posted July 21, 2007 06:22 PM         

Do you have it yet??
Just got back from Barnes & Noble.....
G'bye for awhile, my friends -- it's 784 pages

Zala

posted July 22, 2007 12:18 AM         

I don't know... Maybe its because I have supressed neglected and down right abused my inner child to the point where he does not speaks to me anymore.

posted July 22, 2007 12:41 AM         

Don't feel bad for being allergic, dude
When the series first came out I refused to read them, thinking it was just the newest pop-fad-kiddie thing..... but once I started reading them, I got hooked -- Order of the Phoenix: WHOA!!!
They are magical books!! Suspend Your Disbelief!!
And best of all, the books are condemned and banned by radical Christian fanatics!! Magic is the work of the Devil!!!

On page 180 now, and shock after shock

posted July 22, 2007 03:41 AM         

Just waiting for hubby to finish it so we can dissect it. Waiting impatiently.

I loved it, really, it was great but I don't like the way it ended. Not that it was/wasn't a "good" or "bad" ending ... it was just the way everything wrapped up in the end wasn't enough. Not for me, at least. I want more!

BTW, I used to work at a bookstore and hated the series just because of all the people coming in constantly asking for the new book (book 3 at the time, I believe) and the giant displays, etc. But eventually, I picked it up out of sheer curious annoyance ... anything making so many kids (and adults and teens) read so much and be so impatient for more couldn't be all bad, I thought. I am so glad I did! No regrets except that, if I hadn't gotten involved with the series, I wouldn't be feeling so sad now that it's over.

But it was definitely worth it!

posted July 23, 2007 04:59 PM         

Yeah, I'm still digesting though, not sure what my verdict is. I won't give anything anyway except to say I agree with Eleanore - the ending wasn't enough for me either...

posted July 23, 2007 05:35 PM         

What about that IRRITATING epilogue??????

posted July 23, 2007 06:00 PM         

I can understand why she wrote the Epilogue and the way she just stuffed it with those interesting(? for lack of a better yet not too descriptive word) things ... but it was such a ripoff, imo. That was the part I liked least because it was so rushed but, at the same time, I'm so glad I know what happened there. I was pleasantly surprised by some of it and, after all that happened in the story, glad that the things that were worked out in the Epilogue went the way they did. (SO hard to talk about it without saying, "hey, remember when [blank] happened?")

Spin offs, prequels, give us something more, please!

But she's been writing her hands off for the past ... what? 14 years or more?

As long as it's not a wait like it was for the Silmarillion with Tolkien, I think I'll be able to handle it.

posted July 23, 2007 09:18 PM         

TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
I AM LORD VOLDEMORT

And now that we've been provided with exact birthdates from Harry's parents' headstones in Godric's Hollow, we can do a synastry chart

James Potter - 3/27/60
Lily Potter - 1/30/60

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As long as it's not a wait like it was for the Silmarillion with Tolkien, I think I'll be able to handle it.

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posted July 24, 2007 03:32 AM         

My sister said the other day "Why should she write anymore, like she's not got enough money now?"

posted July 24, 2007 10:51 AM         

Of course if you tell me the rumor is true then I guess you would be telling the ending. So I will just have to wait until my daughter in law and grand daughter finish reading the book. They are Harry Potter fanatics too and have read all the books. My daughter in law stood in line late at night at Borders Books to get the new book.

I don't read the books but our grand kids have both myself and my husband hooked on the movies. We have seen Harry Potter in the person of Daniel Radicliff ( sp.?) grow up. I am sure he would like to go on and do different parts as an actor. Question is can he now? Once an actor gets that typecasted in a role people tend to think of him as Harry Potter and it makes it difficult to see him any other way.