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Harry Potter, read aloud by a young fan
A young fan reads Harry Potter aloud, and the episodes here move through Chamber of Secrets a chapter or half-chapter at a time. The narration is unvarnished: a sneeze false alarm stays in, the reader asks for better Lockhart accent ideas, and there are chatty apologies whenever uploads have lapsed.
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Reading Harry Potter With A Twelve Year Old does one thing: a young fan reads Harry Potter out loud, a chapter or part of a chapter at a time. The episodes in view work through Chamber of Secrets. Chapter nine, The Writing on the Wall, is split across two parts, and another chapter stops at the halfway mark with a plan to read the rest the next day. The passages come straight from the page. Professor Sprout uproots a mandrake, the Slytherin team shows off new Nimbus 2001 brooms, Ron explains what a squib is, and the trio carry a mouldy library book back to Moaning Myrtle's out-of-order bathroom. Studio polish is absent, and nobody pretends otherwise. Sentences restart mid-line. In one reading the young fan breaks off to apologise for a sneeze that never arrives. After the Gilderoy Lockhart chapter, the reader asks anyone who could do a better Lockhart accent, or who has voices in mind for other characters, to send in a voice message. That openness runs through everything around the text. Readings open with a cheerful welcome back, and several carry an apology for time away. The reader explains that quarantine had left plenty of room for recording, and that school, homework and study have crowded it out since. One return, after a gap described as months, arrives with the news that the reader is now thirteen and the show's name should probably be updated. Sign-offs stay loose about timing, maybe tomorrow, maybe the weekend, and tend to land on 'bye for now'. One cold open teases that something funny happens in the chapter, then holds back: no spoilers. One episode, 'All my fans messages!', sets the book aside to play voice messages sent in by listeners, which the reader frames as a thank-you and as entirely optional listening. Among them are messages from Indonesia and Greece. One sender says hearing the accents helps with practising English, and another calls it an audiobook that keeps them company while driving or heading to work. A third was not allowed to read Harry Potter as a child and is catching up now. What comes through in the end is a familiar book in a young and very human voice, with school, quarantine and turning thirteen leaking in at the edges.
Made for: Suits a listener who wants Chamber of Secrets read aloud in a relaxed, young voice and who enjoys the unscripted chat and rough edges more than studio-perfect narration.
What sets it apart: The narrator is a young fan, and the rough edges stay in: restarted sentences, a sneeze false alarm, apologies for missed uploads and open calls for listeners to suggest character accents.
This podcast is all about reading my passion, Harry Potter. Shout out to Doug Woodhouse for inspiring me with his podcast, reading Harry Potter with a four and a half year old .Its also sorta like an audio book, except that I make mistakes and I’m not Oliver Chris or Steven Fry.
A false sneeze alarm interrupts the Mandrakes; your Hogwarts reread gets a very human narrator.
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Nearly Headless Nick's 500th deathday invitation gives a rainy chapter a comic welcome and a grim exit.
A Halloween invitation gives the episode its frame as Nearly Headless Nick, still smarting from Sir Patrick's rejection letter, asks Harry to come to his 500th deathday party and talk him up as frightening and impressive.
A faulty wand turns Quidditch bragging into a sharp lesson in how quickly school comedy can sour.
The episode works best when schoolyard nonsense brushes up against something harsher. It follows Harry as he dodges Yordle and Lockhart, gets trailed by Colin Creevey's eager greetings, watches Ron's wand blast Professor Flitwick with a green boil, and heads toward a visit with…
A cheerful Chapter 6 return, with alarming Mandrakes, a Lockhart defender, and an easygoing read-along feel.
A long-delayed return to Chapter 6 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets mixes a 12-year-old reader's school-and-password apology with a lively pass through Gilderoy Lockhart's classroom orbit.
A relaxed reading turns Mrs. Norris's attack into a corridor mystery of panic, suspicion, and one stubborn message.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 9 plays like a casual, slightly rushed check-in on a turning point: Mrs. Norris has been attacked, Argus Filch is frantic, and the corridor fills with accusation, panic, and teachers.
Harry and Ron's road to Hogwarts ends in a bruising fight with a tree that refuses to let them pass.
Harry and Ron's journey back toward Hogwarts turns sharply into comic peril when the car slams into a violent tree. The danger works because the details stay physical and immediate: the lump on Harry's head, Ron's wand nearly snapped in two, and branches battering the car until…
Moral argument at full length.
Romance criticism with chaos in the margins.
Books as family connection.
Genre culture, argued with affection.
Book talk with Monday-morning warmth.
Potter fan fiction, read with sharp-edged warmth.
Reading Harry Potter With A Twelve Year Old covers Chapter 7 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, moving from a Quidditch lesson and a Slytherin practice showdown to a voice Harry hears in Gilderoy Lockhart's office.
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This chapter of *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* centers on a damp October at Hogwarts, a 500th death day party for Nearly Headless Nick, and a late-night discovery in a corridor.
Reading Harry Potter With A Twelve Year Old covers Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Chapter Nine, beginning with Mrs.
Reading Harry Potter With A Twelve Year Old compares Ron and Harry as possible partners for Hermione using scenes from The Philosopher's Stone, The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, The Deathly Hallows, and The Cursed Child.
Reading Harry Potter With A Twelve Year Old covers Chamber of Secrets Chapter 5, "The Whomping Willow," while the solo reader apologizes for a long upload gap and a login problem.
Reading Harry Potter With A Twelve Year Old covers Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter Four, “At Flourish and Blotts,” including Harry’s accidental arrival in Nocturne Alley.
The host plays a recorded conversation with a friend about Harry Potter and life in lockdown.
The host reads and discusses the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, sharing listener messages and plans for future episodes.
The host reads and comments on chapter six of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, continuing a read-along series.
The host reads the first half of Chapter Six of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, encouraging listeners to follow and share the podcast.
An 11-year-old host reads Harry Potter aloud to share his passion with other children.
The host reads and discusses Chapter 4 of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, encouraging listeners to read the books themselves.