I just finished Deathly Hallows

[heidi]

Some of you may remember my ridiculous idea not to read the Epilogue, because as long as I didn't read it, there would still be new Harry Potter-verse canon that I could read.

I didn't get to a bookstore party last night - nothing was near me - and this morning I had a miserable dentist's appointment at 9AM and am still a little drugged out of my head from the drilling, but the Fedex truck arrived with New HP Canon! and while I am going to wait to read it when my son gets home and we can read it together (which I never thought I would be able to do with him and a new Harry Potter book, because when 7 came out he'd only read Book One and I didn't think he was ready yet for all the deaths in 4 - 7 anyway) I have now...
Read! The! Epilogue!
Yes, of course I was already utterly spoiled for all of the content, but I hadn't ever read JKR's own words, and now I have.

And, oh, whatever, it is what it is. Maybe I have enough distance from the series now that it just feels cute and somewhat pastede on yay but not in a particularly bad way. Maybe I'm so used to the character names that they don't throw me out of the story. It's woobie-fied, it's got some food for thought and plot, and I don't think it was necessary for the story, but it clearly was necessary for JKR herself.

In a few hours, I will open a box and decide which of the stories in Beedle the Bard I will not read. If I skip one - any one! - I will still have new canon to read whenever I want to. And if nothing new gets announced between now and then, I think I will save that last story for the hour I will spend standing in line for a ride in the World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, 12 to 18 months from now.

Oh, and speaking of Beedle, just a little azkatraz/HPEF reminder:

.go to your local Barnes & Noble, and use the HPEF Bookfair voucher or Bookfair number 352096 when you make your purchases. A portion of your sale will be donated to HPEF to continue our literacy endeavors. Use the voucher or number from December 4th through the 10th on all your B&N purchases, including books, CDs, DVDs, games, gifts, and even items from B&N Cafes. Help even more by telling everyone you know to buy with the voucher, too! And don't forget to check out your store's Holiday Book Drive benefitting children in need in your area. (Maybe you could even donate a copy of Beedle, using the voucher of course.)

More info here.

Comments

[hmrpotter.livejournal.com]

And you know I'm irritated because I didn't get the Azkatraz email until after I bought the book this morning!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Meep, we set them to go out at 11-ish last night. But the voucher works until next Wednesday if you want to get anything else between now and then...

[sophiamaria03.livejournal.com]

And this is what happens when I don't read my LJ for two days - I have to read about you in the paper!

Still Under Harry Potter's Spell
For Hard-Core Fans, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/04/AR2008120404482.html?hpid=features1&hpv=local