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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

December 15, 2015 by Christina

Fiction – audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, 2007. 21 hours, 45 minutes. Library copy. Rather than return to Hogwarts for his seventh and final year at the wizarding academy, Harry Potter decides to finish Albus Dumbledore’s quest to find and destroy Voldemort’s horcruxs in order to vanquish the Dark Lord once and for all. The task was entrusted to Harry and Harry alone, although Dumbledore gave him permission to Ron and Hermione, and Harry refuses to include the members of […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Chunkster, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince By J.K. Rowling (Reread)

November 20, 2015 by Christina

Fiction – audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, 2005. 18 hours, 31 minutes. Library copy. Returning to Hogwarts for his sixth year, Harry Potter is horrified to learn that Severus Snape, potions master and a Death Eater that Harry’s beloved headmaster claims to trust with his life, has now taken over the Defense Against the Dark Arts post. Harry is convinced Snape’s true allegiances lie with Voldemort rather than with the Order of the Phoenix and, as such, is  playing Dumbledore […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Chunkster, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, Reread, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

April 30, 2015 by Christina

Fiction – audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, 2003. 26 hours, 32 minutes. Library copy. Now that Lord Voldemort has returned, Harry is desperate for any kind of news – Muggle or wizarding — during yet another miserable summer with the Dursleys. His so-called friends keep sending him owls with evasive answers, hints to something really important going on, and promises to tell him everything when they all return to Hogwarts in September. Harry tries to listen to the […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Chunkster, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

April 6, 2015 by Christina

Fiction – audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Random House Audio, 2001. 20 hours, 30 minutes. Library copy. Beginning like the previous three novels towards the end of summer vacation, this novel finds Harry Potter in slightly better conditions than the previous three summers because the Dursleys are terrified he will report them to his godfather, an escaped mass murderer named Sirius Black. Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia aren’t exactly hospitable to Harry forcing the skinny boy into abiding by his […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Chunkster, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, Reread, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

February 28, 2015 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Random House Audio, 2000. 11 hours, 48 minutes. Library copy. Third-year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are allowed to visit Hogsmeade, a town that looks like it came right out of a Christmas card, provided they have permission slips signed by their parents or guardian, of course. Uncle Vernon refuses to sign Harry’s permission slip after a disastrous incident where Harry Potter inflates Aunt Marge, but Harry figures the permission […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, Reread, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

January 21, 2015 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, 2001. 9 hours. Library copy. Twelve-year-old Harry Potter is eager to return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for his second year and escape from the home of his dreadful relatives, the Dursleys. Uncle Vernon has locked Harry’s school things — his books, broom, and cauldron — in the cupboard under the stairs despite the fact that Harry has homework and forbid Harry from contacting his friends or, “those people” […]

Categories: 2015 Reads, Audiobook, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

December 8, 2014 by Christina

Fiction — audiobook. Read by Jim Dale. Listening Library, 1999. 8 hours, 17 minutes. Library copy. Harry Potter’s name is said reverence and excitement because Harry Potter is ‘The Boy Who Lived’. Yet ten-year-old Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is in the magical world his horrid aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, are determined to keep him ignorant of and no idea why attempts to contact him via a letter have the Dursleys in an uproar. On his […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Audiobook, Europe, Fantasy, Fiction, Juvenile, Reread, United Kingdom • Tags: J.K. Rowling, Jim Dale

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