Oh, man. You really are at the point in the book where, no matter where you stop, things'll look different a few pages later, aren't you?
Which I think shows Rowling as a better writer than she is often given credit for.
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The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Trudy Booth - Oct 12, 2007 6:59:32 am PDT #2978 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
victor infante - Oct 12, 2007 7:04:17 am PDT #2979 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Which I think shows Rowling as a better writer than she is often given credit for.
Oh, Rowling's an excellent plotter. One of the best around, really. Her prose itself is clunky, and a lot of her dialouge is awkward, but when it comes to plotting a neat course from Point A to Point Z? She's got it going on.
Fay - Oct 12, 2007 8:33:54 am PDT #2980 of 3301
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
What Victor said.
Although I think that her prose has its moments, and I do appreciate her love of wordplay. But, yeah - one wouldn't recommend the books simply on the merits of her prose. Luckily the plotting and the world-building is top-notch, though.
Meanwhile, I'm thoroughly enjoying Gud's comments as we reach the climax.
Gudanov - Oct 15, 2007 7:00:35 am PDT #2981 of 3301
Coding and Sleeping
Snape has died and gave his memories to Harry. Lupin and Tonks are dead, I wasn't expecting Tonks, but when Lupin asked Harry to be Teddy's godfather I thought Lupin was doomed. The Weasley family surrounding Fred was sad.
I stopped in the middle of Snape's memories. I was a bit surprised he knew Lilly before Hogwarts, I had always assumed they didn't meet until coming to the school. When I left off, Snape was telling Lilly they will be getting their letters and that someone would come to Lilly's house since she was muggleborn. I guess nobody came for Harry since his Aunt and Uncle already knew about Harry and Hogwarts from Dumbledore's letter. It looks like the theory that Snape loved Lilly is going to be shown to be true. I assume that means Snape has been working against Voldemort, but I suppose I'll probably know for sure shortly. Sucks to be Snape in any event.
Scrappy - Oct 15, 2007 7:22:13 am PDT #2982 of 3301
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sucks to be Snape
True dat.
Dana - Oct 15, 2007 7:23:42 am PDT #2983 of 3301
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Sucks to be Lupin and Tonks. t sigh
Emily - Oct 15, 2007 7:26:37 am PDT #2984 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Sucks to be Snape in any event.
In my head, this is the subtitle of every book in the series.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Snape Gets Chewed On, Suspected of Evil, SET ON FIRE While Saving Brat's Life
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ... not so much about Snape, really
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Snape Gets Humiliated, Reminded of Adolescent Pants-Wetting Moment
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Snape's Dark Mark Exposed, Returns to Terrifying Life of Espionage
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: People Die Because Brat Doesn't Trust Snape - Also, Privacy? Don't Make Me Laugh
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Snape's New WORST MOMENT EVER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Snape Works Undercover, Is Hated By All, Makes Like Tasha Yar
Yes, I know my lens is narrow.
Kathy A - Oct 15, 2007 7:29:42 am PDT #2985 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: Snape Gets Chewed On, Suspected of Evil
You forgot being set on fire by a firstie.
Emily - Oct 15, 2007 7:30:43 am PDT #2986 of 3301
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Thanks! I'd totally forgotten that. Oh, Snape.
SuziQ - Oct 15, 2007 7:50:22 am PDT #2987 of 3301
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
While I had read the first 5 books of the series to CJ when he was a pre-reader, he read book 6 himself and then decided to start at book 1 before reading the final installment. This child is 11 and it has taken him about a year to read books 1 through 6. He has just started Deathly Hollows!! I am so excited to FINALLY be able to talk with him about the story.
When he finishes, I'm going to have to find another good series to keep him reading big meaty stories.