I spent a good portion of 1999 making fun of my then-boyfriend Alex for lining up two days running to see Episode 1. I mean, I think he missed some finals. And I think he missed work. He also dragged me to see it when I arrived back in Texas from Cairo, still jet-lagged.
The rock-solid line of reasoning ran that I couldn’t fathom, justify, or even condone sleeping on the pavement to see a movie that will be in the theatre, EVERY THEATRE, for six months running. I think my argument is still valid, although strictly speaking, I’m not sure I’ve got any ground to stand on anymore.
My moral high ground has been lost to erosion, since this morning at 9AM, I lined up for 20 minutes outside the Park Slope Barnes & Noble to get a wristband (!), guaranteeing me two copies of Harry Potter 7 tonight at midnight. I was even given a letter, D if you’re wondering, to designate where in the store I will stand to receive holy communion bounty from on high a book that will be in all bookstores until the very end of time and for two hours after the end of time.
I know! Poor Alex! Where’s that high horse now? But I stand my ground. I’ve just adjusted that ground slightly so that it precludes actually sleeping on pavement to get your obsessive cult object. That’s just going too far.
harry potter and the tasty koolaid
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I won’t sleep this weekend until I’ve read the whole book. SOOO excited! What do you think about all the spoilers from this week?
Oh, man. I have a small local bookstore and won’t have to go through that rigamarole. I will, however, be brewing myself a massive post of coffee so I can stay up tonight to read the thing. I’ve gotten 11 hours of sleep in the last two night because I had to get all the other Harrys read. I did GoF and OotP in one day each, which has just brought me to new levels of speed reading.
Can. Not. Wait.
I have an internet ban on right now. I don NOT want to be spoiled.
I don’t know about you, but this surpassed my hopes for the final book in the series.
6 hours, 17 minutes of joyful reading.
So glad you’re drinking the Kool-Aid! Until I saw that review of the book on Wednesday or Thursday, I wasn’t going to get #7 until later today.
But after reading that? I took a chance and went to Hastings around 11. Had my book by 12:20. Unlike our B&N, there was no pushing, there were no aggressive parents, and the employees were just as happy as we were.
Enjoy! And try to stay away from the spoilers!
i can’t connect at all to the harry potter craze, never read the books or seen the film(s?).
but i love, love, love the park slope barnes and noble. if you live near there, you might consider joining the park slope food co-op, one of the few things i actually miss about brooklyn.
I think I’ve gone into HP withdrawal now that there will be no more books coming. Time to start up a support group.
When are you going to post a review or your thoughts?
So… what do you think about HP? I finished my copy in about 10 hours…
It was ruined for me about fourteen hours after it was released. I haven’t even read the sixth book though.
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