Book 24 of 2015- "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling

I've been on a serious HP kick lately. We've watched 5 of the movies over the last few weeks, and I haven't read the books in years so I'm going to read all 7. They're coming to me from the library out of order, so I read the second book first. The books came out at the rate where the characters were about my age, so I felt like I had a special connection to them.

It sure brought back a lot of memories! Chris Columbus directed the first 2 movies, and he followed the book very closely. (One of the movies we have watched is this one, so I had a reference point of how the movie went when I read the book.) It just amazes me how creative J.K. Rowling is, creating this world for not 1, but 7 books. That equals thousands of pages. I don't know if I could have created something like that, and made it coherent and not like you are losing brain cells. (I mean you, E.L. James.)
I remember how scary this book was when it came out. The basilisk is a terrifying creature, especially for one who can be hatched so easily (chicken egg under a toad). And the fact that it was Ginny the whole time... that was such a plot twist. It made me anxious reading that she had been taken into the Chamber of Secrets again.
I just love these! I'm reading the first one next, since I just picked it up today.