I’ve added a new link to the HP Blogs section: HP Essays. It’s a group effort, and some commenters here (Felicity, Professor Mum) contribute there.
I found the link to Sally’s essay on the Slughorn as Dumbledore theory. Read it here.
I’ve changed the category “Defense Against the Harry Critics” to “Defense Against the Harry [...]

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Merlin of Muggle Matters has some posts up about the Lumos 2006 conference, and it looks like it’s been tremendous so far. Visit their site for pictures and such, but make sure you check out this post on what’s been said at the talks. It looks as though there will soon be a [...]

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I got tagged by Jeremy to answer these questions about books, so here goes!
1. One book that changed your life:
Thomas Oden, The Rebirth of Orthodoxy
This one shocked me out of whatever fundamentalism and sectarianism I still lived in.
2. One book that you’ve read more than once:
C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
I can’t imagine [...]

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I’ve mentioned here a few times that I think Harry Potter can and will have a significant positive influence on children and reading. A recent study shows that claim is being upheld so far. I can’t wait till the day I get to introduce Sophia to Harry.
Lumos 2006 is underway. I obviously [...]

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We’re home from the hospital, and while I still don’t have time to write anything of substance at the moment, I wanted to point you in the direction of a new HP blog that is bound to be excellent: Felicity’s Mind. Felicity comments here frequently, and I’m certain you’ll find excellent work on a [...]

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Sophia Grace Prinzi was born July 22 at 10:15pm, 8 lbs, 2 oz. After 3 and a half straight days of attempting induced labor, she was taken by C-section. It was easily three of the hardest days of my life, and most certainly the hardest three my wife has ever faced. She’s [...]

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Three of the most intensely debated questions surrounding Half-Blood Prince and Book 7 are “Is Harry a Horcrux?”, “Will Harry Die?”, and “Is Dumbledore Dead?” This essay (and it certainly must be essay-length) will examine the third question.
The question is more intriguing than I imagined it to be. After expressing absolute certainty that [...]

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Quick trip around the Common Room to see what’s happening in the Harry world.
Naming Book 7 - A few news articles have been trickling in about the possible names of the last book, based on supposedly good information from the UK patent office.  Using this one and this one, we get these options:

Harry Potter and [...]

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It seems like ever since I said I was done writing about Dumbledore, I haven’t been able to stop writing about Dumbledore. While I’m working on the essay on the various views on Dumbledore’s death, be sure to check out this intriguing post by professor mum. This is the kind of creative thinking [...]

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Due to a death in the family and the impending arrival of our first daughter (due date is today, so hopefully soon!), there may be a good long pause before I can write much more here.  Keep discussions going in the comments, and I’ll stop in when I can. 

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Happy Independence Day, everyone! In the last week or so, I’ve been alerted to a few blogs that are doing some excellent work on Harry Potter that will now be appearing on the links page. Here are a few of note:
The Chamber of Mom - mother of an “all Harry, all the time” [...]

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Multiple frustrating things have occurred as a result of J.K. Rowling’s (boring) statements from the interview that has everyone in a tizzy about Harry’s death. Check out this article, for example. The opening line:
Author J.K. Rowling recently announced that Harry Potter will die as an act of self-sacrifice in one last terrible battle [...]

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Perhaps the most interesting issue raised by the afore-mentioned Red Hen article, Loyaulte Me Lie, is the apparently conflicting accounts we have of the night the fateful prophecy was delivered in a room above the Hog’s Head by Sybill Trelawney. I’ll state the problem, answer part of it, and leave the rest to you [...]

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