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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2) | J.K. Rowling
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the summer after Harrys first year at Hogwarts has been his worst summer ever the Dursleys more distant and horrible than ever before. But just as hes packing his bags to return to school, a creature named Dobby the house-elf announces that if Harry goes back to Hogwarts, disaster will strike. And it turns out, Dobby is right. Harry and Ron miss the Hogwarts Express, so they fly to school in a blue Ford Anglia, crash landing in the notorious Whomping Willow. Soon other worries accumulate: the outrageously stuck-up new professor Gilderoy Lockhart; a ghost named Moaning Myrtle, who haunts the girls' bathroom; the strange behavior of Ron's little sister, Ginny Weasley; rumors about the "Chamber of Secrets," a cavern buried deep below Hogwarts; and a magical diary owned by Tom Riddle, a Hogwarts student of long ago. Harry is also shocked to discover that he can speak Parseltongue, the language of snakes - a rare ability that Lord Voldemort also possessed - and that anti-Muggle prejudice exists in the Wizarding world, even affecting Harry's friend Hermione. But all of these seem like minor concerns when someone starts turning Hogwarts students to stone: an evildoer said to be the fearsome Heir of Salazar Slytherin, on of the founders of the school. Could it be Draco Malfoy, Harry's most poisonous rival? Could it be Hagrid whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one person everyone at Hogwarts most suspects: Harry Potter himself?
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MariaW
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So, this week I went to the second Harry Potter audiobook on my daily commute. Somehow listening to it feels like Christmas even though it is one whole year again. But hearing about Hofwarts and the Gryffindor common room creates a cozy feeling. And Dumbledore‘s craving for a cup of hot chocolate does its bit as well. ☕️☕️☕️

catsuit_mango Strange i had never realised that the title was more the chamber of horrors... or am i mistaken ? 2w
MariaW @catsuit_mango Yes, you‘re right. Maybe the German word for secrets, Geheimnisse, would have been too long for an attractive title? Or it was supposed to be more catchy with the word Schreckens? 🧐🧐🧐 (edited) 2w
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mariaku21
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Carlos Ponce has great tone and the acting skills to portray all of the characters and his voice pitch for Hermione always makes me giggle while his tone for Snape, always makes me pause to listen. Bless whoever had the idea to have him narrate this in Spanish!

Still a solid read all these years later, even if I do not like or agree with the author's comments and persona.

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jamield1911
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Forgot how much I loved this one! We meet some great characters in this novel, including Lucius Malfoy, Arthur Weasley, and of course... Dobby!

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Lizwarnerpdx
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Book #2. Read this with my kiddo. Still a fave series.

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Super_Jane
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5/5 ?????

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

#fantasy #harrypotter

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totefairie
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Fortifiedbybooks
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This weekend is the start of my major reading season, and my and the boyfriend's anniversary (11 years and we haven't killed each other...yet)! #SciFiSummer is going strong until the Autumnal Equinox, but #RIP starts on the 1st, which is also #BackToHogwarts day. I also signed up for the #WhatTheDickens #BuddyRead of David Copperfield. My goal is simple: read when I can and as much as I can #ForTheLoveofBooks #readathon hosted by @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Great goal! Good luck!💜📖 4mo
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AvidReader25
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This is always my least favorite book of the series, but this time I appreciated seeing Harry‘s first trip to the Burrow. I love how he immediately feels at home and makes Ron understand that he shouldn‘t be embarrassed by it. Fawkes is the other highlight. Harry would have been killed in an instant without him. It‘s also the book where Harry feels confident (at the end) about his placement in Gryffindor.

KadaGul Look 👀 @ the puppy 🐶 face 😍 4mo
Jess861 This is also my least favourite...I don't feel like the story moves forward too much in this one.....and just big spiders 😬😬 4mo
dabbe That face! 🖤🐾🖤 4mo
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Leftcoastzen Awww! 4mo
Seabreeze_Reader @avidreader25 @jess861 I recently listened to this again on audio and it still remains my least fav book in the series, too. Some aspects of the story that don't make sense, like Ron and Harry flying the car to Hogwarts. Ron's parents could have made sure they made it through the platform. Plus, Dumbledore always seems to disappear right before some big showdown. There are a lot of coincidences which allows the plot to slowly move forward. #imho 4mo
AvidReader25 @Seabreeze_Reader oh my goodness, yes! And once you read it after having kids, you start thinking how is this school allowed? This is incredibly dangerous for kids! 🤣 why couldn‘t Dumbledore have shared more information and helped everyone out in every single book! 4mo
AvidReader25 @Jess861 yup, I always feel like I have to get through this one in order for the series to start. 4mo
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Kshakal
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#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern

I love how Molly Weasley loves all of her children, biological and not!

BookmarkTavern Very nice! Thanks for posting! 8mo
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TheSpineView
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#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Molly Weasley is kind and she treats Harry like her own child.

Cupcake12 Agree 👍🏻 8mo
Susanita And then her final words to Bellatrix! 8mo
BookmarkTavern Very sweet! Thanks for posting! 8mo
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Texreader
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It was the summer before first grade and I caught my son sitting on the floor reading the tagged book with his nightlight. He was itty bitty and so cute. I had to make him go to bed but how do you punish a kid just starting to read with his nightllight? Loved this comic for that reason

bcncookbookclub It's a lovely mum experience! 😍 8mo
Tamra 🤣 I showed it to my 16 yr old & his response: “Whatever.” 🙄 8mo
Texreader @Tamra 😂 Mine‘s 18 now. The good news is he still loves books. 8mo
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Texreader @bcncookbookclub It sure is!! I got two calls from my daughter‘s teachers in 3rd and fourth grade years ago) (she‘s in college now), both because she wouldn‘t put away her Harry Potter book! 8mo
bcncookbookclub My son reads in bedtime, and sometimes I look him, it's a magic moment!✨️📖 8mo
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behudd
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Perhaps the early book most connected to the ones that come later in the series, it was fun to point out all the moments of “oh that will be important!” as we did the first half of our drive home from FL to IL.
It‘s been great to revisit so many loved characters & places.

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CrystalE02
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4 out of 5 stars

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Super_Jane
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5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 #harrypotter #booktwo #fantasy #hogwarts

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InkedBookworm13
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1. No. My husband has tried to teach me at least once a year for the last 14 years but I just can't seem to get the timing right on releasing the clutch.
2. I could only think of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The Ford Anglia was featured a few times.

As I was going through my list if books I live, very few have cars in them. They walk, use spaceships, horses, ship, etc. 😄
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!❤️📖 11mo
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melissajayne
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1. No. My parents did have a manual transmission for a number of years but they got rid of it a number of years prior to I learned how to drive.

2. Tagged book.

#two4tuesday

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!❤️📖 11mo
BethM I‘m officially an idiot. I could not come up with an answer for 2 😂🤦‍♀️ 11mo
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Deblovestoread
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1) I learned to drive on a stick shift. My favorite manual driving experience was an old truck with the stick on the column. It was a blast to drive.

2) Tagged. I love driving so having a magic flying car would be the pinnacle.

Tagging everyone!

@TheSpineView

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ladygrey
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I‘m glad I finally decided to take this journey!

emz711 Omg enjoy the ride! 12mo
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michellelav
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Loving reading these books in French! They follow the movies pretty well this far. I‘m halfway through the Prisoner of Azkaban now 🥰

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Amandakay
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Finished with my girl!

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BarkingMadRead
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Eggs Fantastic ❤️🖤❤️ 1y
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Lizpixie
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Bk3 of #Scarathlon is done. Finished this last night while #audiojournaling (almost finished my #bujo spreads!)The 2nd in the series, you forget how much of the story was cut from the movie! #31x31 #Falling4Books #Rushathon #Spookaween #AfterDarkBingo #LittenListen #Witchathon #Promptmaze #BookspinBingo #ScaredyCatRC #OctoberRC #BookishFirst #OctoberReading #ReadLikeHellathon #HalloweenAtoZ #Pageathon #PickYourPoison #SpookyGhostClub 2921pts

TheSpineView Excellent! 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
PuddleJumper Well done! 1y
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Read4life Wonderful! 🍁👻🎃 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
Clwojick Awesome! 1y
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 1y
Catsandbooks 👍🏼🎃🖤 1y
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Lizpixie
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I‘ve finished Bk3 of #Scarathlon but it‘s almost 2am & the hubby is asleep next to me. I‘ll have to figure out readathons & points tomorrow or I may be sleeping outside with the dog! Nighty night😴 #SpookyGhostClub 1pt

Clwojick Hahah! Night! 1y
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SassyBookworm
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Did some hiking today with my youngest since this is her fall break & I had the day off work. We are all a bit sad that the beach wasn‘t in the cards for us this year so we decided on this fun nature walk/rock climbing adventure today! The drive was 1.5hrs each way so we loved listening to HP2 all the way there and back! I love that she is so into HP now! Especially since she‘ll turn 11 this year 😏

#SassyBookworm😏 #AudioRoadTripping #GirlsDay

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Smlambert725

“‘It is our choices, harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.‘”
#August2023

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vonnie862
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My husband and I finished the second Harry Potter book last night. Per hubby: "Wow! That was fun! We're starting the 3rd one tomorrow, right?" I may have created a fan. ?

#rushathon
#bookspinbingo #4 #ispybingo
@TheAromaofBooks @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
TheAromaofBooks I started reading these when I think four or five of them had been published. I was housesitting for a friend and had the week off. She lived near the Columbus Metropolitan Library, which is quite large, and I started my week by visiting there, and picked up the first book on a whim to see what all the fuss was about. I ended up going to the library every day to get the next book! 😂 I was completely hooked. 1y
Andrew65 Brilliant 👏👏👏 1y
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Purpleness
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Purpleness
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Finally got to one of my favourite quotes!
#rereadingsummer

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wordslinger42
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Wonderful, as always! And this edition is so gorgeous ❤

#SeriesLove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#bookspinbingo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 2y
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Booksandtea23

Hi Litsy Fam I wanted to ask your opinion on reading. My boyfriend and I have been debating on whether Audiobooks are still considered reading. He believes listing to audiobooks is not considered a form of reading because you are not the pages if a book. Would you mind sharing your opinions on this?

Much appreciated 😌

DGRachel Audiobooks are a form of reading - it‘s another way to absorb a story and one that opens books up to people who are visually impaired or may have other challenges that make reading a physical book impossible. 2y
julesG I agree with what @DGRachel wrote. It's definitely reading. 2y
Deblovestoread Definitely reading! 2y
Quirkybookworm Put it this way, if you‘re reading a book out loud to kids, what do you call that? 2y
Booksandtea23 Thank you everyone for all of the responses and proving my point 😌 2y
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Shannon_McKinney
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Second book down! What can I say I‘m hooked? 🧙‍♀️ 🪄

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Booksandtea23
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Dobby has always been a real one 🧦

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JaneyWaneyB
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Love it when a trainer brings in a Dumbledore quote to make their point 💜
When working with, supporting, or even raising young people, remember what it was like to be young and that you were never perfect

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Booksandtea23
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Booksandtea23
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Off to book 2 🦉

Funny fact I received my first Harry Potter book when I was 8 as a gift from my uncle. He gifted me with “The Chamber of Secrets”. This book has a special place in my heart because it opened me up to the magical world of Hogwarts 💙

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jamield1911
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The Slim who lived

julesG 😂😂😂😂 2y
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jamield1911
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🤣🤣

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jamield1911
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If you know, you know.

Peter should have read "Magical Me" ?

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Kshakal
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I am throughly enjoying listening to these books! And even after reading them so many times I am still finding things I hadn‘t noticed before!

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Javin.VandenDungen
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Harry is a young wizard going for his second year at Hogwarts School of Wizardry. His school year starts with a near death incident when Harry and Ron try to fly an invisible car to Hogwarts. After a little while, the whole school comes to the realization that the chamber of secrets has been opened, an ancient chamber found deep in the school. Harry then has to fight for his life against Voldemort and his evil serpent .

Javin.VandenDungen You would like this book if you like fantasy books and are really looking for any book to binge read.
A theme in this book is teamwork. Ron, Hermione and Harry all stick close together throughout the whole book, and only in this way were they able to accomplish they‘re ultimate goal.
2y
MissYaremcio Nicely done Javin! 6/6 2y
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Super_Jane
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5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 #harrypotter #ravenclaw #chamberofsecrets

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ChelseaM6010
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#JanuaryJazz
26. Secret
I devoured this series as a youngster, and this was always one of my favorites.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 😍 2y
Eggs ❤️💛❤️ 2y
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SanjanaGhosh
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I consume Harry Potter in all literary forms....it's audio book's turn at the moment!

Erinsuereads I'm doing my annual potter marathon right now 😂 on goblet of fire currently 2y
SanjanaGhosh @Erinsuereads How are you already on the 4th book on literally the 26th day of this year xD 2y
Erinsuereads Audiobooks all day 😂😂😂 2y
SanjanaGhosh @Erinsuereads 🤣🤣Enjoy!! 2y
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Johanna414
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An enjoyable morning spent coloring with new art supplies while I read the first 2 chapters of Chamber of Secrets to the kids. Exactly what we needed to recover from the chaos of multiple Christmas celebrations over the last few days!

AlaMich New art supplies are the best!! 2y
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SimonB901
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Great