Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?

Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?
by Nancy Solon Villaluz

Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?
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Author: Nancy Solon Villaluz
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-11-08
ISBN: 0979422981
Number of pages: 338
Publisher: Ramance Press

Book Reviews of Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?

Book Review: This book is a uniquely crafted, insightfully rich and entertaining journey for the age-diverse Harry Potter fans
Summary: 5 Stars

Nancy Solon Villaluz has crafted a very enjoyable, insightful and uniquely written book that is well worth reading. Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? not only provides hidden secrets and insights about the Potter Septology (Nancy's reference to the seven books in Harry Potter series), plus biographical information and influences of J.K. Rowling, but employs a narrative style that should have broad appeal for Harry Potter fans.

Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? is entertaining and fun whilst being educational all at the same time. Having read aloud all the Harry Potter books (to my children), re-read to myself, listened to all the audio tapes and seen all 5 movies, I thoroughly enjoyed this insightful book full of new discoveries, revealing clues, and showing J.K.Rowling's influences and intentions that I had not picked-up on or known about before. In addition to being an avid Tolkien and C.S. Lewis fan, which is an extra bonus in reading this book, I really gained a new level of appreciation for J.K. Rowling herself and what she has accomplished with the Harry Potter books. However, as is mentioned in the books opening "Warning" it would be advisable to have at least read all of the Harry Potter Septology but not completely necessary (That is if you don't mind spoilers). Whatever your Harry Potter level, I believe, Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? offers something extra for the very `age-diverse' Harry Potter fan base. This broad-base appeal doesn't just work because of all the meticulous research on Harry Potter and its author but is driven forward by Nancy's appealing, sometimes humorous and highly witty narrative.

The narrative style that drives the book begins at `a small stone bridge over the babbling creek' ....to several points in between, finally ending up in a `cavern with hidden doors.' We as readers are asked to be part of the journey, occasionally asking questions, and given some freedom to decipher meaning before given each and every secret. Because of this narrative style this book can offer more appeal for much more of Harry Potter fan-base. After all, what made the series so universally appealing (One reviewer has apparently forgotten this pretty basic fact about the Harry Potter books) is that it's so fun to read for kids of all ages. Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? is not just another dry and boring Harry Potter reference manual or author thesis that was written for intellectually elite adults. Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? is much more than that and gives a wider base of Harry Potter fans the option to appreciate deeper layers and textures of the Harry Potter series.

Nancy Solon Villaluz quite effectively balances her well researched Harry Potter facts and data, never bogging us down with them, and provides us with the clear Christian influence that JK Rowling textured Harry Potter with, all this while keeping it fun and whimsical. Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? is a journey well worth going on. I very much look forward to getting a ticket for the next part of the journey: Does Harry Potter Tickle Waking Dragons? Jeff Riley (Parent/Teacher)-

Summary of Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?

What did Harry Potter sneak past YOU?

You've read all of Harry Potter, now what? Is that really all there is? Well.... it just depends on how you look at it.

Considering J.K. Rowling's cleverness, it would be sad -- and also wrong -- to think we've fully deciphered all 4,000 pages of Rowling's Harry Potter books. Far from it! In fact, thanks to Rowling's humble genius, many of Harry's deepest secrets and veiled themes still remain completely unnoticed... by multitudes! Yet Rowling wasn't silent about Harry's secrets oh, no. Unbeknownst to most fans, Rowling spent 10 years fighting off the book-burners, and scattering a plethora of clues about Harry's true nature, and her real intentions. The problem is that they're buried in thousands of pages of interviews, hard-to-find transcripts, documentaries, and a very long trail of obscure clues, if anyone cared to follow them. What's a curious Potter fan to do?

Not to worry! Author Nancy Solon Villaluz already invested 5 years fervently researching it all for you, in ''Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?'' It's the first Potter analysis actually seeking to help fans view Harry through the most interesting perspective of all: J.K. Rowling's eyes. Inside, you'll plunge into a challenging, in-depth analysis of Rowling's named influences, her interviews, and, of course, all of her Harry Potter books. You'll learn a myriad of surprising things about Harry and Rowling that most people never suspect, all-the-while tackling the long-ignored mysteries of Hogwarts' school motto. (Which is Latin for, ''Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon.'')

Dull, dry research? Never! Bring your imagination on this thought-provoking journey of discovery. Travel paths, dodge dragons, and have tea as you examine oodlesof compelling evidence. Discover:
++ What surprising things influenced Harry...and how?
++ How does Rowling view herself, her writing, her success, and Harry?
++ Does Harry Potter actually promote witchcraft? How so... or how no?
++ What critical thing did Rowling finally admit was ''always obvious'' to her in the Harry Potter books... and why wasn't it so obvious to us?
++ Does Rowling view herself as an Atheist, a Christian, or something else... and what might that mean for Harry's readers?
++ What incredible secrets does Harry Potter still hold after all these years... and where's the proof?
++ Does Harry actually follow Rowling's no-tickling school motto advice? Or did Rowling have something else up her sleeve?

So whether you've read Harry Potter only once, or a dozen times, there is still so much more for you to discover... quietly lingering in the subtle depths of Harry Potter's own pages where few even suspect. Come look through Rowling's clues, and you will see the hidden treasure trove patiently waiting for anyone brave enough to approach the Sleeping Dragons' lair. Do you dare come along?

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