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Post by xiaolong on Jul 6, 2007 22:36:21 GMT -5
in 15 days i think according to a poster i saw at a bookstore
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Post by magicmuffin on Jul 7, 2007 2:11:56 GMT -5
According to Amazon, July 21....gimme, now, no waiting  |
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Post by Vertigo3 on Jul 15, 2007 14:41:58 GMT -5
Only a few more days!
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Post by Cynder on Jul 20, 2007 22:24:02 GMT -5
tonight at midnight!!!!
... now... there's supposed to be a QNC around here that is open all night & has some books ordered...... gonna have to hope it is on the GPS 'cause I don't have a map of the area & the folks who own the house that belongs to the driveway we're in are out of town.....
wasn't there some sort of spell for finding things?
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Post by Vertigo3 on Jul 23, 2007 10:22:49 GMT -5
Anyone Finished it yet?
PM me if you have. I'm up for some potter discussion. :-)
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Post by Irishman on Jul 23, 2007 14:19:24 GMT -5
I was at Barnes & Noble the night it was released. I could na believe all the fans that showed up! Most were dressed in regalia! It was exciting e'en tho' I could na afford the novel at this time.
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Post by Vertigo3 on Jul 24, 2007 8:52:12 GMT -5
Borrow it when they are done?
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Post by justthisgirl on Jul 25, 2007 18:54:05 GMT -5
wow. I heard about that. Everyone from this town went to Reno, NV to the book stores, and some didn't even get to buy one, because they sold out! Sat. morning, I went to the store, and there were about 150 copies just sitting there, waiting to be taken home. so I bought it for Rind, but we havn't read it yet... any good?
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raynin
Third Year, Second Semester
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Post by raynin on Jul 26, 2007 2:08:48 GMT -5
i've almost halfway through it. its great.
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Post by magicmuffin on Jul 27, 2007 23:06:16 GMT -5
On Chapter Three here...just got it today. 40% Off of original $34.99!
300 people bought the book from midnight to 3am on the first day at my local bookstore.
The opening went right into the action and I'm loving it so far.
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Post by Vertigo3 on Jul 28, 2007 17:18:35 GMT -5
It's a great book.
Definatly something to keep you talking.
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Post by magicmuffin on Jul 29, 2007 14:42:27 GMT -5
almost done with it...seems like someone gets killed every few chapters....geez
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Post by Vertigo3 on Jul 30, 2007 8:33:31 GMT -5
Yep. It continues like that til the very end.
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Post by Hermione on Aug 14, 2007 22:14:56 GMT -5
Well, I borrowed it from my Dad, (don't worry, I read the 6th book, finally, right before it) and finished it. Do say something when everyone else has, so we can talk about it.
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Post by Dathron on Aug 20, 2007 20:55:32 GMT -5
Well by now everyone better have finished.... It's been out for like...forever now! |
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Post by Vertigo3 on Aug 28, 2007 23:43:33 GMT -5
Then let the discussion begin! I thought the epilogue was a tad weak.
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Post by Hermione on Aug 29, 2007 16:05:12 GMT -5
Yeah, I was very upset with it, actually. My main question since that book with Umbridge when Harry said he'd like to be an Auror has always been what the kids will end up doing as careers, and it doesn't go into that at all! (Aurors were formed to combate Voldemort, yes? And so it drove me batty that Harry wanted to be one, because by the time he had to worry about work, either Voldemort would be dead and there'd be no more need for them, or Harry wouldn't be around to work at all! Bah.) And then, what about that last weird year at Hogwarts? Did the kids taking OWLS or NEWTS that year get to retake them? What about the trio who ran off, are they going to forever be considered drop-outs or did they get honorary degrees or something?
And it really made me mad about Dumbledore's getting the Elder Wand in a duel when the whole point of the wand was that it was unbeatable in a duel! Sigh. Plus, she was cramming so much plot in the darn thing there wasn't much room for all the cute little side-note magical world tid-bits that were my favourite part of the series. (And I LIKED Fred! So mad that he died. SO mad!)
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Post by magicmuffin on Sept 1, 2007 22:46:15 GMT -5
That was quite sad when Fred died.  Dumbledore sure took a beating too, he really got knocked off his pedestal. Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was pretty fast paced...Herm's right, there weren't alot of the cute little magic moments and I too was dissatisfied with the epilogue. Everything in the epilogue was pretty much as I guessed it would be. I would have liked more details surrounding HP, maybe some personal feelings. A friend of mine said the ending was "appropriate" and I reluctantly agree. |
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Post by Hermione on Sept 5, 2007 17:33:47 GMT -5
True, true, but I think it could easily have made two books instead of one and been the better for it. More room for the little things that made everyone fall in love with the world in the first place, you know?
Still, I did enjoy the way she had Neville participate in the downfall of Voldemort like that, and I adored the bit about the hoarde of furniture crossing the hallway at Hogwarts', with McGonagall in the lead, shouting, 'Charge!' Hee hee hee!
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Post by Dathron on Sept 10, 2007 15:13:57 GMT -5
I couldn't stand the epilogue. Hmmm I had a better idea for one, let's see if I can recall it...
Nope.
excrement.....
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