Caleb and I were in Spokane on Saturday and we went to Hastings first thing in the morning to pick up our copy. I was a little panicked when we were in the store, as there were displays of all of the 6 prior books, Harry Potter calendars, notebooks, etc, but no signs of the actual Deathly Hallows anywhere. After a little heavy breathing and Caleb telling me over and over to "just ask, Mom!" we discovered you had to ask for a copy at the checkout counter. We made it home to Moscow, but I swear, I was tempted to read as I drove down highway 95!
I made it through the book by Monday afternoon, after Persephone Williams was so kind to come over and distract Caleb for a few hours and Eli luckily took a three hour nap. I loved it! The ending was just plain satisfying on all accounts, and I think JK is planning on writing a new series with Harry and Ginny's kids. You can see all the elements in the epilogue. And even if she doesn't , she has to be the most compassionate author to know that her readers needed that last few pages to make sure everything turned out ok.
My husband came home on Monday and asked me if I'd actually read the whole thing. He picked up the book and said, "geeze, do you even remember what you read? How could you just read all day? I can't do that. I just can't read that much so fast." Then, as I was making dinner, he picked it up and began reading. (We've had debates about how we each thought #7 would end.) Dinner was ready, and he came to the table, but then read from 6:30 - 10:00, and repeated the same patter for the next three days. He has only 100 pages to go, and I can't get him to put it down. This is why I love him. Harry has reinforced our bond in matrimony. I can't wait to see what fight this ignites!
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That's great that your husband will read these books. I have been trying for years to get Val to read them. This is a man who has the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy practically memorized, so I thought he would eat HP up and then I'd have someone to discuss the books with, but he's always too busy to read. He kept up with the movies and then got interested while I was reading book 5 to Travis. He got waaaay into it and pushed me to read book 6 as soon as I finished 5 and I just started reading the seventh to them last night. I love how into it he is and he doesn't care that it's a "kid's book". He's enjoying it as much as Travis and I don't even mind that I'm doing all the work. Hooray for husbands who like Harry!
It's killing me not to be able to be an insider regarding the new Harry Potter. I'm still reading The Historian. Yikes!
Catch me in about 5 years then I will be all ready to discuss HP with you all.
My husband doesn't read. He tries.
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