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Hello my wonderful Patrons, and welcome to  the next installment of Harry Potter! Roshawn and I have been switching up our recording days a little, which is why the episodes have been coming out a tad earlier than they normally do, and I'm sure you all don't mind that! 

I'm loving getting into this book. I often cite the fourth book as probably being my favorite, and really the twist at the end can't be beat. But as I'm going through this re-read and discussing it, I'm starting to change my mind. The Order Of The Phoenix may be taking the coveted position of "favorite Harry Potter book" in my heart. There is just so much that's changed, and so many small and heartbreaking mysteries, and I cannot wait to see what Roshawn thinks of everything as time goes on. 


These chapters are all about Harry's journey to, and arrival at, Hogwarts, plus the way that things have changed for him over the summer. People are treating him differently because they think he's a liar at best, and dangerous at worst, plus the Ministry has put Umbridge in place to keep an eye on him and basically make sure that he's not walking around spouting off "lies" to students about Voldemort returning. Umbridge is the worst and when Roshawn theorized as to what Harry's detention would be like, it took everything I had in me to not start shrieking. 


I hope you all enjoy the episode, and I will see you tomorrow with The Dark Tower! 

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Holly Love

Well, I Was goin to sleep before work. ? Guess not lol

Anonymous

Hahaha it's taking all my self control to wait until morning, so excited!

Anonymous

I stayed up until two am to listen to this, no regrets whatsoever.

Anonymous

I always interpreted Harry's shitty moods as PTSD, with a dash of hormones. Seeing him behave so unreasonably helped me deal with my mom's death (which had occurred only a year and a half before publication-- I was 16 when the book came out.) I'm from a small town, and everyone treated me like I was contagious with Dead Mom Syndrome; adults I cared about were especially weird and seemingly indifferent. It was nice not to feel so very alone when I read OOTP. In retrospect, I sort of wish there hadn't been an alternate explanation, that Harry was "merely" reacting to trauma, but I will say that his emotions at the end of the book were pitch-perfect for grief. (Sorry for the overshare, but I only today realized my reading of Harry's character and his behavior was colored by how deep my own grief and horror were at the time.) Anyway, keep up the great work.

Anonymous

Whoa other Laura for me it was so incredibly similar, my father passed away about a month before this book came out in Dutch and I just couldn't read it. 8/9 year old me decided that I could not continue without him and that took about two years and I wish I had never done that. This series has helped me through so much of the grief ever since I picked it up again, just like you said. I wish I had taken the step earlier because I'm sure it would have been a comfort for me. I never took 'the other explanation' as to be a full explanation, I also don't think they say it outright in the books but I'm not sure? It's just another thing that messes with his mood on top of everything else. I, like you, find the way he behaves to be kind of reasonable given everything that had happened and continued to happen. And thousand times yes to the end of the book, that is just too real. Thanks for over sharing, it's kind of good to know I am not the only one :)