I related to Hermione and SPEW. I was like that. Hell, I'm still like that. (But I have learned that the world rarely cooperates.)
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
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."
erikaj - Jul 20, 2007 12:57:43 pm PDT #3374 of 28197
Always Anti-fascist!
beth b - Jul 20, 2007 6:21:54 pm PDT #3375 of 28197
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
so how long is the white font phase?
beth b - Jul 20, 2007 6:33:47 pm PDT #3376 of 28197
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Matt's brother is taunting us from the east coast
Emily - Jul 20, 2007 6:37:13 pm PDT #3377 of 28197
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Why, because he's already waiting in line? He doesn't have it yet!
JenP - Jul 20, 2007 6:43:53 pm PDT #3378 of 28197
I am heading out the door in five minutes...
and, I'm back!
I can has booooooooook!
'Course, I'll probably fall asleep during the first chapter, what with being... not so young anymore. Ah, well. Sleep is good, too.
Ginger - Jul 20, 2007 7:41:30 pm PDT #3379 of 28197
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I haz book!
Highlight of the evening: Little girl, maybe 8 or 9, hugging the book, jumping up and down, and yelling "Finally!"
JenP - Jul 20, 2007 9:09:52 pm PDT #3380 of 28197
Yeah, I've made it to page 52 between snoozes, and I canna keep my weary eyelids from drooping for another word (this is not a comment on the text, merely the lateness of the hour). More tomorrow!
beth b - Jul 20, 2007 11:05:39 pm PDT #3381 of 28197
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Matt's brother is on the east coast -
we has book. Matt gets it first ( he reads faster and I don't want anyone breathing down my neck) there was a boy about age 7 who was dressed as Quarrels - his idea - I heard his mom talking
I also bought Amy's book. Which was in the section for " new arrivals" - someone had faced it out there- where it wasn't supposed to be. and it wasn't me
people yelling and screaming and cheering for the book - makes my allergies act up.
Kevin - Jul 21, 2007 3:36:02 am PDT #3382 of 28197
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
There's a significant amount of HP spoiler spamming on Livejournal across the communities today.
Gris - Jul 21, 2007 5:05:31 am PDT #3383 of 28197
Hey. New board.
How rude.
I finished it about 7 and half hours ago. It was 7:30 a.m. in Edinburgh, so I decided to go to bed rather than surf the interwebs at the time, since I figured I was done before most people.
A few thoughts (I'll talk more after others post later):
I thought that, overall, it was a good read. Very plot-heavy, which makes sense considering how much she needed to stick in there, and is good because that's where JK's strengths lie.
I liked the idea of the Hallows vs. the Horcrux, and Dumbledore as fallible, and the fact that nearly ALL of my predictions came true (Snape hearts Lily, Snape is a badass, Harry's a Horcrux, Neville plays a major plot point role) and I liked Kreacher's turnaround, speaking of SPEW. Yay for Ron/Hermione finally getting some snog time. I still think it would have been more emotionally wrenching and satisfying if somebody really major died - Neville or Luna at least - but I can't really complain that the ending was happy. I like a happy. Re: the epilogue, I'm glad Draco didn't end up dead or imprisoned and has a chance to continue the tradition of providing Weasleys with enemies, and I love Neville as a Hogwarts prof.
I wish there had been more Neville, Ginny, and Luna time. I feel like there's a novel somewhere about their adventures at Hogwarts, and if JKR doesn't write it I hope somebody with good fic-writing skills does, without shoving in a romance story (though Neville/Luna can be cute if done correctly, there's simply no basis for it in canon, and I want to read a story that fits the canon there.)
I'ma read it again. Slowly. I know I missed things, especially as I was still a bit tipsy for the first 100 pages or so.