Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I'm now into the second Harry Potter book on page 140, which is currently ahead of schedule. This book actually isn't as exciting so far as the first one, which surprised me. I remember reading it all in one day in seventh grade for a book report because I was so excited about what was going to happen next. Still good, and still part of the series. I'm already 40% done with it and I just started it yesterday.

So not only is this series absolutely wonderful and attention-grabbing, it also reminds me of my younger days in middle and high school. I read the first three books before there were any movies made, so the way I pictured the places in the book were nothing like the movie. It's interesting to see how my mind has changed. Instead of always picturing the movie set, or always picturing my own image, I imagine a sort of hybrid. However, parts the did not make it into the movie ever, for example, Nick's Deathday party, are still the way I imagined them when I was 12. Weird, huh? It's funny how my mental pictures come back just how they were before even though I haven't read the book since then and haven't really thought about these images. The mind is a strange thing...

Anyway, I'm not as far ahead of the schedule as I thought, so I'd better keep ahead before next week puts me behind!