I'm getting started reading GoF as well (just finished 1-3). I found out over the weekend that my book-loving 14-y.o. niece is also re-reading the books in preparation for 7/21. My brother was rolling his eyes when he told me this, and rolled them even more when I told him I was doing the very same thing.
My sister's future stepkids are in town visiting their dad and her for the next week or so, and when I told her that OotP was coming out in the theaters two days early, she was pretty excited because that meant she could take the daughter to see it (they're heading back to their mom's on the 13th, the original release date of the film). The daughter was excited, too--Kris told her while I was on the phone, and she started burbling about getting the tickets right away through Fandango.
Oh thank goodness. A couple friends of mine are letting me borrow their Book 7 to read as soon as they get it because they "can avoid the Internet better than [I] can."
I just got a notice from Amazon asking me to check that my order of HP7 has the correct shipping address. I don't recall them doing that before, do you?
Sumi, they sent me the same email. There must have been a lot of irate customers last time, who didn't get the book in time. They're promising guaranteed release date delivery, so there's more at stake, I suppose. With the free shipping and Amazon discount, that's an awesome deal if all goes according to the plan.
I got my copy of HBP from Amazon at 9:00 a.m. on the delivery date, but my friend who lived in the city (Chicago) didn't get hers until around 2:00 in the afternoon.
I still have issues processing that I'll be buying HP7 5 hours before anybody in the US. In Edinburgh.
Gris, if you read real fast, you might be able to finish before we even get ours (well, not me, because I have this damn original text fetish)
I got my copy of HBP from Amazon at 9:00 a.m. on the delivery date, but my friend who lived in the city (Chicago) didn't get hers until around 2:00 in the afternoon.
And I lived (at the time) a mile or less from you and got mine around 1pm that day.
That's right!
I'll have to put my name down to reserve #7 tonight, so I can pick it up while at work. I asked on Tuesday, and (so far) they have over 1200 reservations for the book just at my store alone. There's a fun promo banner there saying, "You've read 3,440 pages already. Only 784 to go."
