I know I know. You’re all sick to death of hearing about Harry Potter. But here I am. With more. Sorry.
At this point, 2 days after the release of the final book in the Harry Potter series, it seems to me we humans fall into 4 camps:
- Got on line at midnight; bought book; read book for 7 hours straight; finished book; are alternately depressed that “it’s all over” and desperate for others to finish book so you can discuss it and keep it alive, for the love of pete.
- Waited til the hubbub died down and bought the book today.
- Meh. The book’s not going anywhere, I’ll read it eventually.
- Harry who what’s that? (With a nod to Mango)
If you’re like me and are bemoaning your inability to remember all the details of books 1-6, you can do one of two things:
- Reread books 1-6 before launching book 7. That’s what I did last year, before reading book 6. But I didn’t have the wherewithal to do it this year. Plus I was reading Water for Elephants and I wasn’t about to interrupt that.
- Visit SparkNotes and read a great summary of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. While you’re at it, maybe you’ll want to read the summaries of the other five books as well.
That’s all I wanted to say. As you were.
I’m in that first category. So hurry up so we can talk about it. For the love of pete.
My favorite part of this post: “Meh.”
The ability to do that is a gift. Seriously.