I have yet to see the new Harry Potter film and I will admit, I have not yet bought my copy of "Deathly Hallows". I just find it comical to see so many people riding the T every morning, halfway through their own copy of the finale of this inaccurately named trilogy. Sorry - wrong book series. I was thinking of Douglas Adams and his "Hitchhiker's Guide" books. What would you call a series of seven books? A septology?
Thankfully, nobody has ruined the last book for me...yet. I think it's funny how some people are racing to the finish line. They want to be the first to find out what happens to Harry Potter and to answer all the other questions Rowling has thrown our way over the past several years. I have friends who are actually competing with one another, trying to find out how many pages the other has read, just so that they can be sure to stay ahead of them. I'm too busy right now to read the book yet, but when I do have time to read it, I won't be in any rush.
I was thinking how funny it would be if I got on the train one morning with a copy of the book with a bookmark near the last page. I would start pretending to read, close the book, and call out "well that sucked" or "that's it?", then go on with my business. I could have a little more fun and get on a different train the next day. I would start the same routine, but then after closing the book I could either laugh outrageously or start sobbing.
Or better yet..."wow, so it seems like there will be an eighth book..."
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The only way to get the new Harry Potter book is to get it for free - well, free as in it only costs you your soul.
I think you should read it soon. It is the best one yet./Vik
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