Skyfire (The Seven Signs #1), Michael Adams

1. Interesting super simplistic teen book. 
2. Doesn't have a lot of wow or quotable moments - many conversations were teenage oriented and cringeworthy but it still made for an interesting read to solve the mystery of why the signs are being sent to these 7 kids. Interesting concept.
3. Action scenes were so-so.
4. Easy to read in a few hours if focussed. 
5. Probably a 3-3.5/5. I'd still read the rest of the series.

The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Rangers Apprentice #10)

1.  Gets interesting from chapter 5 onwards
2. Will "had met her as Evanlyn and shared so many dangers and adventures with her under that name that she would always be Evanlyn in his mind"
3. "He knew Alyss wouldn't like it, but he had a genuine affection for Evanlyn and he wasn't going to pretend otherwise. He and Evanlyn had gone through too much together for him not to greet her that way...he was wise enough to make the hug a brief one. "
4. "It took a lot more courage for you to offer that than it took me... when I get home, I'll be letting people know about it." Horace to George 
5. "She wished there was some way she could break down the barrier between them. Maybe this journey might give her the opportunity."
6. Halt and co avoiding an ambush while on the water and Horace planning a counter in the village
7. "There's nothing wrong. He's planning something"
8. Evanlyn and Alyss looking for reinforcements with a great plan and justification - Will and Horace and Halt worried but Selethen not worried 
9. "I'll worry about you." 
10. Finally, a map of the final battle. Took you long enough Flanagan. 
11. Alyss smiling despite scolding Will for the bad proposal. 
12. Didn't quite understand the hedgehog and dart weapons but this was an exciting book. 
13. Shigeru being a noble and humble leader is a great aspect to the story - but the final battle ended a bit too abruptly for my liking. 
14. Overall very interesting but maybe a 4.2-4.4/5

The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time #1), Robert Jordan

1. A book from 1990. Jordan started this journey 35 years ago and didn't get to see the end - and Sanderson comes in. This somehow obliges me to read it.
2. I love the original cover.  
3. Apparently it will take me 13 days of continuous reading which equates to four months to half a year to one year to finish the entire series less the prequel, depending on whether I read 200-350 words per minute and whether I read 1 to 3 hours per day...
4. I have also been warned that the series dives into immense and epic world building, culture, exploration, lore, more than what I am used to. 
5. So it appears to be a big investment so I'm going to take notes so I remember what I read:
6. After reading the prologue, I immediately get the sense that something terrible has happened in the 4th age; Lews Therin (named Dragon) who was supposed to be one of the favoured and good guys has somehow done the unthinkable and unconsciously killed everyone he loves as punishment for crossing Shai'tan, some evil lord, and has been cursed into doing so and forgetting what he has done. A person who is quite obviously his enemy, Elan Morin Tedronai (Betrayer of Hope), appears to restore his memory to torture him with the pain of his sins. There is some discussion of this battle been Betrayer and Dragon having happened many thousands of times and as a result of a battle between good and evil over since the beginning of time... and somehow this incident breaks the world and causes the Shadow to fall upon the land. The Dragon disappears and turns into a mountain as a result of the agony of remembering what he has done. 
7. And this somehow seems to be a setup that will make sense as we progress and can be re-read in a new light after finishing the series
8. Early references to the Dark One, the Dragon, the Forsaken, the Shadowman, Ishamael and the Shepherd of the Night who all seem evil
9. The sleepy country region of Two Rivers... I love the maps and attention to detail with setting out the geography of the region. 
10. A mysterious evil rider who is seen but disappears..
11. Funny how at the start of the book there are country bumpkins randomly start criticising what appears to be a newly elected Wisdom - a wise woman seer of sorts- of the Women's Circle
12. Strangers visiting Emond's field once in a blue moon.. including a lady apparently wearing the wheel of time symbol on her finger
13. "As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Differentfaces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch,  study or hope." - Moiraine. Quite an ominous quote. Suggesting The Two Rivers has a big past and history that everyone has forgotten!
14. Moiraine's guard a bit like a Ranger from Ranger's Apprentice..a cloak that blends in..potentially a Warder, of tales that seem exaggerated 
15. Stunned at receiving a silver penny
16. "Strangers and a gleeman, fireworks and a peddlers. It was going to be the best Bel Tine ever. "
17. Jordan does quite a good job of painting a picture of quiet non eventful village living - relying on news of the outside world in chapter 3 from the peddler. 
18. I'm curious to know what he history of the Two Rivers is now! 
19. Perrin seems like a polite fellow vs the prankster Matrim
20. "Well, all the world has troubles, from the Great Blight south to the Sea of Storms, from the Aryth Ocean in the west to the Aiel Waste in the east. And even beyond...In the Borderlands they'd be calling your winter spring."
21. What could be worse than wolves killing sheep and men? Men killing men..war in Ghealdan.. the snows of Dhallin Forest are red with the blood of men. The standard of the Dragon has been raised.." Ghealdan seems to include or be super close to two Rivers
22. "The Dragon's not the Dark One.. and this is a false Dragon anyway..he caused the Time of Madness!"
23. The last false Dragon laid a siege to Illian (false = dying or disappearing without fulfilling any of the prophecies)
24. The world would apparently end if the real Dragon was born..
25. This Dragon can wield the one power
26. Ewin claims only certain women, later clarified to be the Aes Sedai, can wield the power without dying. 
27. Aes Sedai rode from Tar Valon, which is near dragonmount, the prologue chapter name
28. "..evil times..No one claiming to be the Dragon Reborn for twenty years and now three in the last five years.."
29. "You can't take him off. My wife sent me to buy pins!" Everyone stared at him like he was an idiot
30. Confusion re whether the Dragon is a saviour or villain and whether it was the Aes Sedai who actually broke the world. And who are the Children of Light?
31. Darkfriends on the side of the dark one. 
32. Naming the Dark One seemingly a taboo
33. Unresolved love with Egwene who might want to move to a different village to be a Wisdom
34. Watch Hill and Deven Ride, the nearby villages, the limits travelled to by Emond's field locals. But Rand Mat and Perrin have been to the Mire as well,  the swamp at the end of Waterwood, and the mountains of mist
35. The Gleeman somehow scared of Moiraine listening to his stories of all the ages 
36. Lews Therin Telamon sealed the Dark One's prison but was driven mad by the Dark One's counterstroke and killed his blood relatives; other male Aes Sedai caused great earthquakes and reshuffled the world in the breaking of the world
37. Most epic quote: "Time is a wheel with seven spokes, each spoke an Age. As the Wheel turns, the Ages come and go,  each leaving memories that fade to legend,  then to myth,  and are forgotten by the time that Age comes again. The Pattern of an Age is slightly different each time an Age comes,  and each time it is subject to greater change, but each time it is the same Age." This suggests the stories the peddler and gleeman tell are stories that could have happened before and may possibly repeat all over again given time is circular and the Age will come about again,  but with small tweaks.
38. I'm immediately reminded of the game Tomba! Where the meaning of certain "events" are not revealed until later and there are different levels of interconnectedness between levels and events that are only apparent later
39. This all suggests to me that all the folk tales are real and will happen again at some stage, with a variation and many other tales have been forgotten by humans
40. The Mayor and Wisdom seldom agree 
41. The villagers scared of a war happening close to home and want their council to be seen to be doing something about it and deciding their livelihood - Council decides to set up a patrol formation at the towns near the two Rivers at Taren Ferry and Deven Ride near the White River .. but they are in no hurry re urgency given Bel Tine and festivities 
42. Rand and friends trying to get witnesses on their side to back their story that there is a strange evil rider..Tam deduces only young people can see the rider for some reason
43. Tam seems to know a lot more than the usual Two Rivers person - he bought his sword far away from Two Rivers 
44. Ramping up security and preparations at the farm.. and just as well as those animal creatures..Trollocs.. attack! What a sudden change
45. And Tam seems very calm when attacked, he's definitely hiding a past of some sort
46. Rand suddenly in survival mode and protecting Tam in a precarious position...
47. Tam's mutterings are scary and reveal that he knows more than he is letting on. Laman's Pride and the tree of life mentioned.. they called them savages. The fools said they could be swept aside like rubbish. How many battles lost.. before they faced the truth? Before the nations stood together against them? Marath, Cairhien, Shining Walls 
48. Rand must be some kind of chosen one given his backstory per Tam's mutterings
49. "The Light will take care of us all and if the Light doesn't,  we'll just take care of ourselves"
50. Thom Merrilin - "without asking whether he needed or wanted help, he hopped down and picked up the back of the litter."
51. The peddler Fain just disappeared 
52. Dragon's Fang on the inn - accusing innkeeper /Mayor Bran of evil etc
53. I could see where this was going - needing the help of Aes Sedai Moiraine.. but they do things for their own reason and with a catch apparently...the Wisdom being unhelpful
54. "A little bit more light in the darkness"
55. All the stories paint the Aes Sedai as villains even if they are healers
56. 7 trolloc bands and Lan and Moiraine say they are behind on their march (? Are they visiting the sites mentioned in prophecy?)..
57. "Death comes sooner or later to everyone.. unless they serve the Dark One"
58. "Even with an angreal..I don't know you are worth it sheep herder no matter what she says"
59. Lan the Warder doesn't like Thom the gleeman and thinks he's abstaining from helping
60. Tam's Heron mark sword a fine sword - symbol of a master swordsman which is strange for a place like Two Rivers
61. Ravens crows rats are spies for the Dark One's minions
62. Every if Lan and Moiraine knew about the man who made people afraid by looking at them,  they'd need backup to make any difference 
63. Only the weakest Aes Sedai would fail to be a match for a Fade or Myrddraal, and Fades have the Dark One's own luck..
64. Using the angreal to heal Tam but it appears they aren't being made anymore and they can't do powerful stuff from the previous age of legends 
65. "Not crazy Rand. Purposeful. The Trollocs came to kill or capture young men of a certain age who live near Emond's field"
66. The Trollocs failed because they didn't appreciate Two Rivers custom ..Bel Tine and Wintersnight
67. "What would they want with us (Mat Cauthon, Perrin? We're just farmers,  shepherds" "That is a question that has no answer in the Two Rivers.. but he answer is important" Trollocs have not been seen in almost 2000 years in certain parts..eg 600 leagues to the south of the Great Blight. The sort of raid that happens in Shienar, Borderlands
68. "In one of you or all three,  there is something the Dark One fears"
69. "It took a great deal of effort to bring so many Trollocs so fat without raising a  ..cry from the Borderlands to Caemlyn and beyond. I wish I knew how they did it. "
70. Tar Valon has knowledge from the Time of Madness and the Age of Legends.
71. "Are you willing to bet your village on it sheepherder? Your whole Two Rivers?"...Lan was right about one thing. He could not risk the village on the chance Moiraine was wrong 
72. He was not sure if he was more afraid of being laughed at or being believed
73. Rand is clearly part of some prophecy..tall mountain,  white tower, island on a river that seems similar to the prologue.. must be hinting he's the Dragon 
74. What would Trollocs want with you boys? Or the Dark One, Light help us?
75. Aes Sedai are tricksome. They dont lie, not right out, but the truth an Aes Sedai tells you is not always the truth you think it is
76. Aes Sedai do things for their own reasons,  and those are not always the reasons you think. 
77. Warders bonded to Aes Sedai, Lan to Moiraine. An exchange
78. You listen sharp,  think deep and guard your tongue.
79. Is this what Aemon's blood has come to? You have forgotten what and who you were. 
80. Mountain Home, Manetheren the people of Aemon. They rushed back home when their homes were threatened after fighting against the Dark one. Reputation for fighting the Dark one, soared back like their feet had wings and without sleeping
81. Ba'alzamon heart of the dark
82. "Trollocs and their human allies"
83. Aemon had to hold out for 3 days for promised help against a force that would have overwhelmed in 1 hour. They did not concede the Tarendrelle for ten days but no help arrived - betrayal
84. Elderene reached out to the True Source and hurled the one power at the Trollocs after Aemon died
85. People of Manetheren could have fled but they were bound to their land by the blood that was shed and stayed; wars raged elsewhere and they forgot the ways of war
86. Rand needs to return to Emond's Field
87. What is done is already woven in the Pattern
88. Egwene coming is a part of the Pattern now as is Rand telling Tam, and Thom Merrilin the gleeman joining the party. 
89. Rand promises to take care of Egwene
90. Lan has superior hearing or senses or can communicate with Moiraine telepathically somehow 
91. Draghkars are large birds worse than Fades 
92. Moiraine can restore rest and remove fatigue but not for herself
93. Rand has a bad habit of watching and reacting 
94. Taren Ferry full of trickery but they don't stay long there 
95. "You must handle it" - Moiraine doesn't want someone remembering her in his thoughts..Tam? Ferryman Hightower?
96. Moiraine ..or Lan..caused a whirlpool to stop others crossing.. and she created the fog cover over the river to outfox the Fade
97. The shine in her eyes was not all from moonlight
98. Lan had at some earlier point in time placed dry wood in the woods expecting the party to pass here which is some foresight
99. Saidin, the male half of the true source,  is tainted and if touched by males will die unless the Red Ajah find them? - they stop the breaking of the world...
100. spoilers: apparently there are no male Aes Sedai for that reason. I wonder if that will create a plot tension where the Aes Sedai including Egwene.. will fight Rand later
101. Egwene has old blood that can channel the true source it seems and she has potential to be an Aes Sedai.. she is close to her change and all Aes Sedai can feel it.  Egwene a natural and made the angreal emit light,  maybe even capable of going to the amyrlin seat
102. Finally some real sensible world maps and close up maps of regions, unlike Ranger's Apprentice which has a ridiculous map
103. Interesting how Jordan semi fast forwards some of the world map travelling eg days pass by on the way to Baerlon 
104. The three friends can shoot bow and arrow
105. The flame and the void
106. Rand doesn't trust the Aes Sedai but Egwene does
107. Whatever the Dark One wants,  I oppose..Before I let the Dark One have you I will destroy you myself. 
108. Nightly talks with Egwene and Moiraine 
109. Male Aes Sedai tried to free the Dark One and the Fordaken and it was the men who went mad and broke the world.  Males are strong with Earth and Fire. 
110. Two potential initiates from Two Rivers..Moiraine asks Egwene to forget it
111. Being Aes Sedai does not change who you are - there are kind and cruel Aes Sedai all the same - Moiraine says
112. Juggling and fighting lessons each night
113. Egwene in charge of the Emond's Fielders
114. Baerlon is the first city and bigger than all Two Rivers towns combined
115. Moiraine reminds them that their choices are limited - run instead of hiding with her at Tar Valon = death
116. Baerlon may have darkfriends.. and Moiraine and Lan have reputations under aliases.. Thom Merrilin is known here too.
117. White cloaks, Children of the Light hate both Aes Sedai and Darkfriends - here in Baerlon to deal with the false Dragon Logain. in Ghealdan heading towards Tear (to fulfil a prophecy that the Stone of Tear, a fortress, will be felled by the people of the Dragon and when the Dragon wields a special sword that can't be touched (in the heart of stone which is in the fortress).. after the Aes Sedai have died trying..
118. Rand thinks the Dragon holding the sword is impossible unless the Stone has already fallen or the Dragon is a great lord of tear.. otherwise how will the Dragon get into the heart 
119. Some kind of evil in Saldaea, North , trollocs in Borderlands- why aren't the white cloaks going there
120. Amador (Southwest and home of the children of Light) and Tear hate the Power and the Dragon
121. References to the crazy winter weather and wolves eating all the beef and mutton 
122. White cloaks looking for a woman Aes Sedai
123. Mat doesn't know how to shut up and be discreet and gets told off
124. Ara felt like he said too much re trouble in Saldea
125. Trust no one,  not even Moiraine and Lan
126. Does Lan know Logain
127. Ba'alzamon (handsome): "you cannot hide it from me forever..did they tell you the eye of the world would serve you? The strings that move you have been centuries weaving. Your father was chosen by the White Tower, like a stallion roped and led to his business. Your mother was no more than a brood mare to their plans"
128. The Amyrlin Seat will use you.. just as Davian was used,  and Yurian Stonebow, and Guaire Amalsan and Raolin Darksbane 
129. It seems hard to talk to the Dark One unless you focus on angry thoughts
130. Lews Therin created Dragonmount
131. The Second Covenant,  the Covenant of the Ten Nations
132. Dark One whispered in Artur Hawkwings ear; and whispered in the High King's ear who sent his armies across the Aryth Ocean
133. "Dance on Aes Sedai strings until you die."
134. Tell the Amyrlin Seat of this..dream. they will not use you then. But will they let you live to spread the tale of what they do?
135. Min - young woman dressed in a boy's coat - sees pieces of the Pattern - a prophetess - Egwene loves Rand and vice versa but wants to be Aes Sedai - Lan with seven ruined towers standing around his head and a babe in a cradle holding a sword- Thom has images re Juggling a fire and the White Tower - p 216. 
136. P227 eye of the world
137. You and I will meet again.  Run if you want.  You can't escape from me
138. Rand talking too much with Fain and telling him too much
139. Heron-mark, Lord Bornhald
140. Tingling filled Rand; he wanted to laugh, it felt so good
141. Thom thinks it's a bad idea to tell Moiraine that all 3 of them had the same dream and he even chases after Perrin "does he have sense enough to keep his mouth shut?"
142. Only a fool puts his hand in a hornet nest until he absolutely has to
143. Nynaeve is caught up in this and also has sparks, Min says - Nynaeve can track thanks to Tam al'Thor- she's red cheeked at Lan's compliment re tracking 
144. Min shook her fist at him and stamped her foot 🤣😂
145. Whitecloak / White Tower questioners assume you're guilty before they start - all they go after is a confession 
146. Tam tried to convince the Two Rivers Village Council that the kids need to run or the village will be attacked.. no one believed him
147. Mat seemed unsure how to take what she had said, or how to reply,  or even whether to reply
148. It was crazy
149. Thought he saw something move in the hallway 
150. "You belong to the great lord of the dark" - Why did Rand not get killed
151. Why did Moiraine say no to the suggestion of going north if the ice has broken ar Maradon
152. War cries from the 3 friends against the Trollocs, and Mat speaks in a different language..Manetheren.."Besides we had to shout something. I mean that's what you do at a time like that. You heard Lan"..
153. Mat: "for the honor of the Red Eagle, Rose of the Sun." The War cry of its last king - matches Min's vision
154. Fadea blades come from Thakan'dar
155. I am not at my strongest when working with Earth and Fire
156. The blood of Arad's line is still strong in the Two Rivers
157. Aridhol / Shadar Logoth, ally of Manetheren 
158. Mordeth the ..false? Treasure hunter
159. "You don't have a shadow "...
160. Mat's greed taking them into a trap
161. Trollocs do not come in here for a reason.. thousands camped here and died 
162. Mordeth the second to king Balwen and whispered poison to the king.. he wants to consume souls using Mashadar's power (deathly fog) if they step within the boundary of the walls
163. Moiraine and Lan are connected and will know or sense each other's death
164. I bet we'll see Mordeth again
165. The one power would attract Mordeth
166. ..we are the hare, and it is the hounds that dictate the chase. 
167. Interesting - inexperienced Emond Fielders separated and split apart from Moiraine and dealing with Mordeth, maze of Mashadar's fog and Fade and fist of Trollocs chasing them. Chapter 20
168. "Egwene, Light blind me, why didn't you follow me?"
169. Perrin's pov - he sees himself as a slow thinker but he prefers that over Mat's rashness quick but thoughtless actions
170. Thom has knife skills
171. How did Rand escape by shooting No
172. Captain Domon's boat The Spray.. says Trollocs keep following him..from Saldaea where the ice broke up late ..and you can see the Blight from Maradon
173. "Boyle Domon no give free passage, not to his own mother. I may no put in again at all until I reach Whitebridge" 
174. I told her I would take care of her.  I should have tried harder
175. Nynaeve's character is interesting- she seems motivated by protecting the Emond Fielders- like a motherly figure
176. Lan: how did the Dark  One send a thousand Trollocs south after the party crossed the Taren? It's a lot to mobilise so far south of the Blight. Moiraine suggests only Travelling would make that possible and only Forsaken can do that and Aes Sedai are not powerful enough (not since the Time of Madness).
177. Moiraine seems to be able to detect the boys through bonds eg the coins she gave?
178. Shayul Ghul will hunt the boys and the White Tower and Amyrlin Seat will oppose them? 
179. Moiraine: "I must have those young men. " - vague,  sinister even
180. "If you watch the wolf too hard,  a mouse will bite you on the ankle"
181. Moiraine knew Nynaeve al'Meara was hiding and knew Nyn was an unknowing wielder of the One Power and can handle Air and Water better than Egwene - so many healing feats while being so young aroused her suspicions - the signs happen from very young eg finding they healed an animal just by wishing for it - Nyn used the power to heal Egwene and can sense her presence which led her to Baerlon
182. "How dare the village gossip in front of an outlander!" "Who said I was too young?"
183. You have great potential I think. With training you might become even more powerful with Egwene, and I believe she can become one of the most powerful Aes Sedai we have seen in centuries"
184. Ok.. this part where the group splits apart because trollocs attack and they are separated by Mordeth's fog, seems critical and the start of the branching out of individual character stories...
185. Nyn is too prideful and doesn't want to do anything with the Aes Sedai
186. "The Dark One wants them. If the Dark One wants a thing I oppose it.  Can there be a simpler reason or better?"
187. Great strategising in difficult circumstances. "As much as I hope for Egwene's safety, Nynaeve, I fight against the Dark One, and for now that sets my path. " - she has to go for the ones who the Dark Lord wants and whose coins are lost which suggests they are the most vulnerable. Perrin is safe across the river but no time to deal with him and others
188. "Light, a Wisdom is supposed to look after all of her people. Why do I have to choose like this?" Nynaeve- I kind of like her character.. she will oppose Moiraine if she needs to with her power!
189. Perrin grinning and using his reasoning to find Egwene
190. Egwene might learn the hard way of Moiraine's priorities 
191. Perrin's strategy is to skip whitebridge and go to caemlyn to avoid the trollocs and Fades who will likely go there
192. Elyas Machera cooking rabbit, with yellow eyes and his wolves
193. Spine of the world has gaps that can be climbed to get to Aiel Waste where it's almost impossible to get water his an Aielman helps
194. Wolves used to hunt with men and Perrin can apparently talk to wolves 
195. Wolves can smell thoughts and tell if you lie
196. The Red Ajah wanted to gentle Elyas once.. they like hunting men who know the One Power
197. Talking to wolves is older than Aes Sedai and using the power
198. Elyas' wolves want Perrin and ask them to stay in the forest
199. The dreams with the Dark Lord do damage
200. Gelb is being blamed 
201. Ancient Statues of Kings and queens on the river Arinelle
202. Tremalking island- crystal sphere with treasure, but the sea folk are searching for Coramoor
203. Tanchico panarch's palace- different animal bones and lost empires including Artur Hawkwing's in there
204. Mat obsessed with treasure
205. Sometimes Rand seems to be taken away in the moment as if he is someone else eg thrillseeker with heights
206. Mat stole a curved dagger from Shadar Logoth
207. the Tinkers (Tuatha'an) are looking for a song they lost during the Breaking of the World, and if they can find it again the paradise of the Age of Legends will return
208. Raen the seeker / Mahdi
209. Way of the leaf is a pacifist philosophy of v the Tinkers, and young folks run off with them... you become Lost if you can't do the way of the leaf
210. A reference to Elyas spending time with them in Spring - wonder if that relates to new spring
211. Elyas described as having a "kill or die" mentality
212. Aielman don't sing anything except battle chants or songs for the dead. The Aiel Waste is crazy to cross but Trollocs were found 100 miles into the waste
213. Aiel girl to the 'lost' Tinkers: The Leafblighter means to blind the eye of the world and slay the Great Serpent (time itself).. warn the people. Tell them to stand ready for He Who Comes With The Dawn.
214. Elyas "knows many strange things" - what is he? 
215. Gelb is probably going to cause trouble
216. The White bridge from the Age of Legends
217. Illiad appreciate gleeman - Captain Domon wants gleeman to lift crew spirits 
218. How to travel unnoticed when you have a Gleeman?
219. Logain got caught by Aes Sedai near Lugard while travelling to Tear  and can wield the power - they are parading him while going north and passing through Caemlyn
220. The last false Dragon couldn't do anything
221. Proclaimed from Illian about the great hunt of the horn and heading west through mountains of mist and Aryth Ocean - asking everyone to gather in Illian
222. Apparently the hunt must happen before the final battle with the Dark One
223. Crazy person is looking for the 3 boys from Emond's field (Elyas? Probably not) And ..a Fade doing the same? The Fade can appear out of thin air
224. Fade knows there is a white haired gleeman
225. Thom wants to flee south to Illian to join the hunt... and to avoid the Fade and attention of travelling to Tar Valon.. until Gelb starts opening his mouth 
226. Mat is tense
227. Rand just wants the truth re his dreams
228. Thom had a nephew who was killed by Aes Sedai
229. The Queen's Blessing. Just remember it. RUN!!
230. "Something tells me to wait" "Take life as it comes. Run when you have to,  fight when you must,  rest when you can."
231. Steddings in Ogier homeland - havens
232. Aram was into Egwene and angry she left
233. Chapter 28 - unclear whether the chapters are happening simultaneously or in chronological order. Most likely latter and Rand and Mat have already left Whitebridge while Moiraine, Nyn and Lan enter Whitebridge 
234. Moiraine artfully dodging Nyn's questions about her real purpose for tracking down the 3 Emond's Fielders. Nyn seems very protective of her village and that translates to caution and anger at Moiraine for not being transparent 
235. Moiraine doesn't know where Mat and Rand went so wants to grab Perrin first from the north 
236. Vulture like Ravens on the prowl, until they reach the stedding
237. Elyas knows Perrin can feel and talk to the wolves 
238. Perrin was about to mercy kill Egwene had they not reached the stedding
239. Arthur Hawkwing United every land from the Great Blight to sea of Storms - north to south to East to west, Aryth Ocean to Aiel Waste and lands beyond. 1000 gold crown bounty on each Aes Sedai
240. He died after the statue was made and before his capital city was built. Some of his relatives went beyond Aryth Ocean 
241. As long as you hate the axe you will be a wise user - says Elyas to Perrin who hates his axe
242. Bornhald (old man) and Byar (evil eyes) of the children of the Light - think Perrin and Egwene are Darkfriends..Egwene asked to repent by the time they go to Amador but a gibbet / execution structure awaits Perrin for killing two children
243. Master Grinwell's farm and daughter Else "you play so beautifully. I never heard anything so beautiful." Mistress Grinwell suddenly paused her sewing and gave Rand a long appraising look - they left the next day 
244. The times made suspicion of strangers commonplace,  and there were always strangers at an inn
245. Lugard near to Four Kings and doing mine trading
246. Hake hitting a maidservant
247. Howal Gode rich merchant looking for them - 
248. The inn acting as a trap- they can't be harmed but they can't escape either
249. Hake scared of the Heron sword and the bouncers Jak and Strom are called off 
250. "The Great Lord of the Dark has marked you as his own." - Gode
251. Did Rand summon lightning to escape from Gode?
252. Master Kinch offers his house but they don't trust him or are rushing to Caemlyn
253. Gode is dead?
254. Mat seems to be sick or blind 
255. Alpert Mull helped in a small way with a scarf
256. Master Allwine
257. Paitr: ".. this is not my idea..I have to do it.  I didn't want to, but they made me. "
258. "No matter how strong you are, the Great Lord of the Dark is stronger."
259. 20 darkfriends in market sheran - if the Queen would not do something, then somebody ought to ask the Children of the Light for help. Somebody should do something. 
260. "Just thinking of a night in the open made his bones ache" - too much running and looking over their shoulders.
261. Everyone going to Caemlyn to see Logain "That's what's causing all the trouble. People who won't stay where they belong"
262. Another darkfriend lady attacks.. and Hyam Kinch giving them a ride 
263. "You haven't been hiding anything in your pockets have you? An apple maybe? I won't hold it against you if you have. You could at least look. "
264. Holdwin the innkeeper with the Fade asking him to look for a boy who stole his heron blade, Bunt the farmer who claims to be a supporter of Queen Morgase who is supposedly under Aes Sedai Elaida's influence.. her siblings are supposedly dead after being sent to Tar Valon..Cairhien their dad got killed
265. Caemlyn a great city.. bigger than the coastal ebou dar, Tear, Illian 
266. "They haven't caught us yet. We can make it all the way, if we just don't quit." P 533
267. "Let's leave to Tar Valon now. Or south to Illian. I wouldn't mind seeing them gather for the Hunt of the Horn. If we can't go home let's just go" Mat, foreshadowing a side quest 
268. Finally an ally - Master Basel Gill knows Thom Merrilin.."he's a harder man to kill than you might believe. "
269. Thom was court bard and known in all royal courts from Tear to Maradon and had a death warrant against him "The Queen never forgets anything. You ever know a woman who did?"
270. "No bloody Darkfriend will make me turn my back on Thom's friends" - Gill
271. "We are alive. That much is all right. And I intend to stay alive. I intend to find out why we're so important. I won't give up."
272. Loial the Ogier- was Caemlyn built by Ogiers? Yes they put groves in every city that were forgotten by humans in their short lives
273. Mistakes Rand for an Aielman p552
274. Hawkwing and Lews Therin Kinslayer and Rand? Are ta'veren - a part of the Wheel that forces change in a few life threads and those around it. The world shapes around the selected or chosen life threads
275. Lan devising a plan to free Perrin from the whitecloaks... using Nyn's stealth "So he thinks I'm good, does he?"
276. Nyn is part of the Pattern - Moiraine
277. Was the odd behaviour of wolves mentioned at the start of the book?
278. Perrin's wolf communication a change in the Pattern?
279. Elyas and Lan know each other. He was a Warder before the Red ajah.. did something
280. Unclear if Perrin has been chosen out by the Light or the Shadow - how is it that he met Elyas and could learn from him p580
281. The Dark One might be making tiny shifts in threads
282. Half mad beggar who knows Rand's etc names
283. Red wrappings over the sword = for Queen Morgase, white means against. White outnumbered red 10 to 1 and even attacked the whitecloaks who were supposed to be more in favour of white
284. Elayne, Gawyn (First Prince? Future Leader of Andor army?), Galad - Children of Morgase - gets exciting at page 606
285. Elaida the stern Aes Sedai counselling Elayne
286. Elayne,  Daughter-Heir, thinks Rand is handsome 
287. "Wrap a shoufa around your head, Rand, and you should be an image of an Aielman. Odd since Mother seems to think you sound like a Two Rivers man. "
288. Elaida prophecy / foretelling on page 614
289. Repeat sentence on pages 623/624
290. "Rand tried to hug the two women and shake Perrin's hand all at the same time..complicated by Nynaeve trying to feel his face for fever. "
291. Mat's dagger is evil and has something from Mordeth that possesses him
292. "What do you think to gain..by dying? If the Lord of the Grave has gained as much freedom to touch the Pattern as I fear, he can reach you dead more easily than alive, now."
293. Darkfriends know where the dagger is, which has bonded to Mat
294. Critical p640. A man came to the spine of the world where the Ogiers were claiming the Dark One intended to blind the Eye of the World and slay the Great Serpent of time. That was 20 years ago. But the Tinkers also had a similar story 3 years ago where the Aiel told them the same thing. 
295. Now the three feel like they need to confess their dream to Moiraine
296. Threat to the Eye of the World means a change of plans- and Loial can take them there? P 645
297. During the time of Madness the steddings offered protection to some male Aes Sedai yet to be affected by the Madness but they cut off the True Source
298. Moiraine is blue Ajah and believes the stedding helped
299. The Aes Sedaitaught the Olgiers how to set up waygates for fast travel between groves apparently but the Way became corrupted 
300. Everyone is at war with the Dark One whether they know it or not. "There is enough power in the Eye of the World to undo his prison. If the Dark One has found some way to bend the eye of the world to his is..." p 649
301. "The Green Man. The Eye of the World."
302. Everyone agrees to travel through the Ways to the Blight and to the Eye of the World..
303. Master Gill getting supplies "it won't be easy this time of night but I'll arrange it all."
304. "You always do. In the beginning. This contest between us has taken place countless times before. Each time your face is different, and your name, but each time it is you." - Dark One suggests Rand is reincarnated and the Dragon Reborn?? P654-655
305. "You can stand aside every power and dominion but mine. There have been times when you made that choice, times when you lived long enough to know your power," - Black Ajah fall into this category... there are some working for him unseen in the shadows. Moiraine??
306. "Hurry, time grows short" Rand knew she was not speaking of the time for their leaving anymore. P658
307. Sheriam Sedai of the Blue Ajah, Moiraine's friend?
308. Great trees used be in Caemlyn where the waygate was
309. The ways sucking out all the Light and lamps attracting darkness..
310. Eye of the World is beyond Fal Dara (Mafal Dadaranell) in the Blight
311. Thom is not dead p 676
312. Egwene annoyed at Rand for talking to Elayne
313. "Even here your destiny protects you. Not even the Dark One can change the Pattern completely"
314. Someone is following them in the Ways
315. Dark wind, the black wind that steals souls possibly around since the Time of Madness or earlier 
316. "I only danced with Aram, Rand.. you wouldn't hold it against me for dancing with somebody I will never see again, would you?"
317. She's not for you, nor you for her; at least not in the way you both want
318. Law in Shienar and Borderlands - no one may hide their face in the town
319. Lan is a hero - Dai Shan / the Golden Crane
320. The ogiers are honoured as builders "kiserati ti wansho"
321. "Two women will not help unless they are Aiel in disguise."
322. The True Battle with the Dark One will take place at the Eye of the World - Agelmar of Fal Dara is shocked
323. The Green Man and the Eye
324. Need is the key, not seeking glory
325. Lan's entire country and family were killed because of stupidity and betrayal but he is the rightful heir to the throne of the now dead kingdom of Malkier and if he wanted to he could raise an army to follow him. 
326. Padan Fain was brainwashed and turned into a hound for the Dark One..Fain looked for them for 3 years
327. Sticks in the Blight.. hot and damp
328. Dark One's powers are weakest at noon 
329. Chill ice breeze from mountains of dhoom but heat ever present
330. "Light, you've made me say more than is proper already. Will you shame me to the point of asking you?" P731
331. "I will hate the man you choose...but love him if he makes you smile"
332. Mat sharpshooter archer
333. Perrin unaffected by Blight 
334. Child of the Dragon = Rand p740
335. P747 the male Aes Sedai sacrificed themselves 3000 years ago to make the eye of the world with the Green Man protecting it. It contains the essence of the males. It looks like the female aes Sedai also died capturing it for some need. It can v free the Dark One or imprison him. 
336. Green Man kills balthamel
337. Aginor fought Lews Kinslayer p749
338. Rand sees a vision p756 757
339. Dark One schemes and has planted darkfriends by Rand's side p 761?,
340. In the Age of Legends Aginor was close behind Kinslayer and Ishamael in power p766
341. Rand became aware of what he had been seeing all along but not noticing - p773
342. Crazy ending
343. Prophecies and mysteries still abound
344. It's too early to assess how good the book is in the context of the series but for now I would say it's a solid 4.5/5, probably more.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3)

1.  I'm quite excited to re-read this one. It's meant to be the least relevant to the overall series plot but people's choice for best book (kind of like Rowan and the Keeper of the Crystal)
2. I think there's a certain charm and relatability in seeing Harry open all his presents on his birthday. He may be in a rotten situation - unloved by remaining family - but he's well loved by his friends. The letters from Ron, Hermione and Hagrid were sweet to read in that regard
3. Home is where the heart is basically, not necessarily where you physically are
4. How big is the loose floorboard keeping Harry's presents and homework!
5. Harry thinking he's an outlaw for using magic
6. Invisible Book of invisibility 😅🤣.. cost a fortune and we never found them
7. Are you planning to eat or sleep at all this year, Hermione?
8. "Second head boy in the family!" ..."And last" Fred muttered..
9. It's pretty clear Fred and George don't have plans to follow the conventional route of pleasing their parents
10. "Everyone except Percy and Mrs Weasley snorted into their putting" 🤣🤣 that includes Mr Weasley, Ginny, Hermiome?? 🤣
11. "Well he should have some chocolate..." Harry: "I've already had some..Professor Lupin gave me some. He gave it to all of us." Madam Pomfrey: "Did he, now..So we've finally got a Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher who knows his remedies."😆
12. Dumbledore makes Harry calm
13. Snape makes loathing face to Lupin
14. Dumbledore announces the new teaching position: "I am delighted to say that his place will be filled by none other than Rubeus Hagrid." Hagrid was wiping his eyes on the tablecloth. It was a delicious feast...Harry, Ron and Hermione, however, were eager for it to finish so they could talk to Hagrid. They knew how much being made a teacher would mean to him..."Congratulations Hagrid!" Hermione squealed. Hagrid: "...it's what I always wanted"
15. Hermione having three 9am classes and Ron thinking her timetable is messed up
16. "Wonder what he's been getting ready?" Ron nervous about Hagrid's prep for class
17. Hermione startled at the news that books wouldn't be much help in this subject 😅🤣
18. Hermione not impressed by Trelawney and thinks divination class was absolute rubbish compared to arithmancy which she time travelled to
19. Ron claiming Hermione can't stand being rubbish at a subject for once 
20. Hagrid's outburst "I'm not worth that!"
21. "Five points from Gryffindor. I told you not to help him, Miss Granger." 😅
22. No one had ever had a practical lesson in Defence Against the Dark Arts 😅
23. Lupin commanding respect and his Boggart lesson super interesting and practical. A compassionate teacher. 
24. Neville's worst fear is Professor Snape 😅
25. Snape brewing a potion for Lupin - friendly act? "Not at all"
26. "You asked us a question and she knows the answer! Why ask if you don't want to be told?" Ron on Snape bullying Hermione
27. Hermione was beaming - Impervious!
28. Hermione asks if Harry will give the Marauder's Map to McGonagall 😆
29. Mobiliarbus- Hermione is a great friend to have
30. References to Lupin's werewolfism, silvery orb, and Peter Pettigrew as Crookshanks
31. Page 168 "examing" the Firebolt broomstick, typo
32. Hermione doing the right thing and playing it safe - telling McGonagall about the broomstick to,  in her mind, potentially save Harry's life
33. Trelawny keeps pestering Harry about via death and short life
34. How come a boggart was able to drain Harry's happiness as a fake dementor when it wasn't actually a dementor - or does it inherit the powers of the thing it is transforming into
35. I'm not buying anything Malfoy thinks is good."
36. Lupin suspicious of Harry knowing what butterbeer is
37. Seriously..And Potter - do try and win, won't you? Or we'll be out of the running for the 8th year in a row,  as Professor Snape was kind enough to remind me only last night"
38. Cho Chang first mentioned as Ravenclaw seeker
39. Harry shouting expecto patronum while catching the snitch and everyone going berserk
40. McGonagall after Sirius Black entered the Gryffindor dormitory: "Which person, which abysmally foolish person wrote down this week's passwords and left them lying around?" (Neville slowly raises his hand)😆
41. Security trolls to protect the Fat Lady
42. Neville was in total disgrace and McGonagall banned him from receiving any passwords
43. Hermione is the ultimate "I'm dobbing on you" person
44. The Quidditch Final chapter 15 is the best chapter as many things happen: Hermione and Ron reconcile; McGonagall ignores the biased commentary from Lee Jordan for once and waves her fist at Malfoy for grabbing Harry's broom to stop him from catching the snitch and cries tears of joy when Gryffindor win after a long drought; Lee Jordan being completely biased "Widely acknowledged as the best side Hogwarts has seen in a good few years" "Slytherin.. seems to be going for size rather than skill"; a scruffy game of penalties; Hermione's outpouring of emotion "Oh, Ron!".."you'd better beat him in the Quidditch final.. because I can't stand it if Slytherin win!"; Ron scared of Hermione's outpouring; Hermione quitting divination and slapping Malfoy for calling Hagrid pathetic; even Hermione not able to study the night before the final!
45. Hermione's worst fear is McGonagall telling her she failed all her exams😂
46. Hermione looked rather flattered at being complimented by Ron for being more daring eg hitting Malfoy
47. I like how Rowling brings together the Marauder's Map, Lupin's werewolfism, Scabbers and Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, Whomping Willow and Shrieking Shack myths in one fell swoop
48. Tense moments as an innocent man is shot to be executed 
49. "What we need...is more time." Dumbledore's eyes moved from Harry to Hermione
50. "If all goes well, you will be able to save more than one innocent life tonight. "
51. Hermione's eyes became very round: "OH!"
52. "How extraordinary" said Dumbledore with a note of amusement in his voice
53. Dumbledore already knew what the plan was when he said 3 turns / hours of the Time-Turner will do!
54. "How can I ever thank-" "GO!"
55. "Well?" Dumbledore said quietly
56. "OUT WITH IT POTTER! WHAT DID YOU DO? THEY HELPED HIM ESCAPE, I KNOW IT!"
57. "You're the best Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher we've ever had! Don't go!"
58. Trelawney made 2 predictions and that's worthy of a pay rise
59. "But trust me... the time may come when you will be very glad you saved Pettigrew's life"
60. It took a moment for harry to realise what Dumbledore said. 
61. Snape itching to place fingers around Harry's throat
62. This was pretty good and better than books 1 and 2. Time travel is so satisfying and Rowling tied everything together nicely: 4.75/5. 

Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice #9)

1. Continues the story from book #8 Kings of Clonmel
2. "That's it. Just Horace"
3. Will unable to get info and Halt showing him how
4. Kind of boring though - dealing with smugglers is ok but not particularly interesting 
5. How come Halt has a proper map of Picta but we don't? Ridiculous 
6. Halt loved Horace like a younger brother maybe even a second son. 
7. Terrible conversation / not funny
8. Genovesans are city assassins - part where they are plotting to beat their trap is interesting
9. Will > Crowley in unseen movement but latter is calm and experienced; Gilan > Will at unseen movement but not as fast with mind, decision making and strategising unconventional alternatives.  Will a better shot than both
10. Halt: I was feeling lonely I suppose 😅 Absent minded
11. Ok the part where Will gets help and Horace stays back is interesting as is the part where Malcolm strategises in his own healer way while waiting for Will. Wonder if references to Thorgan and the haunted burial site are foreshadowing the prequels
12. Horace too. Another good one there. Watch over him. He and Will together.. they could be the future of this Kingdom.
13. Horace the genius re a credible threat to the life of the Genovesans!
14. "Will!"
15. Malcolm coming along is an interesting element 
16. "I promise you, Will, I can look after myself. And who knows? I might even surprise you and make myself useful"
17. Halt's bow is one of the heaviest
18. "I just thought I'd give you the opportunity to confess"
19. Pauline - "I'll have to go back and face her..I'm not going to have the nerve to face her. "
20. Poor conversation
21. "I arrived here unannounced, asking for help for a friend miles away. You didn't ask questions. You didn't hesitate. You packed your things and came with me. "
22. "We're friends. That's what friends do for each other."
23. "Don't annoy me little dog. I know your mother"
24. A nice sweet ending
25. I liked Malcolm quite a lot. 
26. It was OK. But I didn't really like the book as much.
27. Maybe 3.7/5

The Kings of Clonmel (Ranger's Apprentice #8)

1. Starts off 1 year after the events of Macindaw / Norgate
2. No mention of the events of Erak's Ransom in the first 50 pages, which is weird because that was quite a big and critical moment for Halt and friends (but it's mentioned later)
3. About thwarting a fake cult's plans, which is an interesting topic
4. The continued tradition of pretending the apprentice graduation is a "nothing" event is kind of funny
5. The map not including Whitby, Seacliff (again),  Coledale, Selsey, Hibernia (modelled off Ireland) etc etc is disappointing and a missed opportunity.. the descriptions of where these places are sometimes make no sense when looking at the map 
6. Halt escaping from a trap, and his lapse of concentration
7. Idea of a special task group to deal with international affairs of Araluen is interesting
8. Crowley keeping a lid on his feelings for the benefit of Halt.
9. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them after you!" Horace after eating bacon and sausages ta-pau'd by Will 😂
10. The importance of knowing all the facts in espionage, when in a dangerous situation 
11. You realise halfway through why it's called Kings of Clonmel with a plural
12. The part where they learn more about the Outsiders and Will sneaks around their bandit camp is a bit boring and predictable. Also seems like a bit much framing a sentry for drinking on the job
13. Warning the village of Craikennis about a surprise bandit attack in the face of suspicion was an interesting moment - nervous tensions as the villagers try to work out if our heroes are on their side)
14. Fighting myth with religion in the form of Horace- the leaders of Craikennis understanding the goal of spreading the myth vs the cult
15. The wise old woman who understands the need to be sceptical of cult members who claim that they have a "god" that offers you only good times and no bad times - these people will demand more
16. Duncan being fully aware of Halt forging his seal
17. Still annoying that I don't know where the Genovesans (Italians it seems) are on the world map or any of these places in Hibernia
18. Spoilers: Halt here to help his scheming brother keep his throne notwithstanding the evil he did
19. Spoilers: Halt seemed more antagonised by the fact that his brother didn't like coffee than by the fact that he had stolen the throne from him
20. "The face was a trustworthy one. He felt a surge of warmth for this young man. Halt had lived his life without any knowledge of his family. At least one of them had turned out well he thought"
21. Spoilers: it becomes very exciting and satisfying when the crew muck up Tennyson's parade with Halt's impersonation of the King and Horace playing the Sunrise warrior
22. "Well you're my friend. And that makes it my fight." Horace to Halt 
23. Horace's fight is exciting, as is Will's bluff (although predictable)
24. The ending and sequence of events behind Will's one on one shot is a bit too predictable 
25. "The same reasons why <> might refuse the crown were also the ones that made it imperative that he keep it."
26. Spoilers: A bit too convenient of a death for King Ferris
27. This book leaves the issue of the Outsiders unresolved and it's classic Flanagan leaving it to the next book Halt's Peril
28. A solid addition but I'd give it a 3.8-4 out of 5 as it just didn't have as much going for it tactically compared to the others. And nothing too different.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)

1. Very easy to read and very engaging fun the start
2. Here comes all my random comments. 
3. Your heart drops when Dobby frames Harry and steals his letters but you feel warm and fuzzy when Ron comes to the rescue
4. Mrs Weasley being completely biased towards Harry is hilarious; Harry being embarrassed at his wealth but feeling more at home - and happiest - at the Weasleys' than anywhere else is touching. 
5. I'm reminded of how easy it is to read JK Rowling's books - no effort required and it's a joy to read. Everything is lively, exciting without being artificial.
6. Mr Weasley's love of muggles is slowly brought out here, a setup for key themes to come - good to see him stand up for Muggles and Hermione's parents against Lucius Malfoy
7. It didn't occur to me that muggles could change money at Gringotts for wizarding money eg Hermione's parents
8. I'm reminded of how the defence against the dark arts teacher keeps changing every year!! And Lockhart is a good change from last year's Quirrell..in the sense that he's hopeless, egotistic and "easy to deal with" in the sense of easy to defeat (well.. Harry and Ron do get lucky)
9. Nice setup with the vanishing cabinet being referred to - for later
10. Good on Mr Weasley for standing up (for muggles and Hermione's parents) against Lucius Malfoy. His love for Muggles a sign of things and themes to come. 
11. I'm surprised Hermione's parents didn't get more limelight - wonder what the rationale is there. 
12. Harry and Ron got off lightly and didn't get deducted points after perhaps convincing McGonagall that technically term hadn't started when they committed the relevant offences 😂
13. Hermione being friendly again only after the Howler did its damage
14. Lockhart being an annoying oblivious stuck up pretentious imitation self-absorbed clueless egotist 
15. Potting and compost in herbology - having done gardening I appreciate that a bit more!
16. It was pandemonium... Peskipiksi Pesternomi...it had absolutely no effect. And Lockhart's wand was chucked out the window. And Hermione saying rubbish to the suspicion that Lockhart was hopeless
17. Dodging Lockhart and Colin Creevey
18. Ron and Hermione randomly crossing the Quidditch pitch
19. The expression "Mudblood" starts a fight and Colin wants to photograph Ron belching slugs
20. Hagrid's treacle coffee cemented Harry's jaws
21. Hagrid joking about autographs from Harry
22. Nearly headless Nick's deathday party is a bit boring
23. Snape looked furious during Harry's interrogation and shutting down Lockhart wanting to make a petrification antidote 😂
24. Hermione furiously trying to read up on the Chamber of Secrets and asking the history teacher
25. Salazar Slytherin starting the pureblood movement- an interesting part of the story
26. Polyjuice potion - classic
27. Reference to the Wagga Wagga werewolf
28. Hermione defending Lockhart 🙄 
29. Hermione and Ron already starting to bicker
30. "This is all your fault. Get the snitch or die trying- what a stupid thing to tell him" - George during the rogue bludger incident
31. Dobby is annoying
32. Knowing what the monster is in the Chamber is a bit of a bummer- I remember also trying to guess during my first read but now it's spooled
33. Hermione taking one for the team again like the troll incident in the first book "I think I'd better do the actual stealing. You two will be expelled..I've got a clean record."
34. Why didn't Hermione use the invisibility cloak when stealing from Snape
35. Potter suspected of being the killer makes it exciting, including his doubts about being chosen for Slytherin 
36. A toothpick and a request to stay over the summer holidays for Harry's Christmas present
37. Steely glint in Hermione's eye,  not unlike McGonagall's
38. Since when was Lucius Malfoy a governor of Hogwarts
39. Lucius loving what's happening but asking Malfoy to stay out of it. 
40. Surprised Crabbe and Goyle (and Malfoy) don't realise later they were knocked out and someone took their spot
41. "Snape looked as though someone had just fed him a large beaker of Skele-Gro" 😂
42. If it weren't for his valentine song Harry wouldn't have known about the secret of Riddle's diary
43. "Because that's what Hermione does...when in doubt, go to the library"
44. "You will also find that help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it" - Dumbledore's eyes flickered towards hidden Harry and Ron.. followed by Hagrid's advice ..if anyone wanted to find out some stuff.. follow the spiders
45. Lockhart convinced it's Hagrid
46. Ron scared to go into the forbidden forest but looked at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione then toughened up
47. Effects of Ron's broken wand lasting some time - including Lockhart
48. Bit too convenient of an escape from the spiders
49. McGonagall tearing up when she thinks Harry and Ron are going to visit Hermione to tell her the mandrakes are nearly ready - forcing them to see her and catch a vital clue 
50. Lockhart the fraud at the critical hour and the teachers all know
51. Harry a bit clueless re Tom Marvalo Riddle
52. Dumbledore protecting Hagrid - Hagrid's whole life torn apart by being framed 
53. Ginny gave her life-force to the diary..
54. Twice in your past, in my future we have met - so it's a clear hint this memory is attuned to current Voldemort and hints at horcruxes 
55. So presumably what Harry says to Riddle is also transmitted to Voldemort including re Harry telling him about his mother's protection 
56. How can the great Voldemort not remember that phoenix tears heal
57. Harry was totally lucky that the diary dropped in front of him - or he has to thank Dumbledore 
58. Haven't got a sword. That boy has though.  He'll lend you one. 
59. Spoilers: "Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?" - transferring powers to Harry 
60. Spoilers: Lucius the mastermind to frame the Weasleys 
61. So many happy parts to the ending lol - L Malfoy sacked, winning the cup, Lockhart gone..it's too crazy of a happy ending
62. Expelliarmus!
63. Are you mad? All those times I could have died and I didn't manage it? They'll be furious
64. I actually think this was a much better book than the first (which was not my memory at all). Let's say: 4.45-4.55