This is the SPOILERS discussion thread for the GWC Harry Potter Book Club installment #1: HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S / SORCERER’S STONE.
For those who have NOT READ THE BOOK OR THE SERIES BEFORE: This thread may contain spoilers for later books. There is a spoiler-free (limited to book 1) thread; at some point in the future both threads will be merged.
ETA: The threads have been merged