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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 9:14:04 GMT -5
After the thread on what everyone was currently reading and all your very intellectual responses, I think I might be the only one who's counting down the minutes until the new (and final) Harry Potter book is released tonight.  Are there any others out there sharing my excitement?  |
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Post by Anne on Jul 20, 2007 9:19:06 GMT -5
Well, I am not too much of a fan, but like most people I want to know who dies .
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 9:20:33 GMT -5
Oh Anne, you made me laugh! ;D I will be sure to let you know who doesn't make it!
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Post by Ray(aka) tripnebraska on Jul 20, 2007 10:30:29 GMT -5
dep,
Are you one of those people who reads the final chapter 1st, or can you hold out all the way through, and read the whole book?
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 20, 2007 10:37:24 GMT -5
I've enjoyed all of them, and I'm looking forward to this one (but based on today's paper, I think I will have to avert my eyes from a lot of things that will be published in the next few days if I want to have the story unfold as written!)
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 10:38:24 GMT -5
Ray - I consider it nearly the eighth deadly sin to read the last chapter first!!!!!!!!  I will read every single page in order, and in great anticipation. Becky - yes, I am ignoring a lot of what's going on as well. Shame on those people spoiling it for others! |
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Post by Ray(aka) tripnebraska on Jul 20, 2007 10:41:41 GMT -5
dep,
With the hype surrounding this book, you almost have to get it right away, sit down and read all the way through, in order not to have the end spoiled.
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 10:47:24 GMT -5
Ray - That's EXACTLY what I intend to do!
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Post by GitteK on Jul 20, 2007 10:52:20 GMT -5
I never read the books because I thought they would be for children only. Are they any good, seen through grown-up spectacles ??
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 11:07:34 GMT -5
Gitte - That is just what I thought at first. I didn't read them until the first three were out. I tell you, I was HOOKED by the end of the first chapter. These are definitely stories for adults as well as children. If you happen to be a Lord of the Rings fan, I think you will like these books very much.
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Post by GitteK on Jul 20, 2007 11:14:47 GMT -5
dep0515 - I have read Lord of the Rings maybe 5 times. I will give it a shot at Harry P. !!
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Post by muffya on Jul 20, 2007 12:55:32 GMT -5
I didn't read HP until the third or so book was out too! I have to say they are a great summer read by the pool (OK, I live in California) I'm sure my husband has already ordered the last book for me. My nine year old hasn't gotten into them yet. I've never read Lord of the Rings, but I love the Narnia Chronicles.
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 13:40:03 GMT -5
Gitte - I think you'll like it then. I am a huge fan of LOTR and see a lot of similarities between the two. Hope you enjoy!
Muffya - I read the Narnia chronicles and liked them, but the Lord of the Rings books absolutely blew me away. Not so much The Hobbit, but the other three were amazing. I read those and the Harry Potter books time and again.
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Post by Becky (Berkeleytravelers) on Jul 20, 2007 14:02:24 GMT -5
Dep, I agree about LOTR and Hobbitt - I read LOTR first (glad I did) and later read Hobbitt and was disappointed.
Muffy, based on the others you liked, do give LOTR a try. I read it at a rather impressionable age, I suppose (first year of college) when it was first becoming a cult in the US. There are parts of it that have stayed with me vividly since that first reading. It's really a magical (in every sense!) series.
Gitte - do give HP a look! If you're a LOTR fan, I suspect you would like this very much. The series is written in a very age-appropriate way (i.e., kids the age of the characters can relate to them) but also is written in a way adults very much enjoy.
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Post by cybee on Jul 20, 2007 14:14:15 GMT -5
My children (22, 19 and 14) have read all the Harry Potters and thoroughly enjoy them and keep telling me I need to read them too! I have the final one on order from Amazon.com...I wonder if it will come tomorrow (as it has in the past..on the first day available!). They say at least I should get the books on cds...now that might be a good idea...for long trips with them (as they say they would enjoy hearing them again..). I guess Rowling is just a good story teller. My brother in law, a trial attorney, says he reads them because a good trial attorney needs to be able to tell a compelling story too (but based, of course, on facts!).
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 20, 2007 14:25:18 GMT -5
I think JK Rowling is an amazing writer. She really weaves a great story with humor (that adults and kids appreciate) and the books are so easy to get sucked into.
The one thing that I think Rowling has over Tolkien is that she doesn't go on and on AND ON like he does (did) sometimes. Even though I love the LOTR books, I find myself sometimes skipping paragraphs. But with HP, I don't skip a single word!!!
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Post by joan1 on Jul 22, 2007 1:29:08 GMT -5
I read the first book , and the second, but the third one did not capture me, so I stopped.
I took my kids to the first and second movie, and my boys now almost 15, and 17 are not the least bit interested in seeing the new movie. I had thought about taking my daughter( 11) , but it looks just a bit too dark for her,, we are not really into the evil demonic lord stuff so much.
Liked the novelty of the first book first,, flying , quiddich, railway station 9 3/4 etc.
The series has grown up with its first readers though, I do know many young adults( and older ones too) who are interested in the new book. A girl at work had it today,, and I wanted to read the last chapter to see who died,,, LOL, she said no as she was afraid I would not be able to keep it from her!
I read and loved the Narnia stories from childhood.
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Post by muffya on Jul 22, 2007 12:22:59 GMT -5
The book came yesterday in the mail. Husband ordered for me! I haven't started as I tend to forget to do other things like take care of my children, cook etc when I get started on a book! Will have to wait until they go to camp.
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Post by dep0515 on Jul 23, 2007 9:16:47 GMT -5
Joan - I agree absolutely that the books have been getting "darker". The first two were more lighthearted, but then have gotten more and more serious. I never cared for the movies, myself. Too much cut out and too many differences for me! I have finished the final book and I really did enjoy it. Some guesses I heard about what might happen in the book came true, some did not, and there were some that nobody even thought of. There were things that I absolutely loved and some that I didn't. But overall, another wonderful book. I am just sad that it's over.  Muffya - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! |
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Post by jpcat on Jul 23, 2007 10:49:45 GMT -5
My niece got her copy at midnight and, with a short nap, read straight through a family birthday party at the beach. (Not an easy task as the immediate family numbers 50-plus!) She was completely engrossed. At the end, she gave it a big thumbs up.
I applaud the way this series has motivated a generation to read. Hmm, maybe I should try them...
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I will read every single page in order, and in great anticipation.
Let the riot begin! LOL - 
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