harry potter and the order of the phoenix by jk rowling

I swear Hagrid is the real Hagrid and when Dale does Delores my skin crawls just like it did when I read the books! Narrator Jim Dale is an experience in itself and you will not believe the many voices he uses for the different characters. I listened to this one on audio, which haveI been doing all year, and highly recommend the audio versions if you have not yet experienced Harry Potter that way. Things are not so wonderful at the school as they had been in the past and Harry is really wondering what sort of future he is going to have if this keeps up…. In no time at all she has Harry off the Quidich team … banned for life (there’s that dirty word banned again!) and in desperation the Griffindor Team puts Ron in as Keeper. A short toad like of a woman who is scrutinizing everything going on in Hogwarts much like a child would do to an ant with a magnifying glass. Then there is the new addition to the school compliments of the Ministry of Magic, Dolores Umbridge. Dumbledore has taken to avoiding him at all costs and it seems to Harry that everyone has forgotten that he almost had died last year and had saved the school from yet another horrifying evil. It is the fifth year at Hogwarts and Harry has emerged into full-blown adolescence, including a crush, rage, and questions about his future.

Voldemort is once again causing a bit of destruction and mayhem in the wizarding world. I guess I am a little deep into the story line yet…. He who shall not be named has once again… oops….

Harry potter and the order of the phoenix by jk rowling