)

Have a great day!