As the new movie is coming out for the sixth installment for the Harry Potter series I said to myself, "I really need to reread The Half-Blood Prince, I do not remember any details from the book." All I could remember was the ending and that I really enjoyed reading this book a lot more than with the fifth installment, The Order of the Phoenix. Once I picked it up again I was immediately enticed to continue reading it at all hours of the day. The Half-Blood Prince was so good I found it getting extenuatingly hard to put it down. Late at night, when my mom would tell me to go to sleep, I say I was going to finish the page or the chapter, but then end up reading for at least another half an hour trying to read as much as I possibly could without getting into trouble for stay up late on a school night.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince caused me to stay up late and continued to read for many reasons. One reason was the plot always moved forward in it that there was never a dull moment to be had at Hogwarts and the other places throughout the wizard world. Throughout the book Harry is always up to something whether it be running errands for Dumbledore or trying to figure out what Malfoy is up to. A second reason was because of Harry potions book. At the beginning of the year Harry and Ron both receive a school copy of Advanced Potions-Making. Although Harry's is special because it has tid bits of side information which when followed helps with the task of brewing potions immensely. Hermione is very suspicious, but Harry continues to use the book anyways. Another reason that kept me reading was the private lessons Harry has with Dumbledore over the course of the school year. All of which are very interesting and most always leave you guessing at Dumbledore's reasoning after each lesson.

The sixth book is not without its fair share of drama, love, relationships and bickering. I was also glad to see more of the game of Quidditch played this year than in the two previous years. All in all this was an outstanding book and Rowling definitely wrote this book to exceed expectation, which is exactly what she did, as she set the stage for the final installment to the series.

Listening to the Harry Potter audio series is an incredible treat. Jim Dale is wonderful. Highly recommended.

I couldn't be happier with my purchase. The book was in excellent condition just as the seller said it would be. I received the book within a few days of purchase. No problems! Would buy again.

Book came in a timely manner. First 40 or so pages fell out of binding almost immediately, but you get what you pay for. all in all, i'd buy from them again.

The movie based on the sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is coming out this year. Start with this book if you've already seen the other movies and don't want to read the first five. This is the penultimate in J. K. Rowling's series, and it continues with some of the same themes as the previous volumes as it builds to the conclusion in the seventh book. As she says, seven is a magical number, and it also figures into the plot of Half-Blood Prince, named for the unknown former owner of Harry's Potions textbook. The Prince's handwritten margin notes help Harry out on more than one occasion and not just in his school work. Half-Blood Prince answers a few nagging questions, such as why Voldemort thinks he's immortal and why the Defense Against the Dark Arts teaching position is a revolving door. It also seems to settle the matter of Snape's allegiance, but I'm reserving judgment until I've completed the series.

I liked this book, but it was a little harder to get into than the other books because this book starts off slow.  In Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts he becomes the captain of the quidditch team.  Dumbeldore is gone a lot from Hogwarts and Draco Malfoy is up to no good as usual.  Harry and Dumbledore towards the end go to get a possible horocrux, and when they get back disaster strikes and Dumbledore gets murdered.

Another great work by JK Rowling. One of the best books I have ever read. The only thing is I don't think that this book should be in the children's books category because of how complex it is.

Bloody Brilliant! And only one more to go! :(

I loved the book. Of course, Dumbledore's death made me cry like a baby, but the book was incredible. The whole thing with Ginny and Harry being a couple, i loved. I also loved the parts where Ron and Hermione were jealous of each other's couple. I didn't like the fact that Fred and George barely came out in it. They are by far my favorite characters.

Loved it. Had Tom Marvolo Riddle in it too. Very sexy and very evil he was. Dumbledore's death...wow, so tragic but a necessary evil otherwise Harry would of never stopped really hiding from Voldemort behind various folks and nothing woulda of really happened. Looking forward to the 7th Book...I predict ze title will be, Harry Potter and the Attack of the Imperial Stormtroopers of DJ Bob Sinclar...in which involves...disco music, Voldemort and Harry of course, Hermione and Ron OWNING! the dance floor, Draco grumbling and Lucius getting a hair cut!

SPOILER ALERT! I've noticed that Rowling has brought a theme to the Potter books in the last three - a good guy dies. I wasn't torn up about Cedric, but Sirius and Dumbledore? Wow. Didn't see those coming. This book was well written and it was nice to see a little more on Voldamort's background. Some pretty cool stuff. To those who've accepted Snape as being evil, don't give up on him yet. Think about it. Dumbledore and Snape were found in a heated argument. My guess is that Snape revealed to Dumbledore of his unbreakable vow. Not wanting to kill him, he argued his case but Dumbledore insisted it must be done in order to get closer to killing Voldamort. Right before Snape killed him, Dumbledore seemed to be begging for his life. On the contrary, he was ordering a reluctant Snape to kill him. Also, when Snape was fighting with Harry, he used the excuse that no one can kill him. He must be saved for Voldamort. I found that a rather ingenious way to protect Harry. On top of that, he refused to let Harry use an unforgivable curse (to avoid prosecution/expulsion from Hogwarts perhaps?) AND, in a very slick manner, taught Harry the importance of non-verbal spell casting. He kept telling him to keep his mouth shut. No, Snape isn't evil. He's a little rough around the edges, but I think he'll be a key player in Voldamort's demise. Besides, he knew right away that Harry was lying about the potions book and could have given him a much worse punishment. I think he had a sense of pride that Harry was using HIS spells and potion knowledge that he couldn't help but be a bit proud of the fact that Harry did everything he could to keep it. Oh yeah, for something to think about - R.A.B ----> Regulus Black? (who died back when Harry was born). The real Horcrux is probably another locket - perhaps the one the Order found in the Black's House and didn't know whose it was or what to do with it? Crazy Crazy

I would agree with you on that one, I was rootin' for Dumbledore also, but I guess that says something that even with all the evidence pointing the other way, I still believed him. I for sure cried, as I have with the last two as well, and man, it's all getting so complicated! If any doubt remains that this is no longer a children's series, I'm sure that this book with extinguish this. I found myself having to reread a few things to make sure I got all the facts right, I can't imagine a kid reading through and going...oh yeah! I gotta say, I did miss Fred and George as regular characters, there wasn't much in this book to lighten the mood as they have done so well. Very depressing, but still fantastic...the next book's gotta be like 1000 pages, there's so much left to do!

Personally, I think this book was well written. It actually made me cry at one point but I didn't particularly like the direction Rowling went with the book. (SPOILER WARNING) I guess, I just didn't want Snape to be evil, as much as I didn't like him. I think this stems from how much I trusted Dumbledore, and how much I would rather him have been right about Snape than Lord Voldemort been right.