Harry Potter!!!

[Hell_Cat_18]

That's right the new Harry Potter book officially went on sale exactly 50 minutes ago here! I stood in line at Books A Million for two hours waiting to get my copy, but I finally have it! I can't wait to start reading on it, I'm probably not going to sleep tonight lol. I was so much fun talking with everyone about the new book though, and seeing everyone dressed up. I have never heard so many Harry Potter ringtones before lol.

One thing that caught my attention though was that when they gave you the book it was wrapped in a plastic bag, and we were given very strict instructions not to remove the book from the bag until we had exited the store or our book would be cofenscated. I asked one of the sales ladies why they were doing this and she said it was because some moron last release, got his copy, read the last few pages, then screamed at the top of his lungs the very sad ending. He was then set upon by very outraged and rabid fans who beat him so badly he had to be hospitalized. Personally I think the moron deserved it, I mean what did he think people were going to do?

Anyway, I'm going to start reading now!

[Sledgstone]

Wow. A harry potter inspired ass beating. X'D

[Dubird]

Heh. I just finished reading it. They all die. A wizard did it. XD




Seriously, though, I did just finish and I was right about somethings. I'm rather proud of myself. ^_^;

[Wolflord]

I've been done for about 24 hours ^_^ It was good, and yeah I was right about some things, wrong about others. It was interesting.

[Kelene]

I'm sad, I have all the books , except the newest one, and I have only read the first book so far. Kids are a huge distraction :)

[Strider Hiryu]

I have my copy of the new book but I don't have time to start reading it until Tuesday. *cries* Stupid work and it's taking up of my reading time. Ohwell, after Tuesday I get a week off that I'll spend reading the entire thing.

[Hell_Cat_18]

I've had mine since the night it came out...however I'm only like half way through it. -_-;

I just haven't had a lot of time to read, and I won't have any for this rest of the week. *sigh* hopefully I'll get it finished this weekend, it'll give me something to do on the long car ride to Wichita.

[Wolflord]

wow, I read it in 5 hours :p

haha I'm such a loser.

[Inufangirl2]

I haven't read any of the books. Iam not into Harry Potter,but I have seen the movies. They are ok.

[Dubird]

don't feel bad wolflord, took me only 3.5 hours....^_^;;....

[Mathias]

I don't want to know the ending, but was it good. Overall, how would you rate the entire series, book, then movies?

[Hell_Cat_18]

The ending was wonderful, she really did an amazing job. I just finished it btw like five minutes ago. :happy:

I cried so hard at the end...for like the last three chapters I was bawling my eyes out and now I have tear stains all over my book. It was so good...some of it was sad crying and some of it was happy crying. I'm still kinda teary. I'm so mad at her for killing off some of the characters, but Snape's story is what really got me going. All through the series I was hating him so much, but after hearing the truth, I was so sad that I had. He truely was a good man who had lived a tragic life. Then of course the scene with Dumbledore, omgod I was crying so hard. This was probably one of the greatest books I have ever read.

[Vincent]

snape was always one of my favorite characters, but I began doubting him near the end of the 6th book and i almost lost faith in him in the 7th.....then I feel really bad that I had doubted the man :(

[Hell_Cat_18]

I agree Vincent...I agree. I also couldn't believe it about Lupin and Tonks.

[Dubird]

well i had guessed that Dumbledore had asked Snape to kill him...i thought it was to save Draco, but i got that right.....sucks that he died so quickly though....i expected him to put up a fight.....

[Wolflord]

I really liked Snape too. It takes guts to do what he did. I mean, he died without breaking his character. His role was never broken. The Dark Lord never knew what he was, not ever. That takes serious skill. I think it's jokes that he loved Lily, but it kinda makes sense... Why else would he harbour so much malice towards James/Harry?

[Moon Doggie]

I'm like in the middle of the third chapter and I've had the book for a few days, can't will myself to keep going at a steady pace. I had to start skimming in the middle of the first chapter so i wouldn't lose interest..... i hope that wasn't important to the story...

[Strider Hiryu]

Just finished the book myself. Probably the best book I've read in awhile and I liked how it ended. Some of the things I thought would happen after book 6 did, some didn't, some happened that I never would of dreamed, etc. Overall damn good book.

Man she went on a killing spree in this book. I didn't think she'd kill off everyone she did, especially Remus and Tonks (surprised the hell out of me it did). Fred's death was also a shock. To think he'd go down like that and to kill Mad-Eye. I was pissed after he died, I really liked him. In the end I'm happy to see Snape lived up to exactly what I thought. I always knew he was a good man that had a tragic life. Sadly his death was rather graphic/demeaning.

[Hell_Cat_18]

I know, I can't belive she killed so many, but you know it was Lupin, Tonks and Snape that really got me. Yeah I was sad when Dumbledore died, and I was sad to see Fred, Mad-Eye and the others go, but I never cried over them. I really let it all go when Lupin, Tonks, and Snape died. I agree with you about Snape though...god, that man was amazing, like you said, never broke his character even in the face of death, never let the secret out.

[D_Marx]

Actually. . . I found myself crying less with certain deaths, knowing that some would be happier at certain times or otherwise too distracted to feel any pain. I think all but two were really justified. Excellent, excellent story, epilogue could've used a bit of work, and remember RPer, whatever she wrote IS canon.

I cried hardest when Harry was burying Dobby, and then again when he was walking through the forest with his family towards the spider's den. NOOOO NOT HEDWIG!! ;_; You think she's going to be okay when Harry catches her at the last second and is blasted the next!!!! It was terrible!

[Hell_Cat_18]

Like DMarx I cried the hardest when he was walking towards the Spider Den and his mom, dad, Sirus, and Lupin where all there with him.

[Godgrave]

I almost ruined it for a girl I know, and because I keep referring him as 'Gary' i.e. Gay-Harry, whenever she wants to say Harry Potter, she calls him Gary instead. I think it's time I read the first book seriously and go through the series. I'm not a fan of the movies at all.

[Dubird]

Well, the first books are written for a younger crowd, but they get better as they go along. But you have do deal with whiney emo-Harry in the fith one. *rolls eyes*

I talked to my mom yesterday. She was actually at the store buying it because she didn't want to wait till she comes down in September to borrow my copy like she did the rest. XD

[Kite]

some women read 604 pages in less then 50 minutes ;p
how can anyone enjoy reading 70 words a second.

personally ive only read 1 book cover to cover in my life. ;pand no it is not ol HP ;p
i liked the 4th movie

[Dubird]

Because I read anything fast. I learned to read when I was about 3 or so, and I tend to gain the meaning of a book a sentance at a time rather than a word at a time. I had one of my teachers in 3d grade didn't believe me when I had finished the assigned reading much faster than everyone else. She quized me several times until she figured out that yes, I do comprehend the written word that fast. Though, I do sometimes miss small details, which is one reason I like to re-read things, but that's little stuff like hair color or something.


Sorry, off-topic there. ^_^; Hey, I'm an admin, I can go offtopic now and then if I want to. XD

[D_Marx]

Since it was the last book, you'd think people would take it slower. I spent almost the entire weekend reading it, ON PURPOSE :0

And for those who want to know what happened to everyone afterwards. . .

Rowling tells what happened to 'Potter' characters
By LINDSAY TOLER / The Associated Press
Monday, Jul 30, 2007 - 02:30:21 pm CDT

LONDON — Just because J.K. Rowling has stopped writing about Harry Potter and his friends and foes doesn’t mean she has stopped thinking about them.

She told fans Monday what she thinks happened to many of the book’s characters after the final installment.

In a 90-minute live Web chat, she fielded some of the approximately 120,000 questions submitted by devotees. It was her first public comment since “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” — the last book in the series — debuted on July 21.
Rowling said she was elated to share with fans the secrets she’d been harboring since she conjured up the idea for the boy wizard during a train journey across England in 1990.

“It is great to be able to do this at last,” she said. “I’ve looked forward to it for so long!”

“Deathly Hallows” sold over 10 million copies in its first weekend. All seven books in the blockbuster series have sold a combined 335 million copies worldwide.

In the novel — which centers on Harry’s journey to kill Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard of all time — the young wizard learns of three powerful magical objects called the Deathly Hallows that, when combined, will make their owner the Master of Death, meaning he or she accepts mortality without fear.

Rowling said in the online chat the hallows were in part inspired by “The Pardoner’s Tale,” one of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” about greed and death.

Rowling shared with fans, many of whom said they’d read the final book several times in the last week, where she imagines their favorite characters went after the series’ conclusion.

SPOILER ALERT: Those who do not wish to know what happens to the characters after the book ends should stop reading here.

Rowling said the world was a sunnier, happier place after the seventh book and the death of Voldemort.

Harry Potter, who always voiced a desire to become an Auror, or someone who fights dark wizards, was named head of the Auror Department under the new wizarding government headed by his friend and ally, Kingsley Shacklebolt.

His wife, Ginny Weasley, stuck with her athletic career, playing for the Holyhead Harpies, the all-female Quidditch team. Eventually, Ginny left the team to raise their three children — James, Albus and Lily — while writing as the senior Quidditch correspondent for the wizarding newspaper, the Daily Prophet.

Harry’s best friend Ron Weasley joined his brother, George, as a partner at their successful joke shop, Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. Hermione Granger, Ron’s wife and the third person of the series’ dark wizard fighting trio, furthered the rights of subjugated creatures, such as house elves, in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures before joining the magical law enforcement squad. The couple had two children — Rose and Hugo.

Luna Lovegood, Harry’s airily distracted friend with a love for imaginary animals who joins the fight against Voldemort in the Order of the Phoenix, becomes a famous wizarding naturalist who eventually marries the grandson of Newt Scamander, author of “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

And what Muggle, or non-wizard, song would have been played at the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, the most brilliant and talented wizard the world had ever known?

“Surely ’I Did It My Way’ by Frank Sinatra,” Rowling told her fans, referring to the song “My Way,” written by Paul Anka but popularized by Sinatra, among other singers.

As the chat wrapped up, Rowling thanked readers for their loyalty to the series.

“What can I say? Thank you so much for sticking with me, and with Harry, for so long. You have made this an incredible journey for Harry’s author.”