On Harry Potter (NO Spoilers!!!)

[JLC]

I have a request to make...

Please don't talk about the new Harry Potter book.

OR...if you must talk about it...please don't do so with any details that spoil the story for anyone else.

OR....if you simply must discuss the details...please...for the love of all that's good and magical about losing yourself in a book....write "SPOILERS!!!" in your thread title, or in the post before skipping way down to actually type whatever it is that can't be left unsaid.

Seriously...not everyone is going to buy the book the first day it is released...and not everyone is going to sit down and read it completely in the first 36-48 hours. Personally...I DID buy the book right away. Had pre-ordered it and all that junk. But....the reading is super slow.

Why? Because when we first got into Harry Potter, my daughter was too young to read them. Both due to the reading level required and to some of the graphic/emotional maturity of the stories. But she really, really wanted to read it, and I was interested too. So....I bought the first book and read it out loud to her. And...we have done so with each consecutive book ever since. Yes...she's quite old enough to read it on her own now.....but it's a rare chance for us to share something special and memorable together....so....even up to the very last book....I'm reading it aloud. All the way through.

This takes time! It's sometimes challenging to schedule a block of time together for a reading session. And my voice typically gives out after awhile....I can't go more than four chapters at a sitting, at the very most. (Though experience has taught me that by the time we get to the climactic chapters at the end of the book I will read until I'm croaking! LOL)

When the #6 book came out, we went to the midnight party at the bookstore to get it. Could not wait to sit down and start reading it together!! Later, on the same day of release...within hours of it hitting the shelves, I was browsing a gaming forum I belonged to, and was reading a thread about some in-game technique or something....when some absolute ass blurts out in the middle of the thread, completely off topic, what the tragic twist at the end of book 6 was. Just one sentence.....that once read could never be unread.

I never let on to Petra that I knew anything particularly upsetting was going to happen. We read the book through together as usual. But that seriously tainted the experience for me...knowing what was coming.

So now....I'm avoiding reading ANYthing about Harry Potter. If I see the name mentioned, I turn away. LOL I won't even read magazine headlines that have HP or JK Rowling mentioned.

And I know I'm not the only HP fan who chooses to savor the story and linger over it, rather than consume it all in one big gulp. So please....please.....be considerate and careful with the spoilers.



I know...I know....I talk to much.... Thanks for bearing with me.

[jglass38]

Who is Harry Potter?

[ZEKESMOM]

I totally agree with you Judy. I have not even bought the book yet but I will be in the next week and god knows when I will actually have time to sit and read it.

[ZEKESMOM]

Who is Harry Potter?

Oh you have to be kidding LOL

[jglass38]

Oh you have to be kidding LOL

Seriously..

[qiksilver]

the ladyfriend is a true fan, she bought the book and did nothing but sit there the next dave and read it. As did at least one other friend of mine. I witnessed the HP craziness the night it came out over by Harvard and supposedly some guy went around saying who died and on what page it happened and other things. A friend of mine thought it was hysterical, I thought that he, and said guy were both d***s. I don't understand why you would want to ruin someones enjoyment of something, especially after they put 6 books worth of time into it already. I just really angry about all the dumb people.

So, good post. I hope no one ruins it for you.

[darkangel]

Good post! I'm behind by 2 books so I have some catching up to do. I'm avoiding all my HP friends. LOL

[qiksilver]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, JAMIE LIVES IN A BOX!!!!!!! but seriously, that's weird, I thought that was one of those things everyone knew about, and a lot of people decided they're too cool to read because it's supposedly a kids book.

[jglass38]

SPOILER ALERT!!!!

The ending is:

Tony gets high and arms himself against Sosa's men. He is killed by a single shotgun blast.

Wait, I think that is a different movie...

[Jay_Bunny]

I had the 5th book ruined for me and I actually felt really depressed because of it. I also work in a bookstore so I'm trying to read the book as quickly as I can with my busy schedule so that someone doesn't come in and start blurting out the story. I hate it when people do it intentionally. Do they get a kick out of ruining a book for someone. What kind of life do you have that the one thing that really makes you happy is ruining books for people. Really sad. When the book was released, some kid in the store bought his book then immediatly began reading it outloud to those waiting in line. The man at the register made him leave the store.

I'm only on page 323 myself. How far is everyone else? (just page number. Do not mention an event in the book.)