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.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
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."
ChiKat - Jul 05, 2007 9:03:39 am PDT #3072 of 28195
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?
Kathy A - Jul 05, 2007 9:40:52 am PDT #3073 of 28195
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 28195
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 28195
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)
Anne W. - Jul 06, 2007 1:45:32 am PDT #3076 of 28195
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Beth, I had much the same reaction to Book 5. It's one I have not been able to bring myself to re-read.
Volans - Jul 06, 2007 3:14:20 am PDT #3077 of 28195
move out and draw fire
My DH just re-read them all, and picked 5 as his favorite (unseating 3, who previously held that honor). He says she did a perfect job writing an adolescent boy.
But, he digs Russian novels too.
Volans - Jul 06, 2007 3:19:11 am PDT #3078 of 28195
move out and draw fire
Oh, and, I don't know if I posted this already, but here's the difference between me and Mallory's godfather:
Our townhouse has dormer windows on the top, seemingly indicating a third floor, but they actually go into the attic. Mal's godparents were helping me move in, and O asked "What's behind those windows?" In unison, I said "Jane Eyre" and L said "Greg Brady's room."
(and yes, I know Jane wasn't the one in the attic)
Aims - Jul 06, 2007 3:19:36 am PDT #3079 of 28195
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I've not been rereading my HP as I intended. I got sucked into various books due to HAVING A LIBRARY WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE! So very excited.
I'm reading Queen Bees and Wanna-Bes right now, and Joe is reading Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads by her as well.
Awesome stuff. Highly rec for anyone with daughters.
hippocampus - Jul 06, 2007 5:16:36 am PDT #3080 of 28195
not your mom's socks.
Raq - do you do librarything?
Jessica - Jul 06, 2007 5:32:26 am PDT #3081 of 28195
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Funny HP7-related story -- the UAHC recently commissioned a new prayerbook to replace Gates of Prayer in Reform Jewish synagogues throughout the country. Unfortunately, the first run of the new books had a major printing error and several pages were badly smeared. The HP link? Because the HP books and the UAHC prayerbooks use the same kind of paper, the UAHC is now in a major time crunch to order the reprints before the presses run out!