[X] My Assistant

[dvandorn]

Well -- I just got home from picking up the latest, and final (probably) Harry Potter book. And of course, I skipped right to the end to see how it all comes out. I won't say anything, but I'm not displeased. As for light reading, though -- this one is 759 pages long.

And now, off to the summation of the adventure...

-the other Doug

[dvandorn]

I can see it now:

Chapter 1, "Death at the Dursley's"

Harry opened his trunk, working through the accumulation of, well, stuff that collected over six years at Hogwart's. As he reached inside, a green flash filled the room. Harry dropped down dead.

The End



Seriously, I had reserved a copy of the book at a local bookseller's -- a nice little place that primarily sells new-age and spiritual books, incense, jewelry, that kind of thing. A nice little store called "Eye of Horus." The book is selling retail for $35 USD, but for those who reserved a copy and chose to come and pick it up at midnight, there was a $10 discount.

So, I gathered up two of my girlfriend's sons and her daughter-in-law (who were also picking up a copy), arrived at 11:30 at the nice little store (which threw a little party for the occasion), chatted with some old and some new friends, and picked up my copy at midnight. Checked the final two pages plus the "afterword," and, satisfied that I could read the book without any really nasty surprises, brought it home.

I'm now probably going to spend much of the weekend reading it, but I have enough to do today that I won't even try to read all 759 pages today...

-the other Doug