**Update: We will be meeting Monday April 14 at my home in Orem (1795 W 850 S) from 7-9 pm**

Thanks again to everyone who participated in our last book club! It was so much fun! For this book club, I’m thinking we will dig deep into ourselves, just like in this book – our Patronus’? Patronuses? Patroni?, our Boggarts, our moral codes, our pasts and futures… Sorry. When I start waxing philosophical about Harry Potter it can go on for ages.

I think it would be fun to make our own Harry Potter mugs, maybe adorned with our Patronus or favorite quotes? That’s my idea for now. Let me know if you have a better one! Soon I’ll be posting potential days for you to vote for on the Facebook group, so keep an eye out for that.  {I will be in the process of moving so this meeting might be a bit earlier or later than the last week of March}

In the meantime – here are our Prisoner of Azkaban Questions! {Printable here} As always, write down any other questions, thoughts or concept you’d like us to discuss at our meeting, you Pottheads!

Injustice is a huge theme of Prisoner of Azkaban. Do you think Lupin, Dumbledore, Snape knew that Sirius was innocent all along? What other examples of injustice do we see in this book or in the complete story?

Sirius’ loyalty is completely doubted when he is thrown into prison, although it never wavered. Sirius and Lupin turn on Peter to accuse him of false loyalty once they are reunited. Often Harry and Ron, even Hermione are at odds and but their loyalty to one another is never questioned. The book nearly always shows loyalty as black and white – you’re intensely loyal or you aren’t at all! Is loyalty a spectrum or a dichotomy? 

How is Quidditch used in this book to enrich the story? The later books barely involve Quidditch at all, but is it still integral to the storyline? How are the broomsticks a metaphor for Harry, Ron, Malfoy and the teams of Gryffindor and Slytherin?

What would you do with a Maurader’s Map? How could it be used for good or evil?

Hermione undergoes some interesting changes in this book that often cause Harry, Ron and even teachers to balk or double-take (hitting Malfoy, walking out of Divination, etc). Are these permanent personality changes or circumstantial? What does this mean for her and other characters in the story? Do you like bold Hermione?

A Boggart will sense your phobias and turn into the thing you fear the most. A Patronus is a type of personal shield to protect you and even send messages to others. It takes the form of an animal that symbolizes you and your personal characteristics. What would your Boggart turn into? What would your Patronus be?