I recently (finally!) finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (No Spoilers in this post). I would have finished it a lot earlier, but Alec & I were reading it aloud (as we have the whole series) and after my surgery, we were reduced to a sole reader.
So I had to wait very patiently for him to be in the mood. I began to devise opportunities for him to read…
“I’ll wash the dishes if you read Harry Potter.”
“Why don’t you read to me and I’ll start dinner.”
“Do you want a foot rub while you read?”
I have to say it was a good finish.
The New York Times had a post up last month that I shared with a few folks already. If it’s still up, it’s at: http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/19/who-was-your-harry-potter/#comment-74379
If not, I’ve copied the main post below.
July 19, 2007, 1:00 am
Who
Was Your Harry Potter?
In the 10 years since the first “Harry Potter” book was published, the series has sold 325 million copies worldwide, with 121.5 million in print in the United States.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the eagerly awaited seventh and final installment, is due out at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Around the world, children can’t wait to start reading it. What were your favorite books when you were a kid?
My Harry Potter was "Anne of Green Gables." My sister, Ann, bought me the first two books and I've read the whole series too many times to count now. Who was yours?
2 comments:
Not sure if I had a Harry Potter. Perhaps the Mark Twain classics.
Janet and I are reading #7 together as we have the others. It has become more difficult with two little ones, and Janet falling asleep at the drop of a hat even before we had kids. We are nearly half way through #7.
Great to see you posting again!
My Harry Potter was the Hardy Boys series. I read the ones I had over and over. I don't think our generation had anything that was really a cultural phenomenon like HP though.
Yikes! I just used the phrase "our generation" in a sentence. I must be getting old.
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