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Post by PhantomsPandora on Jul 15, 2005 18:56:11 GMT -5
My brother and I are talking about going to a midnight HP party and getting the book cheaper(it's at a grocery store a town over).
Course I won't be reading it-I'm going to Nevada next week, but I'll be real anxious to come home and read the whole thing in one sitting.
Two years ago when the last book came out, I went to get my brother's reserved copy with a bum ankle, now you talked about some obsessed folks..
Well do you love the books as much my brother and I or are you hiding under a rock until this weekend blows over and all the potter fans are done reading?
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Post by Tara on Jul 15, 2005 19:13:02 GMT -5
Never bothered to read any of the books. However, I've seen two of the movies. Looks good too.  |
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Post by Tigress on Jul 16, 2005 17:35:59 GMT -5
I'll be getting the latest addition on Monday when I go into the city. I've been looking forward to reading it since the moment I finished book five...like two or three years ago now? lol
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Post by Tara on Jul 16, 2005 18:43:29 GMT -5
Really, has it been that long since the last book?
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Jul 16, 2005 22:27:37 GMT -5
OH yes, it has-Summer 2003. Well I read it in a day, this newest one..My brother let me read it first because I'm going on that trip. Last time we would have book marks and pick up when the other was done reading for the day. I'm glad he let me, otherwise I would have been gone and have wanted like heck to read it LOL! (i'm not giving anything away, promise)
The HP party last night wasn't much of party, everyone wanted to get their book and leave. There was a plate of cookies, and some juice, not much of a party if you ask me.. Borders though throws a party-games, readings, all sorts of stuff. When the final book comes out we're going to one of those.
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Post by Tara on Jul 17, 2005 13:01:30 GMT -5
That might be fun for you. Are you going to get dressed up and/or get that lightning strike mark on your forehead? ;D |
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Jul 17, 2005 14:27:09 GMT -5
My brother and I will probably do something like that. For the first two movies we dressed up, cloaks, the whole mess.. My brother is 12, and none of his friends are much into HP, and my friends were in to it ...so he enjoyed being in with us nuts and getting to discuss books together.
He's into a lot of great books, some of them I read , some of them I don't. Chronicals of Narnia, Lemony Snicket... I really like Lemony Snicket.He just wants someone to discuss them with...kids should read more.
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Post by Tara on Jul 18, 2005 11:09:22 GMT -5
What does your dad and your church think of Harry Potter? (curiosity)
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Jul 23, 2005 10:35:20 GMT -5
Oh my dad loves the potter too. He would rather watch the movies though.
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Post by Tigress on Jul 24, 2005 22:39:59 GMT -5
I'm about half through The Half-Blood Prince as we speak. It's good so far. 
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Post by Tara on Jul 25, 2005 9:48:26 GMT -5
Now I'm starting to get jealous b/c I'm not apart of any sort of book club thing to get all hyped up about. lol
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Jul 26, 2005 2:02:13 GMT -5
hehe, don't be jealous, join it! lol
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Post by Tara on Jul 26, 2005 10:50:33 GMT -5
But I've never read any of the books, and who knows how much time I'll have. By the time I get to the latest one, the hype is gonna be all over! lol
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Post by PhantomsPandora on Jul 26, 2005 14:43:59 GMT -5
no, it won't heh, some of thefirst books are smaller than these newest ones. |
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Post by calyrelf on Jun 8, 2006 13:37:47 GMT -5
I originally was the librarian of a very strict Christian-right school. I was asked by several parents why HP was not allowed in the library, and so I brought it up at the PTA meeting to find out what was the premise behind banning HP. I got a lot of rhetoric, but no real answers....mainly people telling me that it was "Satanic." Those same people had, of course, never read it.
It was then and there that I decided to read the first book, and absolutely fell in love with it. At the time I was a Christian Sunday School director and was so appalled by the hatred which the Bible thumpers had for HP, that I decided to speak out in favor of the book. Well, I was sacked from the librarian job......well, not exactly sacked, but conditions were made unbearable enough that I decided to leave the school.
So, you might say that Harry Potter was part of the reason that my religion has turned to a different path than the one I had previously been on.
And I have gotten every single HP book since then, and yes, I had to get it the very first day that Half Blood Prince came out, hehe.
I am wondering if number 7 really WILL be the last one, as Rowling said. She did do one interview in which she said "I very much doubt that there will be a number 8. I think 7 will be it."
Well...that doesn't sound absolutely sure, in my book. So I can't help but wonder. I will be sorry to see the series end, that's for sure.
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