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Posted on 12/20/2004 9:01:36 AM PST by ecurbh
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Yep. Did I hear right that the HP release date is July 16?
So you'd start the thread with The Hobbit?
I'm not sure I know where our copy is. And I need a new copy of LOTR. Mine is falling apart.
17th. Not sure yet whether I'll be able to get out home.
I thought we'd just mingle it here on the HH thread. And yeah - we thought we'd start with The Hobbit.
New books? You still have a few days before Christmas.... good time to hint to those who may not have a gift for you yet. :~D
I'm in for the rereading group!
Hi there msdrby!!! Top o'the mornin' to ya!
Glad there's still something to look forward to, now that all the LOTR stuff is done...
Not the same scale, of course, but I'm still interested! Might actually buy the book this time. I don't own any of the others.
It's fun to go to a midnight party and wait. Last time we got our two copies first and ran out of the store chanting "We got Potter!" (which is a quote from one of the books) as the other people in line cheered.
Took us the whole weekend last time to read. I wonder how long this one will be. If it's only 400 pages or so... we might be able to do in on Saturday and if I can get someone to help me with tickets I might get home.
I'll prolly just prefer to pick up my own copies in paperback as we read them. I don't do too well with hinting for gifts...remember?
We did let Jr. go shopping with his girlfriend on Sunday. He didn't by her gift, but he spent 75% of the money he had on his mom and Luke. They were nice gifts, but I gave him the "you have to budget for the amount of people you have to buy for" speech.
As of this morning, he had $3.00 left and had to buy lunch today. And no, he'd not bought anything for his girlfriend, his aunt and uncle or me. I gave him an advance with a warning to shop better.
Budgets can't be strict at Christmas... the perfect gift doesn't always cooperate.
Spoilers in white text :
I understand some spoilers have been released on a HP site concerning a few of the chapters, one of them supposedly called 'Draco's Detour' which set off all sorts of speculation. I have no doubt Draco will remain the nasty bully JKR intends him to be, so I have to wonder if this isnt another one of her famous red herrings. Personally, I think if she doesnt start wrapping up loose ends in this 6th books, Im going to be a bit put out. No one should have characters in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, or even 6th act of a story that are the same as they were in the 1st and 2nd. That includes Snape, Dumbledore, and others as well as Draco.
Heck, in LOTR we knew by the end of Two Towers that the hobbits had grown beyond who they were in Fellowship. Why do we have to wait until the 7th act to have it all become so clear?
Rant /OFF.
Yes, but he's over his credit limit at the Bank o' Dad...
No such thing. ;~D
I may not post many comments but would love to read others if I find the time as well as go through the books again. That's because I'm an ollllldddder! returning student so that'll have to be my first priority and I have my first full load this coming semester! ...yeow!...
You mean the credit limits, right? ;)
There's 'strict', then there's 'staying within your means' and 'planning ahead'. ;~)
No, some of the characters you mention change, but she sets up the change at the very beginning. Look at Neville. Sure, he majorly improves in OotP, but that was hinted at in the first book.
And Snape is of course a horse of a totally different color.
Can you suggest he makes cookies or something?
OK then, we'll ping ya.... Good luck with school!
~nods and smiles~
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