July 18, 2005
not a review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Mostly because I haven't read it. But also because I see, by browsing some of the Harry Potter fan sites, that being a "spoiler" is to be of the party of Valdemort! Some no revelations from me. But I do know of a major happening in the book, which I will not reveal, even on pain of wizard-working death. |
I know because my housemate Sarah told me. She and her sister Ariel were at one of the HP parties on Friday night and got their books. Sarah stayed up most of the night reading it but, alas, did not finish before dawn as she had planned. Ariel was being much more laconic in her reading, taking a couple days to finish.
It sure is nice to see a book causing so much fuss, and to hear Hollywood "industry insiders" scheduling their movie releases (or lack thereof) on the publication of Harry Potter.
Though, from what Sarah says, J.K. Rowlings's latest might be a little too cookie-cutter, a little too deadline-beholden. She even intimated (or was that me?) that this book might have been GHOSTWRITTEN.
But you didn't hear that from me. And please don't tell the Harry Potter fan sites. I don't want to be turned into a newt.
P.S. I thought J.K Rowling's website was fun:
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