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Post by taylor on Jul 19, 2007 9:13:08 GMT -5
neh, that is exactly what I am doing! I'm dropping everything to read Harry! I hate it that spoilers are supposedly getting leaked onto the internet, The NY Times even posted an early review because they illegally snagged a copy early! I havn't read it, but mugglenet posted it and warned that it contained numerous major spoilers, I'm trying to be cautious when looking at Harry Potter websites now, and I don't think I'll visit them when I'm reading it.
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 19, 2007 15:49:26 GMT -5
That was my original plan, but I don't really want to pass up a chance to go to Tahoe. I'm torn. I don't really have to worry about hearing anything this weekend since we would be camping, but I'm worried that if I don't finish it by Monday morning, I'll hear something on my way to work. I guess I'll just have to keep the ipod on and loud on the train. I'm not checking any websites out of fear of spoilers. I'm just sticking to my email sites and this site (since all of you are too wonderful to spoil anything).
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Jul 19, 2007 21:31:31 GMT -5
I might have to work on Saturday, UGHHH!
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 19, 2007 21:50:28 GMT -5
It's looking like we might skip Tahoe now and just go to the beach. I can definitely read on the beach!
There is a facebook group called "No I can't do anything on July 21. How dare you ask!" I thought it was funny.
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neh
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Post by neh on Jul 20, 2007 1:52:01 GMT -5
Hehe, i love it! I wish i could join that group but sadly i would feel hypocritical as i HAVE to do other stuff on the release day *grumble grumble* And Jo herself has said this on spoil-sports: We are almost there! As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those who are looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day. In a very short time you will know EVERYTHING!
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 20, 2007 18:22:44 GMT -5
Almost time guys!!! ;D Well for most of you - I still have about 7.5 hours. And some of you should already have it - I'm jealous.
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neh
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Post by neh on Jul 22, 2007 23:49:28 GMT -5
Hehe, i love that this thread has been silent since the release date; we've all been very busy bees, with our heads buried in our books! Oh, and while i'll put these up in the DH thread aswell, here's some pics from our release on Saturday: We've got the golden ticket.... The older woman we met in line and we thought she was cool, as she kept debating with us, hehe BE WARNED - I LOOK DISGUSTING!!! One of the promo posters, which my mate later stole, hehe The line from above
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 26, 2007 20:35:24 GMT -5
The Booksmith - the bookstore I went to at midnight for Deathly Hallows gave us a list of other books that we might like to read now that Harry Potter has ended. I figured you guys might be interested in it, so here it is:
Middle Readers - The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black - Sisters Grimm series by Michael Buckley - Far-Flung Adventures series by Paul Stewart - The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson - Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson - Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones - Chronicles of Chrestomanci volumes 1 & 2 by Diana Wynne Jones - So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane - Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage - Inkheart & Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander - Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell - The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Older Readers - His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman - Abborsen Trilogy by Garth Nix - Lord of the Rings series by JRR Tolkien - Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricial Wrede - Abarat by Clive Barker - Tithe by Holly Black - The Hero & the Crown by Robin McKinley - Twilight & New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
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neh
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Post by neh on Jul 26, 2007 23:46:40 GMT -5
Tithe i've been interesting in for a while, as well as a few other Holly Black works, and Robin McKinley does good stuff so i'd definately give hers a go. Thanks for the list, memccart! Actually, it's reminded me that i have His Dark Materials sitting in my bookshlef but i have yet to read them, and with the movie out in Decemeber i had better get a move on!
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on Jul 27, 2007 11:32:12 GMT -5
I'm very excited to read His Dark Materials. I've heard so many great things about it. My friend likes it even better than HP and he's a big HP fan (I don't think I could like it better, but I'm hoping that means it's good). I was never really a fantasy reader, but I think I'm expanding my reading mind.
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Isa
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Post by Isa on Jul 27, 2007 12:03:04 GMT -5
I'm not a big fantasy fan either but I think what makes Harry Potter so appealing is that a huge part of the story is rooted in reality. The story takes place in England, not in some magical non-existing land, and yes there are elves and giants and trolls, but there are also plenty of muggles. Also, many things in the novels are based on what goes on in real life, like Hogwarts's got its sports teams, its prefects, its "in-crowd", pretty much like any other high school. I think that's why so many non-fantasy fans are still drawn to it
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neh
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Post by neh on Jul 27, 2007 18:25:56 GMT -5
Agreed. I think the same could be said for novels like A Great and Terrible Beauty, as a good deal of the action is still set in a world we know and understand. It heightens the fantasy elements of the story by contrast, and makes them all the greater and more terrible - especially in Harry, when the catastrophes are never contained just within the magical community, and in chaps like The Other Minister in HBP, you get the sense of just how much they are screwing with 'our' world too and the whole things hits home.
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Post by Isa on Jul 27, 2007 18:39:36 GMT -5
A Great and Terrible Beauty is next on my reading list, yay!
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neh
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Post by neh on Jul 27, 2007 18:42:49 GMT -5
Hurray for good things! *gives Jefie a great big cyber cuddle*
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Post by Isa on Jul 27, 2007 19:05:36 GMT -5
right back at ya!
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