I haven't read nor seen Harry Potter, and I don't intend to put that on my agenda. Having said that, I always wanted to be Glenda, The Good Witch of Oz.
Did you finish Velocity yet? (Silly, of course you've finished it by now.) Did you find it disturbing at all with the somewhat duplicitous nature of the protaganist? I was gratified by Koontz's not-so-subtle dig at the difnified-death crowd and their desire to euthanize those in comas, etc.