The next few days are going to be thoroughly Potterlicious. Last night we saw Order of the Phoenix again with our friend S. More on that later when I catch up on the movie list. I'm a few days behind because I took screen caps of Laawaris, the next movie on the list, and I haven't had time to format them yet.
After the movie last night I started rereading Half-Blood Prince. A few weeks ago I had this grand plan that I was going to reread all the books in order. That plan went the way of most of my grand plans: awry. Ah well, I think seeing the 5th movie twice and then reading the 6th book will get me plenty up to speed for the 7th book. It will be a bit of a push to get Half-Blood Prince read before Deathly Hallows arrives tomorrow, but I think I can do it without too much trouble.
According to UPS, our copy of Deathly Hallows arrived in Durham last night, and is being held for delivery tomorrow. Copies, I should say: we ordered two. Yes, we are nerds! In the past we've always shared one copy, and since Georg is the one who places the order, he gets to read it first. I would spend the entire weekend nervously waiting for him to finish. I'd get the book late Sunday afternoon or early evening, stay up all night reading, and be a wreck at work on Monday. It's totally worth $17 to have my own copy that I can read immediately.
There are Harry Potter parties tonight at local bookstores, including one at a bookstore in Southern Village that sounds like a hoot. They're going to have a sorting hat, a fortune teller dressed as Madame Trelawney, a costume contest, a "Weasley joke contest," and all kinds of things. We decided not to go, mainly because this has been an active week and we both need a night off, plus I'm going to be reading Half-Blood Prince tonight. Still, I'm tickled at all this excitement over a book. I hope that other books in the future generate this kind of enthusiasm.
note: some folks (like myself) are so concerned about Harry Potter spoilers that they're even avoiding the blogs of people who might post something spoilerish. (Unfortunately that's not overly paranoid: someone on my LJ friendslist accidently read a spoiler on their own friends page. And they are really pissed off about it.) I added the "no spoilers" line to the subject of this post so those folks could read without fear.
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