Dec. 2016: re-read via audio. More wonderfulness from narrator Jim Dale, whose Basilisk voice was especially scary in the dark. What do you guys think the point of Lockhart was? To show that adults are fallible and vain sometimes, and cannot always be trusted? To show that people can deal differently with fame and what they do with its power (Harry vs. Lockhart)? 
 Favorite quotes: 
 "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." 
 "Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain?" 
 "When in doubt, go to the library."