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."
Now, I can hold a note for a long time...actually I can hold a note forever. But eventually that's just noise. It's the change we're listening for. The note coming after, and the one after that. That's what makes it music.
Host ,'Why We Fight'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Polter-Cow - Jul 03, 2007 9:45:31 pm PDT #3066 of 28736
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
sumi - Jul 05, 2007 4:25:27 am PDT #3067 of 28736
Art Crawl!!!
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?
Vonnie K - Jul 05, 2007 4:55:35 am PDT #3068 of 28736
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
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.
Kathy A - Jul 05, 2007 5:08:53 am PDT #3069 of 28736
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
Gris - Jul 05, 2007 7:50:57 am PDT #3070 of 28736
Hey. New board.
I still have issues processing that I'll be buying HP7 5 hours before anybody in the US. In Edinburgh.
DebetEsse - Jul 05, 2007 8:19:50 am PDT #3071 of 28736
Woe to the fucking wicked.
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)
ChiKat - Jul 05, 2007 9:03:39 am PDT #3072 of 28736
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
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.
Kathy A - Jul 05, 2007 9:40:52 am PDT #3073 of 28736
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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."
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2007 9:57:23 am PDT #3074 of 28736
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Hee! That's cute.
beth b - Jul 05, 2007 6:44:33 pm PDT #3075 of 28736
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I am rereading HP5 right now, I forgot how truly dark this one is. Like no glimmer of hope with relentless pounding of stupidity from above ( GWB, anyone) combined with basic adolescence angst. . I was talking with C , my co-worker's daughter, and she says 5 is her favorite. I think when I read it the first time my eyes were half closed - I think I missed a lot due to the pain. ( pain for the characters)