It is the summer holidays and soon Harry Potter will be starting his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is counting the days: there are new spells to be learnt, more Quidditch to be played, and Hogwarts castle to continue exploring. But Harry needs to be careful - there are unexpected dangers lurking...

Given all the publicity, and that Chris keeps bugging me, it's inevitable that at some point I'd be reading the Harry Potter books. The BBC Big read gives me an added incentive to pick them up.