OT Harry Potter OT
 

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today?

I read part of the first one before getting bored with the whole thing.


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On 6/21/03 7:04 AM, in article
, "James Williams"
wrote:


"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today?

I read part of the first one before getting bored with the whole thing.



GASP!!!! Blasphemer!!! While I am not crawling into the mailbox, I really
am interested in reading the fifth, though I will probably wait a week or
two for the initial hysteria to cool off.

Fred

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My son, who just got his license, talked me into letting him drive down to
our local Borders and buy the book at midnight last night..... I'm warring
with myself on whether to read it while he sleeps or to let him have the
pleasure of having been there first......



"K30a" wrote in message
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Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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"Fred" wrote :

I read part of the first one before getting bored with the whole
thing.



GASP!!!! Blasphemer!!!

I don't know, maybe it got better, but really... Stepdad interferes with
mail - magic! - problem solved! Some other problem pops up - Magic! -
problem solved...

I think I can see where that's going.


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James wrote Some other problem pops up - Magic! -problem solved... I think I
can see where that's going.

Poor Harry, would it be that easy.
It didn't go that way ;-)
I resisted for a long time. Never have been a
big fantasy fan since I was a kid. But when the first movie came out I decided
to read the first book before going to the movie and I got hooked.
We now own the British editions as well as the American editions...
The other factor I enjoy is talking to the teenagers, on the academic teams I
coach, about the books. A good generation gap closer.


k30a

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Well, I won't be reading it today...didn't get my copy yet.

In our livingroom are shelves that go floor to ceiling around bay
window, wall to wall. Full of mostly gardening books. There's one shelf
almost empty...just has the first four Harry Potter books and one HP
figurine (Santa brought me that a few years ago LOL)

Love reading about Harry's advenures. Just can't help cheer for him and
his friends. The art work on the dust covers are awesome too.

When each new movie comes out, first thing I do is reserve my tickets
through Fandango :-)

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Already have it!!!!!!!!!! :-D

D.S.

"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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Harry who
OK; I we called the kids and they got the grand daughter up at 11 PM and
went to the book store. They were 230 out of 250 books.
They were on the TV news all dressed up in there parts.
I'll wait for the movie I have the first two.







"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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Rich wrote Harry who

(!!!!) chortle!

I went to the store and on the way home I
spotted the mail truck a couple blocks away... informed teenage daughter. She
is now waiting in the front yard. Her two brothers will read it also but don't
have the rabidness about it that their
sister (and mother) have. ;-)




k30a

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My wonderful wife works at our local library and they have two copies. I think
I will just wait for them to catalogue it and then go into a reading frenzy. I
will have to be quick though... The terminator librarian that I am married to
makes sure all books in the house are returned on time (whether you're finished
with the book or not). LOL

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Well, I'm not sure whether I'll be able to read Harry Potter today, as I've
been chopping away at Wisteria & Holly all day -- but I received my
pre-ordered copy today!

BTW, I'm 56, and the book is for me.

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC



"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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It arrived here at 12.55pm PST.
The mail lady was laughing as she spotted
my daughter in the yard. Three of us have
been reading since then, the other two in the
family went hiking for heaven's sake!!
{{it is very good!!!}}




k30a

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I wasn't planing on reading it, but since my bf works at one of the places
that was making the book, he gets a free copy, so I may give it a go once I
finish reading the book I'm working on.

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Went to Krogers grocery store today, assuming that I had failed to get my
sweet niece her book for her birthday tomorrow.
Lo and behold, it was there in a big display in the front for $18US. (40
percent off of retail with Kroger card)
There is a Borders book store 100 meters away which had people waiting
after-hours last night.
Boy, I feel like a great uncle now. :-)

doug
..


"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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BTW
This is the same uncle who assumed that she would rather read Narnia than
Potter.
DOH!

"J. Douglas Mercer" wrote in message
.net...
Went to Krogers grocery store today, assuming that I had failed to get my
sweet niece her book for her birthday tomorrow.
Lo and behold, it was there in a big display in the front for $18US. (40
percent off of retail with Kroger card)
There is a Borders book store 100 meters away which had people waiting
after-hours last night.
Boy, I feel like a great uncle now. :-)

doug
.


"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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sorry. got my copy at 12:30 last night. read for 2 hours and fell asleep. woke up
this morning and read straight thru (well minus eating and phone calls!!) finished at
12:30. I slowed way down the last 100 pages didnt want it to end.
I will start reading it again next week end I think.
It is great.
Ingrid

ESPMER (K30a) wrote:


Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


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ESPMER (K30a) wrote:
I resisted for a long time. Never have been a
big fantasy fan since I was a kid. But when the first movie came out I decided
to read the first book before going to the movie and I got hooked.

exactly my story. completely totally besotted hooked and everyone thinks I am
nutter, including my best friend who sucked me into going to the first movie and
started me down this sorry path. I just dont know what the grip is. Well OK. I DO
love to read. Ingrid


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K30a wrote:
Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book ...

Well, okay, I'll fess up ...
I have to restart Book 4 and finish it before I can go on to Book 5. But
that will give my son time to read #5 before I do. Just after I started
Book 4, I became intensely interested in another hobby so put it aside
for other reading and haven't felt ready to restart before now. I tried
to last month, but my son decided he wanted to refresh his memory before
#5 was on the shelves.

Since he reads almost as fast as I do (finished a 250 page novel in ~3
hours last week -- note to self: let him read it at the bookstore next
time instead of paying $17.50 for 3 hours' entertainment!!), I'll be
reading #5 soon.

So no discussing plots, deaths, etc. for a while ... please?
--
zookeeper

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"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
k30a

Although i love to read and can read books very rapidly, i do not wish to
read the harry potter books. Funny enough, my 9 yr. old son, who also likes
to read, never wanted anything to do with them either. Hasn't even seen a
Harry Potter movie and does not even wish to own any of the HP toys. I guess
HP just isnt for our family.
Cathy

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Me..me.....got mine at Wal-mart.

"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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Got mine yesterday morning.... Broke my OWN rule about new books (they have
to go at the end of the "unread" shelf and be read in their turn), because I
now have 2 shelves full of unread books and I can't wait that long!!!! :)

-Mak
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Updates 6/22/03

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

It's more fun to color outside the lines.

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Our house is very, very, very quiet with reading. Three persons reading, two
labradors napping and two out camping, (Dad and youngest son).

Last night, eldest son and I took advantage of youngest being gone and rented a
scary movie...
involving things swooping out of the darkness at the heroes. So, of course, a
dark object swooped from under the sofa, across the room, right in front of
labrador number two's nose and disappeared down the hallway. Much screaming on
my part, 'what?!!, what?!!!' on eldest son's part.
Not a word from daughter's room... so we had to investigate to see if dark
object had *gotten* her... of course she was just fine, didn't think mother
screaming was any big deal... too involved in Harry Potter.
Labrador was lectured about her responsibilities and dark objects and both
labradors had to sleep with me the rest of the night. Swooping running object
has not been spotted since...


k30a

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K30a wrote:
Our house is very, very, very quiet with reading. Three persons reading, two
labradors napping and two out camping, (Dad and youngest son).

Last night, eldest son and I took advantage of youngest being gone and rented a
scary movie...
involving things swooping out of the darkness at the heroes. So, of course, a
dark object swooped from under the sofa, across the room, right in front of
labrador number two's nose and disappeared down the hallway. Much screaming on
my part, 'what?!!, what?!!!' on eldest son's part.
Not a word from daughter's room... so we had to investigate to see if dark
object had *gotten* her... of course she was just fine, didn't think mother
screaming was any big deal... too involved in Harry Potter.
Labrador was lectured about her responsibilities and dark objects and both
labradors had to sleep with me the rest of the night. Swooping running object
has not been spotted since...


k30a


--
maybe should lay off those movies or not get so involved in them ;-)




John Rutz
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judgement

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Ohhhhh Kathy!!! LOLOLOL!!! Ice tea everywhere.
I love the way you describe things....

Nedra
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"K30a" wrote in message
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Our house is very, very, very quiet with reading. Three persons reading,
two
labradors napping and two out camping, (Dad and youngest son).

Last night, eldest son and I took advantage of youngest being gone and
rented a
scary movie...
involving things swooping out of the darkness at the heroes. So, of
course, a
dark object swooped from under the sofa, across the room, right in front
of
labrador number two's nose and disappeared down the hallway. Much
screaming on
my part, 'what?!!, what?!!!' on eldest son's part.
Not a word from daughter's room... so we had to investigate to see if dark
object had *gotten* her... of course she was just fine, didn't think
mother
screaming was any big deal... too involved in Harry Potter.
Labrador was lectured about her responsibilities and dark objects and both
labradors had to sleep with me the rest of the night. Swooping running
object
has not been spotted since...


k30a

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ok, I'm fessing,,
I have NEVER read any of the books.

my grandson, though, has watched the DVD of the 1st Harry potter, here, a
gazillion times,, ( I never got around to it!!)

one of these days,,,,,,,I'll read the books.

Muffin who's 30something son thinks Harry Potter is B*A*D for kids (
something about sorcery & against the bible....... **major sigh**)
"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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that was exactly my mindset before I went to see the first movie. Ingrid

"Russ and Cathy" wrote:
Although i love to read and can read books very rapidly, i do not wish to
read the harry potter books. Funny enough, my 9 yr. old son, who also likes
to read, never wanted anything to do with them either. Hasn't even seen a
Harry Potter movie and does not even wish to own any of the HP toys. I guess
HP just isnt for our family.
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as per usual, the movie is nowhere near as good as the books. Ingrid

"*muffin*" wrote:

ok, I'm fessing,,
I have NEVER read any of the books.

my grandson, though, has watched the DVD of the 1st Harry potter, here, a
gazillion times,, ( I never got around to it!!)

one of these days,,,,,,,I'll read the books.

Muffin who's 30something son thinks Harry Potter is B*A*D for kids (
something about sorcery & against the bible....... **major sigh**)
"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a




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Rich wrote in message ...
Harry who
OK; I we called the kids and they got the grand daughter up at 11 PM and
went to the book store. They were 230 out of 250 books.
They were on the TV news all dressed up in there parts.
I'll wait for the movie I have the first two.

I forgot, someone please remind me. What do they say when grown men and
women line up infront of the movie theater dressed up like Star Trek and
Star Wars character, waiting the next movie. :)


Sameer

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"Snooze" wrote :

I forgot, someone please remind me. What do they say when grown men and
women line up infront of the movie theater dressed up like Star Trek and
Star Wars character, waiting the next movie. :)

Well, that's different!


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In the mail today was my reserved copy from Amazon.com

Read first two chapters. Lots of action so far :-)

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Sent DH and youngest son to Costco for weekly grocery shopping this
afternoon. Came home with Book 5 -- only $16 at Costco, "while supplies
last."

So DS has handed over Book 4, and is already on page 100 of Book 5.
--
zookeeper

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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, zookeeper wrote:

Sent DH and youngest son to Costco for weekly grocery shopping this
afternoon. Came home with Book 5 -- only $16 at Costco, "while supplies
last."

So DS has handed over Book 4, and is already on page 100 of Book 5.
--
zookeeper

Heh... I started to feel bad that I paid $18 pre-ordering at Amazon, until
I remembered. It was supposed to be on my doorstep Saturday, but FeUp blew
it, and it got lost, some 350 miles from home. I emailed customer service
on Sunday, asking what they could do, to see that I got the book. Well,
today the FeUp tracking site showed it back in my area, on the truck for
delivery. I also received a very nice note from Amazon CS, apologizing for
the delay, asking for my patience until Tuesday afternonn, AND, since I
had "qualified" for Saturday delivery and hadn't received it, they
actually refunded the price of the book onto my credit card!! Now THAT is
service...

Dave

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Can't beat free ;-)
B&N.com sold them for $18.49,
no shipping and no tax.
Daughter is finished. Eldest son and I are
on chapter 29.
Youngest son (the one who was camping)
just started - he is the most dyslexic of all the family and just to see him
reading is a treat.


k30a

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K30a wrote:
....
Youngest son ... just started ... just to see him
reading is a treat.

Isn't that the truth!!! Mine are not dyslexic, but have other
challenges, so to see them do anything like reading, writing, puzzles or
games just because they want to is indeed a treat! I even take a
snapshot now and then when they do these things (of course they just
think I'm loosing it even more) just so I can remind myself of what they
can do when able.
--
zookeeper

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cult literature.

"Snooze" wrote:


Rich wrote in message ...
Harry who
OK; I we called the kids and they got the grand daughter up at 11 PM and
went to the book store. They were 230 out of 250 books.
They were on the TV news all dressed up in there parts.
I'll wait for the movie I have the first two.

I forgot, someone please remind me. What do they say when grown men and
women line up infront of the movie theater dressed up like Star Trek and
Star Wars character, waiting the next movie. :)


Sameer




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I didnt believe them that they would get it to me on time, not after I pre ordered
the first trilogy from them and it didnt arrive until 2 days after I bought it at
best buy. Ingrid

Dave Bell wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, zookeeper wrote:

Sent DH and youngest son to Costco for weekly grocery shopping this
afternoon. Came home with Book 5 -- only $16 at Costco, "while supplies
last."

So DS has handed over Book 4, and is already on page 100 of Book 5.
--
zookeeper

Heh... I started to feel bad that I paid $18 pre-ordering at Amazon, until
I remembered. It was supposed to be on my doorstep Saturday, but FeUp blew
it, and it got lost, some 350 miles from home. I emailed customer service
on Sunday, asking what they could do, to see that I got the book. Well,
today the FeUp tracking site showed it back in my area, on the truck for
delivery. I also received a very nice note from Amazon CS, apologizing for
the delay, asking for my patience until Tuesday afternonn, AND, since I
had "qualified" for Saturday delivery and hadn't received it, they
actually refunded the price of the book onto my credit card!! Now THAT is
service...

Dave



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and that is what is really much of the hoo haa about Harry Potter. kids are reading.
now what parents need to do is have a nice stack of other gripping books sitting
there, or take em to the library. Ingrid

zookeeper wrote:

K30a wrote:
...
Youngest son ... just started ... just to see him
reading is a treat.

Isn't that the truth!!! Mine are not dyslexic, but have other
challenges, so to see them do anything like reading, writing, puzzles or
games just because they want to is indeed a treat! I even take a
snapshot now and then when they do these things (of course they just
think I'm loosing it even more) just so I can remind myself of what they
can do when able.



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No time to fess up -- too busy reading the fifth Harry Potter! (Amazon
pre-order, arrived on time.)

Gabrielle

K30a wrote:
Okay, time to fess up.
How many rec.ponders are going to be reading
the Harry Potter fifth book today? (me!)
My 17-yr-old daughter is going to crawl into
the mailbox and wait for the postman to arrive.


k30a

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wrote in message
...
and that is what is really much of the hoo haa about Harry Potter. kids
are reading.
now what parents need to do is have a nice stack of other gripping books
sitting
there, or take em to the library. Ingrid


When I was a child in the 60's we used to have a newspaper sort of item
called "weekly reader". I looked forward to that. Also had an opportunity to
pre-order short story type cheap paper backs in school. They ran about .25
each and we would spend an enormous amount of time figuring out which ones
to order by reading descriptions off the teachers order form. I only had .50
to $1 to spend ea. time so choosing wisely was important. Then began the
wait for the books to arrive..what fun that was when they came and the
teacher passed them out to us. I had forgotten that.
sandra