I don't know what made me pick one of them up. Patsy had said I should read them but she's always saying that about one book or another. She's a much more avid reader than I am. I didn't become aware of the phenomenon until the fourth book. My sister-in-law had all of them so I borrowed them not knowing whether I was going to be able to read them. Patsy had already read them all. The first one was cute and the second one was OK. It's the third one, Prisoner of Azkaban, that got me. The next two were tedious but I suppose I have to finish them now.
Experimenting with this image plug-in thingy. It's a little more complicated than I thought it would be. I see other bloggers doing this stuff all of the time. I thought it must be easy. Maybe with some practice. I've already spent way too much time on this entry. Time, I suppose, I could have been reading. Now, it's time to go get a haircut.
That's how I read the Harry Potter books, in rapid succession, except for the 5th - which I had to wait for. And I can wait for the 6th. I will have something to look forward to, that's all.
I didn't know that's what a plug-in is.
Bunk went to our local grocery store at midnight to buy his copy. His watch alarm beeped at midnight but the cashier told him that the clock on her register was not showing it was 12:00 a.m. yet so he had to wait. He spent the night out and is just returning home. He's read the first two chapters and said that they were awesome. Brianne is in Dauphine Island with her boyfriend's family right now. She had said that they were going to a bookstore at midnight to get copies. She and her boyfriend are both H.P. fans. I don't know if Stephen was going out last night to get one. He got hooked when he would listen to me read the third book aloud to Bunk and Patrick. He was in either 11th or 12th grade. David and Brianne have read each book numerous times. Patrick has listened to them on tape and I have read them to him. We are all fans, though.
Janine,
A plug-in is an add-on program. In our case, we're adding on to Movable Type, our blogging software. I have installed several plug-ins with varying degrees of success and usefulness.
Sue,
The Books-A-Million had a modest line this morning at a little before nine. They weren't open yet. I thought sure they would be open at the midnight launch and, I suppose, maybe they were. They're normally open until about midnight on Fridays.
I ordered my copy online a few weeks ago and got an email yesterday saying my book was in transit. I tracked it through UPS and it looks like I may get it today. I, too, loved the third book the most. I'm looking forward to reading this new one. I'm a little disappointed because I just read in the paper that one of the main characters dies. Why does she do that? I'm hoping that Sirius Black makes a return, despite his departure in the last book.
Robbie, I was wondering if you were going to read the Historian. I read a review of it in the paper a while ago and thought it sounded like your kind of book. The review was glowing. I'll wait for the movie. I picked up Dracula years ago, at your behest, and could not get into it. Too much detail. Anyway, how is it? An interesting twist on an old story?
Christina,
I ordered it after I read a glowing review. The reviewer didn't mention that it was a Dracula kind of thing. I might have passed because I'm kind of tired of vampires. I received it from Amazon on the day it was released. While I was tooling around Amazon's site that same day, I saw 21 customer reviews already posted. It's a 700-page, moderate-print book. I couldn't believe that many people had already read it. It was a bit slow at first but has picked up considerably. I'm enjoying it but I need to find time to make progress on it. Reading one or two chapters at a time is not for me.
I thought it was not just a Dracula kind of thing, but a new version of Dracula, sort of. I mean, isn't "the historian" searching for the true story of Dracula?
I suppose you could say it is a new version. At this point of the book, I don't know who "The Historian" is. It's all very mysterious right now. Every chapter after the first few has had an "Alright, WOW" moment. Very different from Bram Stoker's version. In fact, Stoker's version is a source of information in the story.
Okay, I've just finished Harry Potter. It was good and very dark, to say the least. I am anxious to discuss it with people so hurry up!
You can't discuss it here. I'm already hearing way more than I want to hear about it.