Welcome to our next school-year long read, the Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling! In this episode, Rhea and Shari lay talk about their biggest excitements and apprehensions about doing a close read of Harry Potter. They lay out the reading schedule, and all the fun extras they have planned for paying subscribers. They discuss an ancient, four-layered approach to examining a literary work that they plan to bring to their Harry Potter reading, writing, and discussing. They talk about all the National Harry Potter Days to celebrate, zoom calls and chat threads to come…. And they accidentally start diving into the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

If you’d like to join in all the behind-the-scenes Harry Potter reading opportunities, be sure to become a paid subscriber. The cost is $30 or $5 a month. You can read about all our subscriber opportunities in this post.

And, if you haven’t started reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, there’s no time to lose! Our first episode airs the first Friday of October (Oct. 2nd).

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