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Everyone attending Books of Wonder in NY - Raincoast - the Canadian publishers - sent me some posters for their event in thanks for a favour - they'll be prized for the FA-organized trivia competition there. And I'm trying to get a few more to Spellbound2005.com in time, too. Yay, fedex.

If you're in NY, watch Good Day NY on Friday. That's all I'm sayin'.

And don't forget to sent staff@the-leaky-cauldron.org links to HP articles in your local papers - I'm probably going to do a few wrap-ups of press coverage in the next few days, eh?

Fifty First Reads?

A friend of mine just said:
> We need a spell that'll erase only the contents of specifically > identified
> creative works from our brains, so that we can enjoy them over and > over.

And I replied:

Ok, this is where I get weird. And expect more of this in two days when we have only one book left.

I live in Miami and go to disney multiple times each year. But the first time on a ride is always an amazing thing - I know it'll have Disney's *spirit* but I don't know the details. Book 6 is like that - it'll have jkr's spirit and voice and 'tude, but I don't know the details of it. But once I've been on it I can look at the details the next time, as I've already been through the "sheer enjoyment for the sake of the sake of the thrill" round, and I can finally appreciate the nuance. I can't wait to go back on Mission:Space, and I want to feel, early next week, like I can't wait to reread Book Six, the way I always love rereading, say, PoA.

If it was all "fifty first dates" would we be able to hope for Draco's redemption or Snape's supposedly intriguing history to be revealed, or even subtextual snogs ? No, me, I'd rather be able to appreicate the thrill, then lose myself in the details.

I can't do a poll via sidekick, so I'll just ask which you'd prefer- "fifty first reads" (like the film 50 first dates) or the ability to go more into depth on each reread?

Humor from florida

Funny spoilers* from Daytona Beach are here.

I want a iSpell icon, please

*no, not really

Also, it looks like I'll be at the barnes & noble in Westwood after 9 if anyone wamts to say hi to the girl in the pink t with green numbers and an FA badge on.