The British covers for the next Harry Potter book.
I don't fancy spending the next month trying to get librarian out of the carpet.
Spike ,'Chosen'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Steph L. - Mar 08, 2005 7:57:41 am PST #7174 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Atropa - Mar 08, 2005 9:25:03 am PST #7175 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Heh. I like this line: "Afficiandos of over school-leaving age can preserve a facade of literary respectability by investing in the adult version"
Though I must admit, having a copy with a photo of a battered copy of Advanced Potion Making on the cover would amuse me.
erikaj - Mar 08, 2005 9:29:11 am PST #7176 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
If your biggest problem is looking like a geek reading on the train(?) how much do I want that life?
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2005 9:32:51 am PST #7177 of 10002
brillig
So . . . troubles with Snape and some battle involving Dumbledore . . . Maybe Snape's the Prince. We're still not clear on if Half-Blood=part Muggle.
Betsy HP - Mar 08, 2005 9:48:49 am PST #7178 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Snape is a Slytherin, and Slytherin is for purebloods. (Except for Tom wossname.)
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2005 9:52:11 am PST #7179 of 10002
brillig
I find it interesting that, with Harry's mom being Muggle-born, nobody ever quibbles about Harry's lineage. And why have we never heard more about the Potters? Was his father an orphan only child from a long line of only children?
Calli - Mar 08, 2005 10:35:23 am PST #7180 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Perhaps Harry's father was disowned for marrying a mudblood.
Lyra Jane - Mar 08, 2005 11:10:28 am PST #7181 of 10002
Up with the sun
If your biggest problem is looking like a geek reading on the train(?) how much do I want that life?
So you never pick books based on their covers? I totally do -- if I have a choice between a movie tie-in version, and a plainer trade paperback, I'll get the trade version so it doesn't look like I pick books based on what's at the theater. And if there's more than one edition of a book, I always go for the prettiest one. If I had a choice, I'd get the adult HP, too.
I admit this may make me shallow. But I like pretty books.
erikaj - Mar 08, 2005 11:15:37 am PST #7182 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, not really. I get stared at a lot. You stop trying to figure out which thing after a while. But it's true that I tend not to buy the actor covers.
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2005 11:24:05 am PST #7183 of 10002
brillig
The only time I get remarks about the books I read in public is when I'm snickering over "The Odyssey" or concentrating on popular works on science. "Is that for a class?" someone will ask. "Oh, no, I just wanted to read it." Nothing like daring to be smart in public to get you a bigger personal bubble.