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I read the first Harry Potter book, and I definitely enjoyed it, but I never understood the mania surrounding the whole thing. But there's nothing like sitting down with a good book. Bon apetite!

652 pages at 12 point font like the first four. Book 5 was 11.5 font in addition to being nearly 900 pages. Picked my copy up last night at midnight, had it finished by 7:15 this morning. It might be the best in the series, although the last 50 or 100 pages were by far the darkest seen thus far.

Can I post some spoilers? Cuz I just got done reading it.

Man, I never saw what's so damn good about these books. I tried reading a couple, I really did...



Give me the Hitchhiker's Trilogy, though...

-Tim

This will teach me to pre order. I called 3 different stores, and everyone is out. I finally found one that has some, but they won't hold a copy for me.  I hope it's still there when i get there.

Her writing or perhaps the editing, gets better with each volume.  Yeah, I'm waiting for my copy to arrive today also.  If it doesn't arrive today, the deal is that Amazon gives me the book for free.

I can only wish, I don't have that option.

I know mine will not arrive today since they shipped it UPS instead of USPS.

We had a WHOLE LOT of copies at Best Buy where I am. No one was really buying it (i personally didn't know there was a new book coming out).

I had to read the first book for a class, and I didn't really get in to it then. I like the movies though.

drfishy520 wrote:

There were tons at my local Borders and Noble. No one seemed to be buying them. Very odd..

because everyone who intended to read it the second it came out preordered it in march.

Ok, finished.

SpoilersSpoilersSpoilersSpoilersSpoilersSpoilersSpoilers


Don't read past here, or else don't say you weren't warned.


Damn. 

Harry has matured.  A lot.

I've been predicting that the person who died would die since the moment I finished the last one (not naming him in case someone reads this sentence and decides "woah, that's more than I want to know yet - this is your last chance to back out.). 

It's obvious - "The only one who Voldemort ever feared."  Well, the books aren't called "Dumbledore and such and such," the one big protector figure who always makes everything OK for Harry is going to HAVE to be taken out of the picture for Harry to come into his own.  Not only that, but he needs something HUGE to steel him for the final push.  Yup.  It screamed that it needed to be done.  (Though I thought that Fawkes might have transfered his loyalty to Harry...)

I've always been with Harry in the not-trusting-Snape thing.  Didn't figure he'd play THAT big a part, but then, no DADA teacher ever lasts more than a year.

Harry may feel a little pity for Draco, but I'm looking forward to finding out how Voldemort deals with him.



Anyone know when the next one comes out?

Holy Shnikeys!!!

NOT Spoilers

Hello from Amazon.com.

Good news!  We've just lowered the price of "Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince" from $17.99 to $16.99.

You don't need to do anything to get the lower price--we are automatically
issuing you a $1.00 refund.  This refund should be processed in the next
few days and will appear as a credit on your next billing statement.  We'll
also send you a follow-up e-mail to confirm the refund once it has been
completed.

Thanks again for shopping at Amazon.com.  We hope you enjoy your book!

Sweet.

Nice, 1 dollar


I got a copy of the book today, I am really in no hurry to finish it.

yelowpunk wrote:

Man, I never saw what's so damn good about these books. I tried reading a couple, I really did...

Give me the Hitchhiker's Trilogy, though...

I agree, while the Harry Potter books are OK, nothing beats HHGG.