I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad. It's... depressing.

Tara ,'Get It Done'


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."


le nubian - Jul 18, 2007 3:26:13 am PDT #3224 of 28197
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

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.


Jessica - Jul 18, 2007 4:53:28 am PDT #3225 of 28197
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

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.


sarameg - Jul 18, 2007 4:56:32 am PDT #3226 of 28197

Some guy in Md got his copy of the book via USPS yesterday. Oopsie!


Toddson - Jul 18, 2007 5:00:21 am PDT #3227 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

A Slytherin spell, perhaps?


Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2007 6:02:06 am PDT #3228 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

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!!


Jon B. - Jul 18, 2007 6:05:01 am PDT #3229 of 28197
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Here's the story about the Maryland guy: [link]


lisah - Jul 18, 2007 6:06:09 am PDT #3230 of 28197
Punishingly Intricate

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).


Jon B. - Jul 18, 2007 6:19:49 am PDT #3231 of 28197
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

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.


lisah - Jul 18, 2007 6:41:55 am PDT #3232 of 28197
Punishingly Intricate

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"


Polter-Cow - Jul 18, 2007 7:23:52 am PDT #3233 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Is there a Buffista login for boston.com? The first one is great, and the second one is amusing, but I can't read the last two.