Also from the Boston Globe
To help prepare for the final book, the Globe asked four well-known local authors to tell us how it might all go down >[link]
I haven't read through it yet, but this opener from Chris Bohjalian looks promising:
Hermione motioned toward the portkey, a cupcake the size of a quaffle, and murmured quietly, "It's time to go."
Harry thought about this, and wondered why almost everything he and Ron and Hermione had ever said was modified by an adverb. Was this a spell left upon Hogwarts by an ancient Slytherin professor?
If anyone is going to attend a midnight selling of HP at a place having an event (instead of your local Krogers/Walmart), I'd recommend contacting them either today or tomorrow and finding out if they're handing out tickets/bracelets/whatever ahead of time
Kathy, this is good advice. In my phone calls I discovered what a wild and wondrous place bookstores having events are! The last book I just went with Amazon and decided not to mess with the midnight business, so this is all new to me.
Harry thought about this, and wondered why almost everything he and Ron and Hermione had ever said was modified by an adverb.
Bwah!!
The Guardian did the same thing about a week ago, but I can't find the link now. Will look again after D goes down for his nap.
Some guy in Md got his copy of the book via USPS yesterday. Oopsie!
A Slytherin spell, perhaps?
News this morning in the Globe was that the entire new book was photographed and posted on-line. I guess the original site got a big time C&D and pulled it (and supplied the name of the poster), but not before it had been put up elsewhere. Supposedly it's still out there (I'm not going looking for it though).
Yep. It's been out for a few days now; some people in here were discussing the epilogue. Spoiler trolls are already doing their dirty work.
Harry thought about this, and wondered why almost everything he and Ron and Hermione had ever said was modified by an adverb.
Heeeee!!
Here's the story about the Maryland guy: [link]
Harry thought about this, and wondered why almost everything he and Ron and Hermione had ever said was modified by an adverb. Was this a spell left upon Hogwarts by an ancient Slytherin professor?
hahaha. I love love love the books but I have to say her overuse of adverbs often bugs the shit out of me (and makes me mentally restructure the sentences).
The adverbs have never bothered me, but FAQWife has complained to me about them. She does appreciate, however, that they have at least gotten more interested and varied as the books have progressed.
She does appreciate, however, that they have at least gotten more interested and varied as the books have progressed.
It's true! Although she's still very fond of "sneeringly"
