HP Files - Philosopher's Stone - Chapters 1 - 3

So, the first installment of my Harry Potter Book "reviews". These won't be reviews exactly more just me making orderly comments as I read each of the chapters. All page references are for the UK editions of the books. Feel free to make comments, prove me wrong or just give your own POV.Chapter 1 - The Boy Who LivedPg 12 - Its only whilst re-reading these things that I realise how many descriptions I miss or choose to ignore. eg. (Dumbledore) "...Judging by the silver of his hair and which were both long enough to tuck into his belt".Pg 13 - "Would you care for a sherbert lemon?". Always makes me smile. Dumbledore should run Honeydukes when he retires.Pg 14 - "I haven't blushed so much since Madame Pomfrey told me she liked my new earmuffs". Considering Mme. Pomfrey's nature and that she is constantly fussing, that doesn't sound like something she would say.Pg 16 - Sirius shoutout.Pg 17 - (Scars) "I have one myself above my left knee which is a perfect map of the London underground". Again with the Dumbledore love. JK Rowling made him just perfect - he's so, normal for someone so powerful.Chapter 2 - The Vanishing GlassPg 19 - Even in the first pages of the series we become aware of Harry's recurring dreams - if only we'd known then what we know now.Pg 20 - "Harry had always been small and skinny for his age". You know, I never pictured him as being small - its that selective reading again.Pg 21 - "Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a taken angel - Harry often said that Gugley looked like a pig in a wig". So understated yet so ultimately perfect.General - I used to think this chapter was silly and slightly useless however as with so many other things in the series it is used as foreshadowing. It always amazes me how much of this she has planned and how much backstory the whole thing has.Chapter 3 - The Letters From No OnePg 30 - The ever presence og Aunt Marge - nothing quite like continuity.Pg 30 - I've always loved how the letters were addressed and how they always knew Harry's exact location. It just goes to prove that Dumbledore is God.Pg 33 - (Letter 'rescue' attempt) Harry's always been a troublemaker. This reminds me of the trapdoor scebe later in the book.Pg 34 - When I first read this, I must've been about 9 and I thought that letters arriving in eggs was one of the cleverest things I'd ever read. Obviously, I had no idea what I had let myself in for.Pg 35 - "Dudley snored but Harry stayed awake, sitting on the window-sill, starng down at the lights of the passing cars and wondering..." because Harry was indeed Lost in Translation. ;)