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Two Good Reviews!

Posted by Sam

As Harry, A History's November 4th release draws near, the reviews have started their releases! So far, it's all be positive. I honestly can't expect anything less than great reviews, having already read the book.

Found from Simon & Schuster is this review from Publisher's Weekly:

October 6 - With infectious, at times frenetic, excitement, Anelli presents two narratives in this hip report on how a boy wizard became a rock star...As [Anelli] details her work with The Leaky Cauldron, readers get a view into the publishing world and the impressive tale of Harry Potter's ascension.  Anelli also shares sweet scenes of meeting Rowling and the actors who portray the characters in the films.  Fans will recognize themselves in these pages, and the curious might finally understand their friends.

Also, there was a fantastic (Starred!) review from Kirkus, an industry magazine that reviews pre-published American books.

October 8 - Chronicling ten years of Pottermania, Anelli dishes up a revealing, delicious insider's view of "small groups of people acting in ways they shouldn't, doing things they usually wouldn't, and making the kind of history that, without Harry, they pretty much couldn't."  As both a journalist and longtime webmistress of the "Leaky Cauldron" fan site, she's in a unique position to carry it off.  Though she didn't become an active fan until the weary interval between Goblet of Fire (2000) and Order of the Phoenix (2003), she made up for lost time, diving into a whirlwind of networking, press junkets, touring podcasts and, to top it off, encounters with J.K. Rowling that evolved from deer-in-the-headlights hellos at public events to intimate interviews. The author also takes readers onstage with the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters, travels to Georgia for discomfiting conversations with would-be book-banner Laura Mallory and offers her own takes on such fannish topics as fanfic and spoilers, vividly capturing the exhilaration of being part of what was at once a community and a movement.


I hope to see you all at the November 5th book event Melissa is doing held in New York City at Columbus Circle! Don't miss your chance to be a part of Melissa's first book event following the actual release!

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