I was prepared. I re-read books 1-6. Finishing book 6 on Friday morning. I had preordered three copies of the book to be delivered to a friends house on Saturday (we're in a postal code that is not eligible for Saturday delivery).
And then plans changed. Now we were going to be out of town on Saturday. And I wouldn't be able to pick it up until Sunday night when we back. No bloody way. I was not waiting that long. So I planned to pick up a copy on our way to the border this morning.
But last night I was still wide awake...battling some insomnia, so at 11.30pm I headed to our local book store. At 1201am Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows went on sale. By 1220am I was in my car and headed home. I was so tempted to start reading it last night. But I knew I'd never put in down, and I'd still be reading when were suppose to be getting up this morning.
I started to read it in the line up for the border. Then we decided the line up was too long - almost 2 hours. After much discussion we turned round and headed home. On the way home, Barb called to say that the preordered books had arrived, so we stopped into to pick them up.
Once home I put on my comfy wide leg lounge pants, got a bottle of water, turned off my cell phone and planted myself on the couch. 6 hours of interruption free reading. And I am done. I laughed, I cried, I yelled in anger and hubby laughed at me. "It's only a book!" he says.
Want to know the ending?
Are you freaking kidding me? I am not telling.
All I am going to say is, it wasn't at all what I expected and it was everything I expected.
I am sad that this is the end of the series. But there are still two more movies to come. Yeah.
We were supposed to fly one copy over to my father in law on the island, but the weather is not cooperating, so his copy is still here. I wonder if he will give in a buy a copy before we can fly his over.
And guess what? It even fits into Kelli's Green Week. Book 7 is printed on recycled or ancient forest friendly papers. At least in Canada it is. You can read the full article here