There have been a few updates in my life over the last few days, I’m saving some of it for a full post in the future, but I can say that I finally finished the first Harry Potter book. It was a read that I picked up over a year ago, but often put it down after only a few chapters. I finally sat down and finished it last week.

I have seen most of the movies of course, but I wanted to read the books as well. In my possession is the first two and sixth book - with plans of picking up the remaining titles.

I really enjoyed the first book, it played out at a brisk pace, giving the reader a good introduction to the world. Having seen the movie, and the next three, I had a pretty good idea of what was going to happen, which in some ways was a set back, but also gave me a chance to learn more about the world of witches and wizards (and muggles of course).

The first film followed the book quiet closely, with only a few items changed that I could recognize, so really the need to read wasn’t as strong. I understand further films drift slightly away from the text iterations.

I’m working on a Dan Brown book at the moment, after that I hope to jump into the second Harry Potter book and finish it a lot quicker than a year. I’ve always got a few books going at once, so now we’ll see what else I can read along with Mr. Brown’s fine work.