All the world awaits anxiously for the blessed hour that Harry Potter releases to the general public. Bookstores everywhere prepare for the onslaught of rabid Harry fans. Unopened boxes soon will find themselves utterly destroyed in the mad frenzy.
Who thinks they might attend a Harry Potter party? Will you wear your wizard robes? Eagerly, with book in hand, will you venture to see the latest movie? Again? How many people are there cramming in a reread of one or more of the books?
In my house, there are two little boys anxious for the new Harry books. Caramon decided he simply must reread each book. He has hidden himself away from the world at large, attempting to get in just one more page. Each day I hear, “Mommy, how much longer till the last book comes out? When will we get it?”
When shall we get the book? I do not know. I debate the idea of taking my children for the festivities at the local Borders, though we did not preorder the book. I know they would enjoy that immensly. On the 11th they attended, in full robes and scarves and with wands, a viewing of two movies at the local library. Last Friday, they took part in a wonderfully decorated party celebrating both the new movie and book.
I am torn between a movie and a book. I cannot afford both. The movie is darn near impossible to afford with a family of four. Theatres these days charge way too much money, and I firmly believe that is the reason movie ticket sales decline. Hopefully, we shall see the movie before it leaves the theatre, but it will not be in the next few weeks. As for the book, I long to know the ending.
Will Draco confess his undying love for Hermoine? Will Harry live or die? Will Dumbledore rise from the ashes like his beloved phoenix? Will the wizarding world learn that Snape is truly their friend or will readers find their hearts crushed with the news that Snape works for He Who Must Not Be Named? How many Hogwarts teachers will die in the oncoming battle between good and evil? Students? And just how badly will things go at the Dursleys this summer?
So many questions. And hours to go before the book debuts. Even longer before I am able to get the book to read. However shall I remain spoiler free? I fear that feat impossible.
Hopefully, I can soon get a copy of the book and discover how the story ends. Until then, everyone else, happy wizarding!
–Lady O
PS. If Harry dies, let me know!!!!
Originally posted on ladyozma.vox.com
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gauvaine said:
hmmm. I guess is should actually read Half-Blood Prince so i can immerse myself in the craziness. My girls don’t care one way or the other about the books. It was hard to get them excited about them because of the movies. Now they have moved on to more heartier fare.
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Lady Ozma said:
ROFL…
You really should!!! If anything, just for the fun of the hysteria! 🙂
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gauvaine said:
ROFL . . .
Well, i love a little hysteria during the dog days of summer. Scholastic sold 8.3 million copies of the book on the first day. Now that is hysteria.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: ROFL . . .
Yeah it is. Especially since they are evil and changed the book when it came to america because “american kids are stupid”. I hate that. It’s not necessary. And goodness forbid we go against the dumbing down of our school children????
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loadhan said:
I lucked out again – our library is great. I put in a request on the day the pre-orders were announced and was 160 in the que. Since last time I was 1300-something I knew I’d get a book on the first day.
Around 5:00pm on Friday I got a voicemail from the library telling me my copy was available for pick up at the Harry Potter party in Coventry – or I could pick it up like normal from the main branch on Saturday. So I went down with a friend (who hadn’t reserved). She signed up for a library card and was one of the #’s called for the 45 extra book raffle they had so she got a copy too. I ended up first in line for my part of the alphabet so my card was swiped at 12:00 and the book was handed to me at 12:01 – probably faster than had I been paying money or checking off a list at a book store!
I was excited, heh.
It was fun seeing all the kids and other people. There were some costumes; I didn’t do much but I had a robe I used as a Wizard’s robe and my Hufflepuff scarf from when I saw the movie so I went in that. I just wish I had found my broomstick and remembered that I have “Professor Trawlany” glasses at home.
I hope you and your family enjoys it when you can. 😀
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gauvaine said:
Re: ROFL . . .
We are good at dumbing down things. We filter it through our American culture strainer and then turn it into something less than the original. It’s no wonder the Old World thinks we are a bunch of uncouth idiots. Brave and charitable, heroic, but foolish and uncultured. 2000 years of history and culture compared to our 250. It is hard to overcome.
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: ROFL . . .
Exactly… 🙂 Americans… we are so young and therefor think we are smarter and better than everyone else! Well, we can’t help it if it is true, right? *GRINS*
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Lady Ozma said:
We had fun at the parties…
well borders wasn’t so much fun as much as chaos so we went to a little bookstore downtown… 🙂 It was awesome!
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gauvaine said:
Re: ROFL . . .
Well, we are a chosen people, so i can’t argue with that. Of course, when movies like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry come out and is the number one movie, I think we are going to be destroyed by a rogue comet. Being smart and better does not account for having extremely low standards. lol.
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