"Deathly Hallows" Anticipation Group! [Archive]

Twilight_Elena

07-18-2007, 09:19 AM

This thread is referring to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", coming out this Saturday, 21st July. Obviously. ;)
Since the last book is coming out this Saturday, I thought we could start a thread to see who's getting it, who's DYING to get it (and thus spending all night outside the bookstore in a camping tent), and what we think of it after we read it. Please be careful with the spoilers (I've read that there are some going around the web). I think that it would be safe to start posting spoilers about the book a week after its publication. I should think that any hardcore fan will have read it by then. :rolleyes:
I'm going to get it Saturday morning, as early as possible. I think the bookstore (which is the biggest one downtown) is holding some sort of event as well, giving out special editions to some lucky fans and everything.
Fire away!

T_E

skwiggy

07-18-2007, 10:13 AM

I pre-ordered the book. Never understood why people would camp out at a bookstore when you can pre-order online.

I plan to read the book as slowly as possible, because once it's over, I won't have any more Harry Potter to look forward to--save for the movies. I probably won't read this thread until I'm done with the book once people start posting spoilers.

07-18-2007, 10:53 AM

The local BJ's Wholesale Club is never crowded, so I'm hoping to pick up a copy of Deathly Hallows there. I don't want to camp out for it, lol.

I'm also trying to keep away from spoilers, too.

danceronice

07-18-2007, 12:04 PM

Mine is supposed to come in the mail Saturday. I will be on tenterhooks all day at work.

And yes--someone from a bookstore or library scanned the entire thing and it's now available on-line. I am now even paranoid about reading my friendslist on LJ.

fascination

07-18-2007, 12:18 PM

dh and dtr will be in line at midnight for a book(AND SHE HAS IT PRE-OREDERED)...and she wants me to buy dbl shot espressos so she can stay up all night to read it...and...uh...she informed me that I have no business calling anyone else obsessive...why does she have to be so smart like that?

bordertangoman

07-18-2007, 12:24 PM

ah yes Phyory Rattle and the Shallow Thread!!

Peaches

07-18-2007, 01:47 PM

Pre-ordered it for DH for his birthday. Was stupid and didn't pre-order two copies. So I'll be hovering impatiently waiting for him to finish reading it so I can.

I like the idea of the coffee...maybe I'll keep a good pot brewed. Hmmm...prolly not...he's not supposed to drink it for health reasons. I guess I'll just have to make turkey, or some other sleep-inducing something for him, and drink the coffee myself, that way I can read while he sleeps.

We have both cleared our calendar for this weekend, so as to be able to read it.

quixotedlm

07-18-2007, 02:10 PM

*******Spoiler Alert*********

I know who dies. Highlight the next line with your cursor and you'll see the answer in white font ;)

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Twilight_Elena

07-18-2007, 02:11 PM

I pre-ordered the book. Never understood why people would camp out at a bookstore when you can pre-order online.

But.. but.. the anticipation! The waiting! The grabbing the book off the big stack/shelf and paying for it with real money! That's part of the experience! :D

T_E

Twilight_Elena

07-18-2007, 02:19 PM

Yikes! For a minute there, I got really freaked out, Quix.

T_E

skwiggy

07-18-2007, 02:56 PM

Yikes! For a minute there, I got really freaked out, Quix.

T_E

This makes me think that the "spoiler" is a joke, but I'm still not going to look for fear of an actual spoiler!!

Tori

07-18-2007, 03:22 PM

The books ending supposedly got leaked on the net, spoiling it for thousands of people. Here's the New York Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/us/18potter.html?ref=us

Reminds me of when HBP came out, like the day after, some moron walked down the street wearing a t-shirt that said "Dumbledore dies! Page blah blach blah"

How classless...

skwiggy

07-18-2007, 03:44 PM

If I click on the NY Times article link, will it be spoiled?

quixotedlm

07-18-2007, 05:12 PM

If I click on the NY Times article link, will it be spoiled?

you can always check the spoiler i posted ;)

if someone tells you that the nytimes article does not have any spoilers or even hints, should you really believe them? what if they are lying? ...

skwiggy

07-18-2007, 05:33 PM

you can always check the spoiler i posted ;)

So cruel. :p

Tori

07-18-2007, 06:42 PM

If I click on the NY Times article link, will it be spoiled?

Nah.
It's clean.
It just rambles on about how thousands of people no longer need to buy the book coz it was COMPLETELY ruined for them. The only thing it tells you is that the end was revealed. It gived you the option of looking at some of the supposedly "real"pages, but ya don't have to.

Twilight_Elena

07-19-2007, 07:10 AM

Quix's spoiler is a joke, everyone. Just so you don't have a heart attack. ;)

T_E

07-19-2007, 08:09 AM

That's it - I'm keeping away from all Harry Potter news until I finish the book. :) :rolleyes:

Peaches

07-19-2007, 08:10 AM

DH better not pull any of his "I want to finish one book before starting another" crap, is all I'm saying. Especially since he's only about 1/3 of the way into Atlas Shrugged. I don't have that kind of patience.

Twilight_Elena

07-19-2007, 08:11 AM

Oh, me too. I'm not spoiling the last book, after ten years of HP!

T_E

Twilight_Elena

07-19-2007, 08:11 AM

Peaches

07-19-2007, 08:14 AM

Twilight_Elena

07-19-2007, 08:17 AM

:? Go get a second copy? Can't think of anything else...

T_E

Peaches

07-19-2007, 08:20 AM

Seriously debating it. We've got two copies of Book 6. We spend the entire weekend sitting next to each other reading.

What was hell was when I finished before he did, and couldn't say anything. He was "savoring." Grrr...

quixotedlm

07-19-2007, 01:05 PM

So who listened to T_E and tried reading my spoiler? You know it's not a joke - she's just misleading ya ;)

Pacion

07-19-2007, 05:36 PM

But.. but.. the anticipation! The waiting! The grabbing the book off the big stack/shelf and paying for it with real money! That's part of the experience!

Yep! Something to tell the children/grandchildren that you did! Think of the comerady in keeping awake with the others queueing! lol! (The only thing I queue for is to board a bus, at the checkout in supermarket or to use the ATM/Cashpoint machine. Anything else? :nope: If I can avoid it!

So who listened to T_E and tried reading my spoiler? You know it's not a joke - she's just misleading ya ;)

I read it. Am not saying anything! :tongue:

10 years of Harry Potter already! Gosh, I remember when I read the first one, almost three years ago! Is it Goblet of Fire where the student is killed? I got the one after that and was so upset with that one, I read about 1/10th of the next one and now, it is somewhere in a box! I remember staying awake to read the first three or four as if it were yesterday! Still haven't seen any of the movies though. :rolleyes:

Tori

07-19-2007, 06:16 PM

Yeah I can't believe it's been ten years...
I remember being seven years old and my Dad was dragging me around to all these bookstores looking for some stupid Harry Potter books that he could never find... eventually I got them for Christmas and grudgingly started reading them, only because I have always loved reading, and I have always read really fast, so I had nothing else to read.
The short and short of it is they ended up being an obsession when I was younger... can't believe it's over..

Twilight_Elena

07-20-2007, 04:09 AM

I was at summer camp when I read the first one. I was maybe twelve. I borrowed it from a girl who wasn't really reading it, and became obsessed with it.
Only one day left! Squee!

07-20-2007, 08:40 AM

They were saying on the news last night that people were already :shock: starting to camp out for the book.

quixotedlm

07-20-2007, 05:19 PM

I got my wrist band. One hours in line today morning. Going to get my book tonight - whee!!!

Just finished re-reading HBP.

I think Snape killed Dumbledore because that was their secret plan :)

Tori

07-20-2007, 05:35 PM

I dunno, it's hard to tell with Snape.
I'd like to think their was some underlying deal that he and Dumbledore had regarding what to do if a situation like that arose. But you never know... maybe Snape is an evil prat. He's still my favorite character.

07-21-2007, 10:18 AM

Just bought my copy. No wait, plenty of copies. :p

Peaches

07-21-2007, 06:04 PM

DH went to the store and bought 2 copies...we've been reading them nonstop. Are ensconced with chips, drinks, and other food.

Interestingly, our neighborhood has been absolutely SILENT all day long. There are tons of kids here, it's a perfect day, and we have neither seen nor heard a peep from any of them! Not hard to figure out why.

suburbaknght

07-21-2007, 06:18 PM

Finished! Been with the series for six years and... I can't believe it's over.

samina

07-21-2007, 06:33 PM

That doesn't fly so well. It's kind of a "rule" that if something is "ours", then we get first dibs on reading it. The other person keeps their paws off. (To be fair, I enforced this rule when either book 4 or 5 came out. He enforces it monthly with magazines.)

had to laugh this morning... my oldest (19) picked up the book this morning around 1 am, as he was passing by the new-release party at the bookstore in town & they were open, had extras... so, he informs his younger (17) brother of this this morning... and the younger one actually calls first-dibs on reading the book! dear lord, whatta prince... so... i mean... as if...

what chutzpah even to try, tho... :rolleyes:

samina

07-21-2007, 06:36 PM

DH went to the store and bought 2 copies...we've been reading them nonstop. Are ensconced with chips, drinks, and other food.

how fun! :D

Interestingly, our neighborhood has been absolutely SILENT all day long. There are tons of kids here, it's a perfect day, and we have neither seen nor heard a peep from any of them! Not hard to figure out why.

yep, same here. i predicted yesterday night over dinner that by sunday evening it was going to feel like christmas or new years morning around town...

samina

07-21-2007, 06:37 PM

Finished! Been with the series for six years and... I can't believe it's over.

okay... howzit end???

no, no, no... just kidding... LOL

quixotedlm

07-21-2007, 09:32 PM

is the autograph on the cover box of teh deluxe edition real or a print?

samina

07-21-2007, 10:06 PM

am quite sure it's print, not real, quix. unless you waited in a helluva long line somewhere in britain for it... or paid some astronomical figure.

Peaches

07-21-2007, 10:28 PM

Finished. Can't believe it's over. I think I'm in shock.

suburbaknght

07-21-2007, 11:46 PM

okay... howzit end???

no, no, no... just kidding... LOL

Don't worry, I'll tell you. You ready for the big secret? Here it is:

Dumbledore: he's made of chocolate.

Yeah, I didn't see it coming either.

Twilight_Elena

07-22-2007, 09:14 AM

Finished too. Oh boy. Oh boy. Oh boy. Can't really talk, spent many hours yesterday squealing and reading non-stop.

T_E

07-22-2007, 12:08 PM

Done here, too. (Don't think I squealed though... :wink: )

Twilight_Elena

07-22-2007, 12:23 PM

Riiiight. You keep on telling us that.
Squealed muchly myself. Thought I wouldn't, but it just... happened.
Okay. I really want to spoil stuff right now, but said we shouldn't for a week.
...
Should I go create a thread for the spoilers?

T_E

07-22-2007, 12:26 PM

Twilight_Elena

07-22-2007, 12:27 PM

You needn't say it twice. *dashes off*

bordertangoman

07-22-2007, 12:44 PM

Could somebody pleae help and list
a) the books
and b) the films
in chronological order
so I can figure out what I've read (probably all except the Heathly Dallows)

I read the Reader's Digest version of 'The Order of the Phoenix':

Harry, Ron and Hermione walk into The Three Broomsticks
" Hello Harry what'll it be?"
" Three pints of phoenix please."

samina

07-22-2007, 12:45 PM

Finished. Can't believe it's over. I think I'm in shock.

this is going to become a huge topic for discussion... dealing with the shock of it being over... "where were you when it occurred?" ;)

samina

07-22-2007, 12:46 PM

Don't worry, I'll tell you. You ready for the big secret? Here it is:

Dumbledore: he's made of chocolate.

Yeah, I didn't see it coming either.

LOL... he's not safe around these parts!

07-22-2007, 01:31 PM

Could somebody pleae help and list
a) the books
and b) the films
in chronological order
so I can figure out what I've read (probably all except the Heathly Dallows)

Listed here. ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_potter#Series)

quixotedlm

07-22-2007, 04:25 PM

I've been feeling very low... HP is over... I'm depressed :-|

bordertangoman

07-22-2007, 05:16 PM

Ah Post-Potter Stress Syndrome

may I suggest Neil Gaiman's 'NeverWhere' as methodone to your addiction.

samina

07-26-2007, 05:00 PM

well, have finished my tertiary reading of the 6th book, during which my youngest has now also finished book 7, so... very much looking forward to digging into it tonight!

have been working so hard in other areas, so, i'm not able to spend that much time reading before i nod off, whether at nite or in the early a.m., and i don't have any deliciously massive gap of time in which to hunker down to race thru. so my guess is that my daily anticipation of the next installment could make this read quite... savory.