I'm a harry potter virgin. Never read a book, which is odd considering my background as a literary major, and tutor/soon to be a teacher in that particular field. With the final book released I'm planning on reading the series now, courtesy of used book stores selling the older titles.

So I'm wondering, could you harry potter fans list the books in order, and give them each your own personal, spoiler free (or at least spoiler marked) comment on each. I heard the first book is pretty much entirely skippable and you wouldn't miss anything.