On with chapter 3. The letters from no-one are arriving, and I have learnt the words for letter box, spare bedroom and “good idea”. This morning I read a couple of articles about the state of the Japanese education system, but didn’t learn any words. Why not? Because they were all dull as hell, that’s why. Roll on Hogwarts.

I am consuming this. In Japanese. Hampered only slightly by the fact that I understand neither the words nor, indeed, the symbols they are written in. One and half chapters down, 15 and a half to go. Potter is about to free the snake from behind the glass. I am excited on his behalf. Over and out.

After re-reading books 4-6 after seeing the awful GoF film adaptation, something possessed me and I decided to pick up 1 and 2 again. It certainly started out better than I remembered it to, but it took a nosedive around the time Potter arrives at Hogwarts. At this point I think I may just skip and go straight to book 3.