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Friend: "WAIT! I take that back ... I like nerds, I LIKE NERDS"!!!    
- and apart from that, I don't see why a person is a nerd because he/she reads Harry Potter  reading Star Trek novels - now that's nerdy, but not Harry Potter 
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Re: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Discussion Thread *SPOILERS*
I finished HP & the DH last night, on a plane flying home after an emotional family meeting (went well, but I was worried for weeks about how it would go). Here I am weeping copiously over my book...
(it was a small jet, just 35 seats, and at least 3 of us were reading DH!)
I cried for how beautifully she resolved this wonderful saga.
I cried for Snape and his incredible occlumency, and the depth of his heart. And that moment of "look into my eyes...." wow. I feel deep and hollow inside, in a good way.
I cried for Remus and Tonks, leaving their baby. I cried for Dumbledore, and the courage with which he accepted his end.
there is so much more to say... but I am off to re-read the last 3 chapters again, it was so incredible.
JKR is really an awe inspiring talent.
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Re: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Discussion Thread *SPOILERS*
*pops head into thread*
I'd just like to announce that as of Sunday night, around 11pm PDT, I have FINISHED the Harry Potter series!
For those of you keeping score, that means I read books 6 and 7 (around 1400 pages) in about a month! 
Will catch up on the discussion in here later, now that I no longer have to dodge spoilers. (Although a book group member spoiled Hedwig's death for me last month, and KittyRoomie accidentally spoiled Snape's. *sigh* Ah, well. I got spoiled for Sirius's and Dumbledore's, so I shouldn't be surprised.)
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Re: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Discussion Thread *SPOILERS*
for the irreverantly inclined:
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Re: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Discussion Thread *SPOILERS*
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*pops head into thread*
I'd just like to announce that as of Sunday night, around 11pm PDT, I have FINISHED the Harry Potter series!
COOL!!!! We can finally discuss it!! But O'Mad one - it's been so long ago that I've finished, I'll have to re-read it to do so.
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For those of you keeping score, that means I read books 6 and 7 (around 1400 pages) in about a month!
It took me about five days total for both. Once I started, I couldn't put either down. Can we say "reading marathon"?!
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Will catch up on the discussion in here later, now that I no longer have to dodge spoilers. (Although a book group member spoiled Hedwig's death for me last month, and KittyRoomie accidentally spoiled Snape's. *sigh* Ah, well. I got spoiled for Sirius's and Dumbledore's, so I shouldn't be surprised.)
Snape, Hedwig and all the others .
The final book in the series was fantastic - but admit it, the epilogue was more than a bit lame. It came off more as a bit of bad fan fiction rather than something by Ms. Rowling.
OH! And speaking of Ms. Rowling ... did you hear that she announced during the weekend the character of Albus Dumbledore was gay? Pardon the expression but - children's series my ass. That being said - I'd LOVE to see a revised version hit the shelves with the characters as they *really* are.
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. Anyway, this isn't *entirely* Harry Potter related (in a way, it is) but a bit of hilarity experienced last night during a conversation with a friend that I haven't spoken with for a while.
