Wow we have made it to chapter 1 of the Half-Blood Prince! The book begins (or ends in our case) stunningly, as we are plopped right into the muggle world where we see the viewpoint from the Prime minister. Valerie does some digging and we discover some cool facts about our favorite characters and we wrap up the second season of the Glittering Bell Jar! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get yo ..read more

Here we are, approaching the end – er, beginning – of Harry Potter in the Half-Blood Prince. As we're reading the book backward, the time travel bit gets a tad confusing from time to time.   In this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast, we're traveling into the Muggle world to visit the home of the Half-Blood Prince himself, Severus Snape. There we get a peek into what life is like for Voldemort's supporters, and how Narcissa Malfoy is handling her husband's arrest and son's new mission.   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating ..read more

Dumbledore pays 4 Privet Drive a visit in this chapter where he comes to rescue Harry for the summer. We get an intimate look at how Harry has grown up unable to express even the slightest emotions. Despite all of this he still remained good at his core.    Let's chat about that and more in this episode of the Glittering Bell Jar!   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your dis ..read more

Love him or hate him, Horace Slughorn is a pretty important part of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Maybe that's why there's an entire chapter dedicated to him in the book – but we pretty much don't mention him at all in our analysis, so... Join us for this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast, where we talk about everything EXCEPT the subject of the chapter! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door ..read more

  We are spending some time at the Burrow with our favorite red-headed family before the kids all head off to Hogwarts. This time with Harry, Hermione, and Fleur as additions to the family. Valerie and Brie try to pin down exactly when Tonks and Lupin fell in love and struggle with the O.W.L system.    Join us and find out which subjects they would get an Outstanding in!    Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to ..read more

Let's head down Knockturn Alley in this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar: A Harry Potter Podcast. We continue our backward reading of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by following Draco as he gives his mum the slip and makes his first, feeble attempts to reach Albus Dumbledore.   Speaking of his mum, Narcissa Malfoy, we chat about her too – as well as the equivalency of prefects and team captains, the Prefect's bathroom, the urban legend of Regulus' death, and Fred & George as lifestyle icons for the class clown.   Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leavi ..read more

We are on the train and heading back to Hogwarts! Things are a little different this year since Hermione and Ron are Prefects. Harry begins in the Slug Club compartment and ends stunned on the ground after eavesdropping on Malfoy. We talk all about Mr. Weasley being the "cool dad", whether Fleur is as vain as she pretends to be and so much more! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your disco ..read more

We are on the train and heading back to Hogwarts! Things are a little different this year since Hermione and Ron are Prefects. Harry begins in the Slug Club compartment and ends stunned on the ground after eavesdropping on Malfoy. We talk all about Mr. Weasley being the "cool dad", whether Fleur is as vain as she pretends to be and so much more! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription box delivered right to your door – it's almost like Owl Post! Get your disco ..read more

From Harry Potter's perspective, any chapter with the title "Snape Victorious" can't be good – but that's what we're discussing in this episode of The Glittering Bell Jar (A Harry Potter Podcast). Join us as we continue our backward reading of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! In this episode, we chat about book vs. movie Tonks, Harry's grief over Sirius' death, and Snape being, well, Snape! There's a lot to unpack in these characters as Snape achieves his long-held desire to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and ..read more

It's time we officially meet the Half-Blood Prince, well at least his book. In this episode, the kids are back at school and it's time to plan their class schedule. Due to a new potions professor, Harry picks up that fateful used potions book. We discuss that and more in this episode of the Glittering Bell Jar!  Join us as we continue our backward reading of Half-Blood Prince and the rest of the Harry Potter series! Don't forget to support our podcast by subscribing, leaving us a rating, and giving us a five-star review.   Subscribe to The Accio Box and save on a magical subscription ..read more