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I'm slowly recovering from the eyestrain. Read nearly nonstop (four hours sleep, a few meals) from the time we got it until I finished it, last night.

I still don't know what to think. I'm awfully surprised at the number of characters killed off, since JKR herself had said that two would die. Seemed more like two per chapter. The deaths of Hedwig, Dobby and Fred were the most emotional for me. The deaths of both Lupin and Tonks just p!ssed me off.

I'm pleased to say that I was right about a whole lot of things. Proof of Snape as a good guy being passed along through a memory was something I have asserted would happen as soon as I was done with HBP. I knew Dumbledore was really dead, and I knew his rantings and ravings while drinking the Horcrux's protective potion would be explained. As soon as it was mentioned that Ravenclaw had a tiara, I knew it was the one in the Room of Requirement, NOT the Weasley heirloom. I was right about the locket.

I was WAY off about HP being a Horcrux, I insisted (rightly, as it turns out) that LV could not have had the time to turn HP into a Horcrux through spellwork. I accept JKR's explanation of how that happened, primarily because it's her story. Would I have written that differently? Probably, but it doesn't matter.

So what do we read now?

So what do we read now?

Countless stories over the next few months how Christians are protesting the series as being inappropriate for children, banning it from classrooms, forbidding it to their children, and trying to force their opinions on others. I wonder if they even actually investigate those stories anymore, or just copy and paste them into the newspaper by now?

As for the real question, I donno. I think I'm going to investigate some of the fanfic that's out there on the subject, and debate writing some of my own again.

I read almost non-stop (except eating, rest room, letting dogs in&out) from the time it arrived until I was done. It took me about 12 hours.

Rowling left the door WIDE open for at least one and possibly 2 additional series. If there is a 19 year gap between the end of the Second Battle of Hogwarts and Harry seeing his youngest son off to school there, that's plenty of room for Tales of Harry the Auror, Hermione the Magical Social Worker, Ginny the Healer, Ron the Ministry wonk, etc, etc.

There's also a potential for tales of James, Rose, Albus, Hugo, Lily and Cousin Teddy.