Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Doing a reread of the series. I often have the audiobook playing in the background when I'm doing a dull task but I don't really listen to it. I just
find the voices of Fry and Dale to be relaxing. This is probably the first time I've properly revisited the books in 10 years. There are so many little details that I had forgotten, it was a joy to discover them again.

Now that the last one's out, I reckoned that it was time to give these another go. Stephen Fry reads these audio books and is very good. I read the first two back in the late 90s but got bored with them. It's more enjoyable to have Stephen read them to me I think - very entertaining.

As for the story, well, it's predictable and essentially not terribly gripping, but it is a kids' book after all. I like it well enough to listen to the rest of them and, having two young ‘uns, it's a reasonable assumption that these will be a good investment.

When all's said and done, knowing what I know of the series, I prefer the Narnia chronicles and even the Hobbit. That might change as I get through the series though, you never know.