I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the second time because I forgot what happened from when I read it the first time. Tomorrow, I will brave a hideous herd of children (or perhaps a herd of hideous children) to purchase the sequel. J.K. Rowling is richer than the queen, and she deserves every penny. Not because of her writing, per se (plenty of people aren’t as impressed as I am with the Harry Potter series), but because she has managed to write thousands upon thousands of pages in the exact same amount of time it has taken for me to write one hundred thirty.
07.14.2005
The Word of the Day is "Discipline"
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I was drunk when I read "Order of the Phoenix", so perhaps I should give it a sober read before I get the next one.
For myself I tend to forget what's happened even before I've finished. Still like everyone else I've got my copy on order (and the 8, count 'em, 8 copies I am contractually bound to give to a gaggle of voracious godchildren).
I have a vision of Goblin and Rob all tucked up in bed of an evening, bright eyed and eager, as you read them a chapter before sleep.
As I don't mind waiting an extra day or two, I always pre-order the books online, so that I can avoid the hideous children!
Well worth the sacrifice in my opinion.....
Total Harry Potter madness here in Edinburgh. They're having a Harry Potter festival all up and down the Royal Mile this evening, and the castle is being transformed into Hogwarts where, at one minute past midnight, JK Rowling herself is going to read the first chapter aloud to a specially invited audience of schoolchildren.
Will I be lynched if I say.... it's just a book!
I've not read a single book and I only saw the third movie as part of a friend's birthday celebration.
What can I say, I tend to dodge trends.
Malnurtured Snay: I was tripping on acid when I got my bachelor's degree. Do you suppose I ought to give it another go?
Campbell: I was tripping on acid when I read Rob and Goblin a chapter before sleep.
Hanuman: I was tripping on acid when I, uh. Hmm.
Alan: That sounds delightful. You probably won't be lynched because you aren't an African-American living in the American deep south. However, I can't say you won't be hexed.
David: I tend to dodge bullets.
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