How many times have you read the series?

laoisforliam · 13-08-2009 11:18am #1

How many??

laoisforliam · 13-08-2009 11:22am

Personally Ive lost count of how many times ive read the books.
I have gone from start to finish alot tho

emeraldstar · 14-08-2009 10:36am

Oh I've no idea really because I've read some of them a lot more than others - the earlier ones obviously more. I'd say I could have read books 1-3 maybe four or five times each, but then yesterday it suddenly struck me that I think I only read Deathly Hallows once! And HBP I read twice. So I couldn't really answer for 'the series'.

But now that I've literally just finished college (forever!) I have a lot more reading time and planned to start rereading books 6 & 7 (and maybe 5) within the next couple of weeks. And I can't wait

Faith · 14-08-2009 1:49pm

I've long lost count! I read some more often than others too. I prefer books 5+ tbh.

Bonavox · 22-08-2009 1:30am

Many, many times. I was hoping for a 15+ but alas, unlucky!

Handsome Bob · 23-08-2009 8:26pm

Just finished reading them for a second time. I'd imagine reading it over and over again would take some of the magic away so that's why I'm only on my second run.

teamB_macro · 01-09-2009 9:42am

lost count too. i usually pick up a book in no particular order then go with it. but i think i read prisoner of azkaban one too many times than the rest

TheMorningLine · 13-10-2009 7:16pm

5 times

Slow Show · 28-03-2010 1:32pm

A lot...I re-read them every summer as soon as I get off school and I used to re-read them more than that...the first four I've read countless times, then the fifth book maybe like seven or eight times, the sixth maybe five and I think I've read the Deathly Hallows three times...
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fleeflyfloflum · 09-04-2010 12:00am

Xx_emma_xX wrote: »

A lot...I re-read them every summer as soon as I get off school and I used to re-read them more than that...the first four I've read countless times, then the fifth book maybe like seven or eight times, the sixth maybe five and I think I've read the Deathly Hallows three times...
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I re read them every summer too!! Its like a ritual! And they still have a permanent place in my 'Fav Books of the Moment' Shelf too!

Washington Irving · 15-04-2010 7:14pm

4 times

RoRoCullen · 24-04-2010 8:03pm

The series three times. The Philosphers Stone around 8 times , Prisoner of Azkaban around 6, Half Blood Prince around 10 and Deathly Hallows like 20 LOL!

DancingQueen:) · 24-04-2010 8:16pm

RoRoCullen wrote: »

The series three times. The Philosphers Stone around 8 times , Prisoner of Azkaban around 6, Half Blood Prince around 10 and Deathly Hallows like 20 LOL!

It's true the series get so much better towards the end

As for the exact number i'm not sure but I love coming accross new things or things i've forgotten.

Posy · 25-04-2010 7:31pm

About 5 times. I re-read them every year or so.

Hermione* · 30-06-2010 11:18pm

Faith wrote: »

I've long lost count! I read some more often than others too. I prefer books 5+ tbh.

Samesies on all of that :pac:

The Harry Potter books are possibly my favourite thing to comfort read when I'm upset. I still get genuine moments of fear for the trio when I read the Deathly Hallows!

Ruu_Old · 08-07-2010 2:50am

Just once but listening to the audiobook (love Jim Dale!).

baktag · 09-07-2010 4:39pm

5 or 6 times, might have another go before HP7 film comes out

moonflower · 11-07-2010 1:22am

I've definitely read each of the first four more than 30 times. The more recent ones I've read less as I'm not as obsessed with the series as I once was. I re-read them all a few weeks ago and while I remembered every little thing that happened up the GOF, I found myself being surprised by some of the smaller details in the later books as I'd forgotten about some bits. For example I'd completely forgotten some of the people who died in DH and I went through all the saddness of them dying all over again.

UrbanSea · 01-09-2010 2:10pm

I find that no matter how many times I read it,the plot and characters still surprise me and grip me.

Hermione* · 03-09-2010 8:47pm

Ruu wrote: »

Just once but listening to the audiobook (love Jim Dale!).

I thought Stephen Fry read the audiobooks? Is that only in the British version, maybe?

I hope you're making good progress through the series!

thetonynator · 07-09-2010 4:43pm

This is embarrassing but . . .:

1st book: 16/17 approx
2nd: 12 approx
3rd: >20 :eek:
4th: 7???
5th:5 or so
6th: 5 or so
7th: 7?

Admittedly, when i was a lot younger and there were only a few books in it i reread them repeatedly . . .and i've read the last one a good few times considering its more recent.

dubes · 09-09-2010 9:02pm

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RoRoCullen · 15-10-2010 4:10pm

DancingQueen:) wrote: »

It's true the series get so much better towards the end As for the exact number i'm not sure but I love coming accross new things or things i've forgotten.

Same or R/Hr moments lol. DH, HBP and POA are my fave :cool:

DancingQueen:) · 16-10-2010 6:48pm

RoRoCullen wrote: »

Same or R/Hr moments lol. DH, HBP and POA are my fave :cool:

Can't get enough of those!
Not sure what my favourite book was, I tihink they got better as they went on so i'll go with Deathly Hallows

Can not wait for the films, hope they do the books justice!

Posy · 07-11-2010 4:19pm

Reading this thread makes me want to go and reread them all again now!

Asphyxia · 03-02-2011 10:32pm

I've read them twice and was thinking about reading them another time before the movie but I'm not sure if i'll have time. Although I was never a Harry Potter fanatic they are fantastic books

Mothman · 13-04-2011 9:48pm

Read them once aloud to my daughter, she's heard them twice

Reading this thread makes me think I need to read them again for myself...

carol111 · 12-07-2011 9:23am

i have read series 2-4 times because i love to read this.

hdowney · 12-07-2011 11:34am

obvs the older ones will have been read more because they have bee out longer, but i always read them in a series from 1-7, take a small break and start again

i think i have read them well over 100 times at this point! it only takes me a couple hours to read the bigger books (and yes i take it all in, i have just ALWAYS been a very fast reader) and an hour or less for the smaller ones

12-07-2011 7:30pm

Read trough the whole series 3 times bud read individuals a few more like Goblet of Fire, Deathly Hallows bout 5-6

thetonynator · 12-07-2011 8:49pm

hdowney wrote: »

obvs the older ones will have been read more because they have bee out longer, but i always read them in a series from 1-7, take a small break and start again i think i have read them well over 100 times at this point! it only takes me a couple hours to read the bigger books (and yes i take it all in, i have just ALWAYS been a very fast reader) and an hour or less for the smaller ones

Are you serious? They're good, but they're not that good!

hdowney · 12-07-2011 9:11pm

thetonynator wrote: »

Are you serious? They're good, but they're not that good!

i am deadly serious. i am HARRY POTTER MAD! cannot wait to go back to Orlando next year and finally go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Aisling(",) · 12-07-2011 9:33pm

I've read them all at least 10 times....why yes I do have nothing better to do with my life.

And I'd say I'd read the earlier ones a lot more sure when I went to see the first one in the cinema I could recite bits word for word because they used a lot of the book dialouge which my sister who had brought me didn't appreciate.:p

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