Can Anyone Else Smell The Deathly Hallows? :o

djm · Post by **djm** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:29 pm

This is a poll that I was asked to post for someone who was having problems. Naturally, I wouldn't have posted this, being calm and cool, maintaining my reserve, and if that kid tries to get in front of me in line I'll crease 'im.

djm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:33 pm

I've never read one or watched a movie. I won't read this one either.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:40 pm

I have no idea what this is all about, so I imagine I won't read/watch it, either.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:42 pm

Nanohedron wrote:I have no idea what this is all about, so I imagine I won't read/watch it, either.

HP 7 means Harry Potter 7. I know that only because I always get Harry Potter's initials mixed up with my own.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:43 pm

Cranberry wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:I have no idea what this is all about, so I imagine I won't read/watch it, either.
HP 7 means Harry Potter 7. I know that only because I always get Harry Potter's initials mixed up with my own.

Thanks. I wasn't sure if Deej was referring in some arcane way to some new Hewlett-Packard owner's manual or something, either.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:48 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
Cranberry wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:I have no idea what this is all about, so I imagine I won't read/watch it, either.
HP 7 means Harry Potter 7. I know that only because I always get Harry Potter's initials mixed up with my own.
Thanks. I wasn't sure if Deej was referring in some arcane way to some new Hewlett-Packard owner's manual or something, either.

You're very welcome.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:53 pm

djm wrote:This is a poll that I was asked to post for someone who was having problems.
djm

Um, just problems posting. I have no problems otherwise

If I didn't have a kid I would buy the book Friday at midnight and read the whole thing in one massive, blurry-eyed marathon-- and would be sorely tempted to read the last chapter first.

As it is-- I've agreed to read it aloud w/ Kevin (he's 11) -- I am NOT NOT NOT allowed to skip ahead of him. It will probably take 2 or 3 days this way...but we have had so much fun over the past two years discussing what's going to happen that I really think we need to experience this together.

..being calm and cool, maintaining my reserve, and if that kid tries to get in front of me in line I'll crease 'im.

Dude, out of my way. I was here first.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:57 pm

Amazon.com will be dropping 2 copies on our doorstep Saturday morning. My game plan is that since all of the 3 kids who'll be home will sleep later than I, I can read it over the course of a few days, sticking to mornings.

And Caroluna...you're a better woman than I. I'd never make that promise. A few years ago I started out reading the Golden Compass trilogy to my 2 younger kids. Well...I soon moved ahead, reading later at night, and ended up reading it twice--once to me, once more to the kids.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:58 pm

Sadly, I expect the results of Harry Potter's final adventures to be posted all over CNN, the BBC, MSNBC, and other supposedly reputable news sources as soon as they're known.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:00 pm

My thirteen year-old daughter has the book on order. She will get first dibs. She'll probably take a month to read it and re-read it.
Then her mother will get it. She'll probably finish it in a couple of weeks. Then it might be my turn.

So I might have read it all the way through by some time in October.
Meanwhile I'm brushing up my Irish by reading the first Harry Potter book in that language. Actually, it reads better in Irish... (but maybe that's just because it means I read it a LOT more slowly...)

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:01 pm

....you're all gonna think I'm really sad now, but a friend is opening her bookshop 11pm this Friday, and they're having a HP themed party! The shop is in a tiny village, and a number of shops are opening late for the book launch...they're supposed to be turning the little street into "Diagon Alley".
....and I've got THE best witchy dress( very tasteful and long, in velvet) ...just got to find my broomstick....I know I left it somewhere....

Cass.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:04 pm

Cass wrote:....you're all gonna think I'm really sad now, but a friend is opening her bookshop 11pm this Friday, and they're having a HP themed party! The shop is in a tiny village, and a number of shops are opening late for the book launch...they're supposed to be turning the little street into "Diagon Alley".
....and I've got THE best witchy dress( very tasteful and long, in velvet) ...just got to find my broomstick....I know I left it somewhere....

Cass.

Glad to know there is a bookshop opening somewhere. The local landlords are loosening their belts and bumping the rents up. The local bookshop is just one of many casualties. There are some greedy rich folk out there.

You're welcome to borrow my hazel besom, Cass. It knows its own way home.

Caroluna · Post by **Caroluna** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:07 pm

Nanohedron wrote:I have no idea what this is all about, so I imagine I won't read/watch it, either.

I particularly related to the parts about Dementors. They are half-spirit creatures that suck every memory of every good experience out of you and leave you paralyzed in despair.

Been there

The whole series takes place on several levels. Yes, it's for kids, so some of the symbolism is heavy-handed, but I think it is life-affirming and encouraging.

And I'll take all the encouragement I can get

izzarina · Post by **izzarina** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:10 pm

Caroluna wrote:As it is-- I've agreed to read it aloud w/ Kevin (he's 11) -- I am NOT NOT NOT allowed to skip ahead of him.

HA! I wouldn't dream of doing it that way. You see, I was told a looooooong time ago that the HP books were EEEEEEVIL* So now I keep that in mind when a new one is out and make sure that I read it first before they're even allowed to touch it. Have to make sure they're kept from all that evil stuff you know....really, it's not like I want to read it first or anything

*Before anyone jumps on me for saying it's evil, I don't really hold to this view, despite the voiced concerns of some well-meaning friends. It really is a very poor attempt to get my grubby hands on the darn book first...which I will, as always

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:11 pm

Innocent Bystander wrote:
You're welcome to borrow my hazel besom, Cass. It knows its own way home.

"Accio Innocent Bystander's broom"!

Cass

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