Our reader Simon has sent us a ton MORE GoF pics, and some really cool ones too: Barty Crouch The campfire ablaze Cedric in a hood Cho wearing a scarf Dumbledore at the feast Dumbledore in the pensieve scene The Gryffindor kids Harry Harry at the feast Mad-Eye Mad-Eye and Harry Dumbledore Update We’ve also …read more!

More high-res photos from WB for you: Cedric (large)Cedric (med) Krum (large) Krum (med) Harry smiling (large) Harry smiling (med) Weasley Tent (large) Weasley tent (med)

WB zapped over the new Cho Chang pic in high-resolution, so check it out: Cho Chang (huge) Cho Chang (med) Cho Chang (small) Thanks again go to MuggleNet for finding the original scan.

An interactive survey of 6,819 adults across the United States have determined that President George Bush and New York Senator Hillary Clinton would both land smack in Slytherin, while the US’s First Lady, Laura Bush, would find herself among the badgers of Hufflepuff. Meanwhile 57% of respondents said they’d elect Hermione Granger president. The poll, …read more!

In a review published Saturday by The Guardian, reviewer John Mullan says HBP leaves readers with “a gloom not to be dispelled.” The odd glumness of this novel is partly a consequence of its loss of a satisfying plot, its lack of shape. There is, I think, a clear reason for this, evident from the …read more!

Harvard sophmore and soon-to-be-published novelist Kaavya Viswanathan writes in today’s New York Times about first reading Harry Potter just before begining eighth grade, and her continuing love for the series. Harry is an endearingly normal hero, enduring the same romantic insecurities, friendship pressures and temper tantrums that I encounter all the time, and it is …read more!

Reader Brittany sent us a pic of Katie Leung as Cho Chang in the Goblet of Fire film; check it out by clicking here. Thanks Brittany! (Edit: This more than likely came from MuggleNet: Thanks guys!)

It’s July 31 in England, which means…it is Harry Potter and Jo Rowling’s birthdays! Jo is 40 today, and we wish her all the health and continued success in the world. (If you poke around JKRowling.com, you’ll see a bit of notice that it’s her birthday, as well.) In our three-years-running tradition of presenting a …read more!

We’ve got that new pic for you of Ron, Harry and Hermione in the Gryffindor common room in Goblet of Fire in high-res, so check it out in small, medium, and tremendous: Small Medium Huge

If you haven’t had a chance yet to take part in a Barnes and Noble HBP discussion session with the TLC staff, there are two more opportunities for you to do so and they’re both open for enrollment right now at this link. Two sessions are open from August 1 through Sept. 5; in one, …read more!