I have started my god-knows-what-number reread of
J.K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter series; already on book two. The BF is listening to
Jim Dale read
Sorcerer’s Stone (we actually started together but he listens when he has “free time” and I, on the other hand, get so absorbed by these books I read them even at work and red lights).
This is the BF’s first time reading HP (I almost had to donate a kidney to get him to agree!) and so far, I think he likes
HPSS which makes me a very very happy GF. Who knows, he might even get five—or even six *gasp* times a month sex now instead of four LOL.
As for me, this reread has been a totally different experience than previous ones. I think understanding how it all ends in
crappy-ass book seven is letting me enjoy the books all that much more. Which, really, who would have thought it possible seeing as I am a total
Potter nut?
I’ll let you know how it all goes and what new things I discover in this reread. Anyone want to join me?
Side note: We might never hear back from Harlot because I believe she’s going to jail soon. Those striped uniforms will look very good with her perm LMAO. Babe, I hear they dig Asian chicks in the slammer LOL!
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I can’t remember the most recent time I closed a book with a satisfied sigh. You know the kind of story, the ones that leave you wanting more and won’t let you concentrate on any other book for days because you are still thinking/dreaming about it?
I believe the last book I read that left me with that blissful I-want-more feeling was either
Bet Me or
Welcome to Temptation both by
Jennifer Crusie. I honestly can’t recall exactly when this was, but suffice it to say it was definitely over 3 years ago. Or maybe it was
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? That might actually be more accurate but it’s unfair to compare
HP with anything else so we’ll leave
J.K. Rowling aside for this post.
I don’t know why I find it was easier to come across good reads before. Or perhaps it was just because the romance genre was new to me so I had a pile of fabulous must-read books to get through? I recall when I first read
Paradise and
Almost Heaven; I couldn’t believe how wonderful
Judith McNaught was and how much she made me care for her characters and story line. Same thing with my first
Susan Elizabeth Phillips read,
Lady Be Good; not only did I fall head-over-heels in love with Emma and Kenny but I laughed so much at their antics my tummy ached.
It’s sad to say that none of these authors’ latest books have done anything for me. The only writer I can count on always delivering is
Marian Keyes. Yes,
Sushi for Beginners and
The Other Side of the Story weren’t up to her usual standards but, hot-damn, even those are great. I’m saving myself for
This Charming Man, her newest, like a virgin in a regency novel LOL. I really, really want to read it but at the same time can’t bring myself to because what awaits for me after that?
I’m in a sad state of affairs where romance novels are concerned. I need, more than ever, book recommendations. And not just plain old good. I want have-me-sitting-at-the-edge-of-my-sit-leaves-you-with-a-hangover good!
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Hola Santa,
I have been a good girl. Well... reasonably good. :/ I can’t be like Trollop who all of a sudden appointed herself as
Brit Brit’s champion. I don’t know what kind of humongous sin she had to atone for or what black magic had been performed on her person but
I’d rather be bad baaaaad baddy bad bad than be sucked in on that voodoo. My bitchy soul will shrivel and die, I tell you!
Now, Santa, this has been a verra wacky year for me so I’m thinking it’s more than fair I get what I want this Christmas. For a while I considered pushing you to finally make Prince William into HRH, Harlot’s Royal Honeybunch. But, I now realized, I could never really be Mrs. Prince William because... *long suffering sigh*
my Raoul WILL die (oh, he needs and loves me so!). So, um, for uber true love... goodbye oh-so-shiny castles... *sniffles*
You see what I’m willing to sacrifice for love?!? And I’m willing to sacrifice more if you’ll give me what I’m asking for! That’s right, Santa. I’m willing to sacrifice my wants and needs—a Bugatti Veyron 16.4, one of my love slaves named Eduardo Corrochio, shopping spree in Paris, my very own pritti yacht (you know how much I love shopping and boats *sob*)—all that for the goodness of gazillions and gazillions of people in the world!
I only want one itty, bitty, tiny simple thing: I WANT YOU TO MAKE THAT HOPPING WARTY POT TO FOLLOW J.K. ROWLING AROUND AND MAKE HER LIFE FULL OF DRAGON BOOGIES.
Now, hear me out, Santa. I don’t want the hopping pot to trample that blast-ended witch. Just torture her some, pinch her a bit (if the pot’s toes can do it), clang-clang-clang her from here to kingdom come till her ears are bleeding and she finally sees her big-big-BIG folly and make The Tales of Beedle the Bard AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE and not just for those rich sons of banshees who have £1.95m (US$3.98m). For charity, my hopping foot! She just likes to see me suffer!
Santa, you might think I always wish JKR harm but, truly, it’s only when she’s not playing fair. I swear on the statue of Babbitty Rabbitty, that witch and those Amazonians are in cahoots together. You’d think a book I covet but can never evah evah have is enough torture already but nooooo... They have to rub it in my face by posting tons of TOBTB pics on their site *GRRR* including reviews of each of its fairy freakin’ tales! For Voldemort’s nipples, I refuse to be beaten by such nasty, cruel maniacs!
Rudolph knows I tried to do this in a peaceful manner—GOOD Harlot that I am—but it didn’t work. I’ve written JKR several times but I dunno if she’s gotten my letters because those smart-asses at the PO claim “Sadistic Evil Witch” is not a real address. Honestly, it would have been nice had they mentioned that before I spent $199.98 on postage. :@
What I’m trying to say is, this is really important, Santa. Think of all the kiddies and HP fans who are counting on me. Oh, I get warm and hopeful (and what else are the holidays supposed to be about if not hope?) with the thought of the hopping pot pestering JKR and she bawls like a baby—goody!—and it drives her crazy *MWA HA HA HA* till she gives in. Imagine, me and my own copy of TOBTB hopping off into the sunset happily ever after together forever... *far away look, dreamy sigh*
I’LL. BE. WAITING.
Sincerely naughty,
Harlot
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I literally sprayed coffee—and probably a bit of spit here and there—all over my computer screen.
I swear on Voldemort’s nipples this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks LOL. (Take into consideration my life is verra boring.)
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I’ve been doing a lot of rereads lately and I coincidentally found a survey conducted this year in the U.K. on this very topic. I’m sure you won’t be surprised that
Harry Potter tops the most rereads books list:
The survey of 2,034 people, conducted to mark the 2007 Costa Book Awards, found 77% of UK readers re-read books. J.K. Rowling’s hit series beat J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice into second and third place respectively.
Other top 20 re-visited reads include Tolkien’s The Hobbit, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and the Bible.
I am beyond shocked that people out there have: a) read the whole Bible, let alone reread it, and b) reread
The Da Vinci Code... Color me confused; why on earth are people doing any of the two?
The research also showed that 43% admitted to deciding whether they will finish a book after only the first chapter.
Now this, confused me even more. Am I the only one that struggles through books till the very end regardless how bad they are? LOL
The survey also found that almost a fifth of readers read their favorite book more than five times.
As far as rereads go this is the 101 with me: The books I’ve read the most, by far, are the ones in the “Harry Potter” series, and I can happily say they’re the kind that gets better with every reading so it’s always a wonderful experience.
It isn’t always so with all my rereads. There are books I’ve loved to insanity like Susan Elizabeth Phillips’ Lady Be Good and Heaven, Texas, which didn’t hold up to the second read. It might be because I idealized them in my mind to the point the “greatness” of the book became unreal, or maybe I just “grew out” of them?
I’ve also had the opposite happen, This Heart of Mine by SEP was a meh read for me the first time around and wonderful every other time since. And Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie is my second favorite romance novel ever and I didn’t even like it the first time I read it.
I definitely have a reread books list but they all need to have some basic characteristics: - They must surprise me every single time.
- They have to get better with every reread; they need to have many layers so that every time I read them I find and learn something new.
- It has to be what I call a Forever Story. Meaning they don’t get old with time or seem outdated a couple of months after I’ve finished them.
This is my list organized by how many times I’ve read the book (as far as I can remember at least): - “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling (6)
- Paradise by Judith McNaught (5)
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (5)
- Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (4)
- This Heart of Mine by Susan Elizabeth Phillips (3)
- Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie (3)
- Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught (3)
- Rachel’s Holiday by Marian Keyes (3)
- Last Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes (3)
I’ll probably remember ten more the minute I post this. Now I have some questions for you lazy commenters:
Do you reread? If so, how many times have you read your favorite(s) book(s)? Do all your rereads hold up to your first thoughts, whether they were fab or bad? And most importantly am I the only one that struggles through books till the very end regardless how bad they are?
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I want one too!!!
Wonder what type of children’s book she’s working on. Whatever it is I’m buying it and I’m reading it. I’d ask how
J.K. Rowling could go wrong, but we already read
book 7, didn’t we? *cringe*
J.K. Rowling is to say goodbye to Harry Potter with a handwritten set of fairytales mentioned in her last wizard saga that she will auction for her children’s charity.
Fans hoping for another dose of Potter will be disappointed as the tales will not be published, but Rowling said on Thursday she was half-way through writing another children’s book.
A copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard with illustrations by the author is to be sold at auction next month to raise money for The Children’s Voice charity she set up.
Of the five wizarding fairytales only one—“The Tale of the Three Brothers”—is told in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. She has produced just seven copies, bound in brown leather and decorated in silver and moonstone designs.
I particularly liked this kick-ass answer. JKR rocks!!!
Rowling has expressed surprise over the fuss that greeted her revelation over Dumbledore.
“Do I think a gay person can a be a moral compass? I think it’s ludicrous that we are asking that question in the 21st century. The Christian fundamentalists were never my base.”
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Time has a funny, if very misguided, article on why
J.K. Rowling should’ve kept Albums Dumbledore
in the closet. I’ll publish my favorite parts for you but
go here for the whole article and let me know what you think.
So along comes Rowling with Dumbledore—a human being, a wizard even, an indisputable hero and one of the most beloved figures in children’s literature. Shouldn’t I be happy to learn he’s gay?
Yes, except: Why couldn’t he tell us himself? The Potter books add up to more than 800,000 words before Dumbledore dies in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and yet Rowling couldn’t spare two of those words—“I’m gay”—to help define a central character’s emotional identity? We can only conclude that Dumbledore saw his homosexuality as shameful and inappropriate to mention among his colleagues and students. His silence suggests a lack of personal integrity that is completely out of character.
Anyone want to guess what the chapter with Dumbledore’s “coming out of the closet” should’ve been titled? LOL I so don’t see how that would have fit into any of storylines to be honest and yet he is right. Prof. D’s silence does “suggests a lack of personal integrity that is completely out of character.”
But you see, for me, most of these characters were completely asexual to begin with. What do we know about any of their sex lives? We know nothing of any of the teacher’s families. Are they married? Do they have kids? It’s never mentioned anywhere so why should Dumbledore go around organizing gay pride marches and wearing rainbow pins?
And then I read this and spit all over my computer screen:
In a typical passage, the briefly mentioned Blaise Zabini is described as “a tall black boy with high cheekbones and long, slanting eyes.” Would it have been so difficult to write in a line in which Zabini takes the exquisitely named Justin Finch-Fletchley to the Yule Ball?
I misread that and at first and thought it said: “Zabini takes the exquisitely named Justin Finch-Fletchley AT the Yule Ball.” My mind is in the gutter but, lord, that made me laugh. Just try to imagine that scene in The Goblet of Fire. LOL
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Answering a question posed to her at tonight’s book reading at Carnegie Hall in New York, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling said she “always thought Dumbledore was gay” and that he originally fell in love with the wizard Grindelwald.
Upon hearing her response, a hush fell over the audience in attendance and then applause exploded. Rowling remarked that if she had known that would be the response, she would’ve revealed her thoughts on Dumbledore earlier.
I was initially taken aback on the reports of
JKR “outing” Dumbledore last night while answering questions from fans and readers on her American
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book tour. I mean, it’s been ten years, lady, and now you tell us Dumbledore is into buttsex? LOL
I can understand why she kept it quiet, though. Americans—who made her rich and famous—are so homophobic in general (more so than a LOT of other advanced cultures) that witchcraft would have been nothing compared to a school headmaster liking men. Not only that but, for some reason, in American literature you can’t just be plain old gay, you also have to like little kids. It goes hand in hand like love and marriage so you can see how that would have fared for poor Dumbledore.
I am sure, without a doubt, 100% positive, that most people will not see Dumbledore the same way anymore. He will go from being a wonderful character, a good and kind man, a magnificent friend, a smart teacher and a funky dresser to being gay; he will now be, to most, Homosexual Dumbledore. I think it was wise of her to keep it quiet until now.
[...] with over 2,000 fans in attendance J.K. answered 16 fan questions in which she revealed the above story as well as Neville’s and Hagrid’s martial status and the job occupations of Harry’s parents.
- In answering a question about Neville and finding love, Jo said that he married the landlady from the Leaky Cauldron which happened to be Hannah Abbott, and that living above the Leaky Cauldron would have impressed his students at Hogwarts.
- When asked why she chose Molly to kill Bellatrix she replied that she wanted to 1) show that Molly was an extremely talented witch even though she spent most of her time in the kitchen, and 2) she wanted to compare the obsession Bellatrix had with Voldemort with Molly’s maternal love for her children.
- The next question referred to what would have occurred if Arthur had died in Order of the Phoenix. Jo said that it would have changed books 5, 6 and 7 and that Ron’s character would have lost his sense of humor and taken away Harry’s refuge at the Weasley home.
- What was the careers after graduation of James, Lily, Sirius and Lupin? Jo said Lupin was unemployable and impoverished because of his condition and that James, Lily and Sirius were employed full-time in the Order of the Phoenix (James was rich and that’s how they lived).
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Unless you’re a teen reader, author Stephenie Meyer and her characters Edward and Bella from the Twilight series probably aren’t as recognizable as say, J.K. Rowling and Harry.
[...] watch out, boy wizard, because the Twilight books have worked their way to the top of the New York Times best-seller list for children’s series books—and bumped Harry Potter to the No. 2 spot.
I was totally confused by
this article comparing the
Twilight books (does this series have a name, btw?) to the
HP series! They have got to be kidding me. I only read
Twilight and liked it well enough, but it didn’t sufficiently hold my interest to keep reading the
following novels. I’m not saying I didn’t enjoy it because I did. I’m just saying that, for me, it’s nothing to go gaga over and definitely not in HP’s league.
Note to
Twilight rabid fans: You have my permission to stone me now. LOL
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Ahh, laziness. Will post the verra cute
Simpsonized images you guys have shared with us tomorrow. For those of you who still haven’t sent yours in, whatcha waiting for? As for the follow up for my
“The Best Misconception About Me and My Sex Life” post, that’d be... er, when I’m less idle, heh.
Now, Trollop and I are making our FAQ page (we need one, apparently :/) so if there’s something about me/Trollop/TBB that confuses you, now is the time to ask. *g* Post all the questions you want but be warned, we’ll only answer those that will make us look shiny and good. :P
I.e.: If you ask Trollop if she’s a crumple-horned-snorkack-worthy HP fan, she’ll answer YES when in truth she is still rereading
HP5 and has yet to open
HP7. For shame. I am appalled, deeply deeply, I tell you.
FOR THE LOVE OF YUMMY STUDMUFFINS, DO NOT ASK US QUESTIONS LIKE WHAT OUR FAVORITE COLOR IS. Please, *groan* not another reason for me to throttle Trollop. Think of something helpful. I.e.: “Who in Xenu’s pants is Tucker?” “What in pickling gherkin is BBC, and how can I join it?” “Yo, I emailed you. How come you haven’t replied yet, you snobby Bitches!?” “I wanna give you pritti and expensive gifts. Where should I send it?” “Harlot, did you really dump Brad Pitt for Raoul?” Sorta important thingys, ya know?
**Please don’t feel bad if we don’t answer all of your questions. There are a lot of things about our personal lives we’d rather not disclose here. I’m sure you guys understand. ;)Labels: blog buggery, harry potter nutter
I’ve been saying it for years! Didn’t I tell you guys—didn’t I tell you?
J.K. Rowling is a blood-thirsty, sadistic evil bitch! If this isn’t proof enough, I don’t know what is. *sniff*
SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading now if you’ve yet to finish
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. That means, Trollop, don’t fucking look and then call me Horrible Harlot when you’ve read some spoilers! *grrr*
- I lurve Arthur Weasley. To hell with Sirius and Dumbledore.
“If there’s one character I couldn’t bear to part with, it’s Arthur Weasley... I think part of the reason for that is there were very few good fathers in the book,” said Rowling. “In fact, you could make a very good case for Arthur Weasley being the only good father in the whole series.”
But there is another reason she selected the two additional characters, who had survived in her original vision of the story, to die at the end of Deathly Hallows in Mr. Weasley’s place.
- Lupin and Tonks have to die. *mwa ha ha ha*
“I wanted to kill parents,” she said, quickly adding that sounded “terrible” to say. “I wanted there to be an echo of what happened to Harry just to show the absolute evil of what Voldemort’s doing.”
The theme resonates throughout the books with the deaths of Sirius Black and Albus Dumbledore, Harry’s flawed father figures. And that’s why in the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus Lupin, Harry’s only remaining father figure, and Nymphadora Tonks die, in the process creating another orphan in their son Teddy.
“I think one of the most devastating things about war is the children left behind. As happened in the first war when Harry’s left behind, I wanted us to see another child left behind. And it made it very poignant that it was their newborn son.”
- Why Fred and not his brother George?
“I always knew it was going to be Fred, and I couldn’t honestly tell you why,” Rowling said. Rowling guessed most people would have expected George to die before Fred because Fred was the ringleader, George the “gentler” twin. “Fred is normally the funnier but also the crueler of the two. So they might have thought that George would be the more vulnerable one and, therefore, the one to die.”
- I kept Hagrid alive to get a better Christmas present!
“It was very significant. Hagrid brings Harry from the Dursleys. He takes him into the wizarding world ... He was sort of his guardian and his guide ... And now I wanted Hagrid to be the one to lead Harry out of the forest.”
Hagrid was the one character Rowling’s sister, Di, couldn’t stand to see die... “But it wasn’t because of her I kept him alive. I should pretend it was. I might get a better Christmas present.” (MSNBC)
Now, here’s a clip where JKR talks about the final book including some new epilogue type information.Labels: harry potter nutter
... read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows?!?!?!I’m just starting to reread
HP5. *sniff* It’s unfair, ya know. JKR should have waited for people that had thesis to write and present, depressions to go through, packing to get over and moving to another city to finish before she let the book hit the stands!!!!! *grrr* Now I’m the only one in the world that is not even close to starting the book, let alone finishing it. *double sniff*
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Don’t tell me all the
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hooplas and paloozas were still not enough?!?
Oh, very well. *long suffering sigh* Well, if you must know,
J.K. Rowling revealed in her
NBC’s Today’s Show interview (due to air this week, July 26-27) that she will indeed write a sort of
Hogwarts, A History. (NOTE: There’s a mention of the character who gets a reprieve from death, so don’t read the article if you’ve yet to finish the book.)
The encyclopedia would include back stories of characters she has already written but had to cut for the sake of narrative arc (“I’ve said before that Dean Thomas had a much more interesting history than ever appeared in the books”), as well as details about the characters who survive Deathly Hallows, characters who continue to live on in Rowling’s mind in a clearly defined magical world.
Hogwarts, for example, has a new headmaster (“McGonagall was really getting on a bit”), and Rowling said she can see Harry going back to give the “odd talk” on Defense Against the Dark Arts. That class, by the way, is now led by a permanent professor since Voldemort’s death broke the jinx which didn’t allow a teacher to remain in the position for more than a year.
So, whatdya think? *g* Huh? Still NOT enough?!?
Sheesh, you are all incurable HP Nutters... :/ Fine. Here are some videos of JKR reading the first chapter of HP7 at the midnight release on London. Not exactly
my uber favorite Jim Dale, but not bad... ;P
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Hullo, Fellow-HP-Nutter-Who-Didn’t-Sleep-To-Finish-Deathly-Hallows. *g* As promised, here’s a thread where you can discuss, rant/rave, swoon about how cute Kreacher is, tell us who died, who should have been fed to the blast-ended skrewts, what made you laugh/jump/cry/mad-like-a-hippogriff and beat the nearest person near you with a wooden dildo or something... Honestly, anything you want to discuss about the final HP book! That means: SPOILERS, SPOILERS, SPOILERS ALERT!—ye be warned, heathens!
For all of you who are still reading, (like me, trying to savor it; the LAST one *sniff*) happy reading! For the unlucky ones who still don’t have a copy, (like Trollop *MWA HA HA HA HA*) well... good luck with that, really. *snicker* ;P
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the darkest of the HP books thus far. Voldemort is truly back, Harry finds love, Ron is now Won-Won and a
beloved character dies. *sniff* This penultimate installment is also the most informative one, providing answers to questions from HP1-5, and assuring us that the Dark Lord could be killed. But with these facts, more questions came up: Who is R.A.B.? Where are the remaining Horcruxes? Where did Fawkes go? Where can I get Amortentia? Will Harry ever survive???
Let’s begin, shall we? *g*
- Harry and Dumbledore learn of Voldemort’s obsession with splitting his soul into six Horcruxes. While Harry and Dumbledore are fairly certain of what the first four Horcruxes are (Tom Riddle’s diary, Marvolo Gaunt’s ring, Salazar Slytherin’s locket, Helga Hufflepuff’s cup), what do you think are the remaining two?
- Why do you think Dumbledore continues to trust Snape? Discuss which side you think Snape is really on.
- “The Cave” is filled with a great deal of information that one needs to read again and again to analyze. What stands out for you in regards to this chapter?
- Did Dumbledore know he’s going to die that night on the Astronomy Tower? Harry tells Ron and Hermione that he will probably not return to Hogwarts next year. What do you think lies ahead for Hogwarts?
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As July 21st approaches (just four days to go, yayayayay!), spoilers/rumors about
J.K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have been circulating online. Whether it’s attention-seeking whores named Gabriel or Potty’s Phony Phattutah, or emails from “reliable sources,” *snort* most of these thieves claim they have an authentic copy of the much anticipated final HP book. And now, this:
The above photo is a page of a pirated version downloaded by a 33-year-old Vancouverite. He said he got about 60% of HP7—even though the novel isn’t supposed to be officially released until midnight Saturday.
Byron Ng said he went online and found what appeared to be the novel’s first few paragraphs mentioned in an article that appeared Sunday in The Guardian, based in the U.K. He used that information to Google and find the rest of the novel.
He found that someone had posted what appeared to be first 495 pages of the 794-page book on a peer-to-peer sharing website where directions to pirated movies and other material are located. So he downloaded it too.
“It is not an e-book or Word file, which is what people would normally do,” he said. “What some guy did was take pictures of it, 500 little files, each with a picture of a page. Someone took the trouble to do that.” (National Post)
What d’ya think? Does it look authentic to you?
As much as I’m dying to get my hands on HP7, even if this copy turns out to be the real deal, I would NEVER take it. Not trying to be noble or whatever (besides, y’all know I’m shameless :/) but we’re talking about Harry here! If it’s another book, perhaps I’d be tempted LOL. But I’ve been reading this series for years—badgered my friends to read it—reread it, listened to it for god knows how many times—that these characters are now soooo dear to my heart. Partaking into this kind of deliberate mockery/sabotage/opportunism is akin to treachery.
Those fuckers who keep leaving “spoilers” everywhere, they’re ROBBING the fans the pleasure they had waited for 10 freaking years! Not knowing what will happen (as excruciating as it is sometimes) is part of the whole HP experience. That’s what makes it more exciting, makes reading the book *much more* sweeter, that when you finally get your hands on a copy, ah... you’d feel so FUCKING HAPPY you’d kiss the cover while grinning like a high idiot.
What I’m trying to say is, I refuse to discover Harry’s fate in a cheap, secondhand way. I owe him that, at least.
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After waiting for so long and eagerly counting down the days before seeing
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on huge IMAX screen, I came out of the theatre very disappointed. I didn’t want to write about it last Wednesday because, frankly, the only thing I could think of was: “WARNING, non-readers of HP series! Movie. Will. Not. Make. Sense. At. All.”
As a rabid HP nutter, it pains me to write this but the movie sucks (oh, the pain *sniff*). Like Dolores Umbridge, it deserves to melt in a boiling pot of bubotuber pus, aye! The book has so many characters and secrets and sub-plots I knew the director and screenwriters wouldn’t be able to put everything in the movie. What I didn’t expect was they would butcher the story just to make the cut! Except for Harry, most of the characters are brushed aside; essential subplots are ONLY HINTED at ANNOYINGLY fast snatches; horrible sad moments are treated more like an irritation than key pieces of the puzzle! *breathe* Honestly, what the hell?!?
- No reference to Aunt Petunia knowing about Dementors. She didn’t receive any howler which said, “Remember my last.”
- No cleaning of Grimmauld Place. If it’s insignificant enough to be removed, does it mean the locket horcrux isn’t in Kreacher’s possession? Who has it then? The crumple-horned snorkacks?
- No mention of Percy’s estrangement from his family. People who didn’t read the book and remembered his face from previous movies will wonder why he’s acting like a blibbering humdinger.
- No reference to Hermione and Ron being prefects. No Quidditch at all, that means Ron isn’t on the Gryffindor team.
- Cho gives Dumbledore’s Army away. Aquavirius maggots ate her brains, forgive her.
- I was so looking forward to seeing Snape’s Worst Memory and it’s just like 5 freaking seconds long! *GRRR*
- They put Kreacher in it but he didn’t do anything other than reveal his character. Where’s the lying, foul little bugger we all lurve?
- The prophecy is never heard in full. No portion that refers to Neville.
- Sirius calls Harry “James” when they’re side by side fighting Death-Eaters. I assume it has a point but who knows, really.
- In the book, Sirius and Bellatrix are shooting jets of red light to each other (no mention of which curses) and the second one hits Sirius on the chest and he falls. In the movie, Bellatrix uses the Avada Kedavra curse (which gives out a green light). Translation: Sirius is REALLY dead, you fools!
- Sirius’ death is one of the most difficult/horrific parts of Harry’s life. Where the fuck are the heart-wrenching tears Harry displayed in the fourth movie? What happened to the angry Harry roaring at Dumbledore, overcome with grief? I want a weepy, crushed, mad-like-a-crazy-kangaroo Harry, dammit! I want him breaking Dumbledore’s stuff! I want him like he’d bleed to death with the pain of it! But nooooo. It’s as if he only lost a favorite Jimmy Choos not a beloved godfather and the only family he got!
Maybe I’m asking too much, but come on! Even POA (which I hated because it didn’t live up to my uber favorite third book) was shot beautifully. True, the special effects of OOTP are top of the line—and the acting is actually better—but I want the core of it: the story, the thrills, the laughters, the horror, the heart-breaking loss... and the movie painfully missed it all.
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As I said the other day—just sort of a reminder—uh-hmm...
What do I have to do to make you heathens participate besides beating the crap outtaya? I may be tiny but I can kick and chop-chop like the best of karate kicker choppers out there! AYE! If my uber moves won’t scare you, our discussion is on 07/07/07. That means it’s cosmic bad karma for those who won’t join us! Just ask Professor Trelawney and she’ll tell you!!!
*Big grin* :P
Now, here are the questions for us to discuss (*cough* cosmic bad karma *cough*):
- Harry and his godfather, Sirius Black, share a very close relationship. What are their similarities and differences, and how do those factors affect their friendship?
- Should Harry have resisted the temptation to invade Snape’s privacy by reading his thoughts in the pensieve? Was it proper for Snape to stop teaching Occlumency to Harry after Harry read his thoughts in the pensieve?
- There are a lot of lying, secrecy and trickery in the book. I.e. Ron and Hermione not telling Harry everything they knew while Harry was at the Dursleys; Hermione lying to Umbridge to lure her into the forest; Harry lying to Umbridge about knowing where Sirius was; Kreacher lying to Harry about whether Sirius was at the headquarters; Dumbledore not telling Harry about the prophecy, why he’s ignoring him and why it’s important he learn Occlumency; Voldemort not telling his followers that he’s a not a pure blood wizard. Are they justified?
- In the wizarding world, there is prejudice towards mudbloods, half-breeds and non-humans. What’s wrong with this attitude? Have you ever been treated unfairly, unkindly or disrespectfully by others? Have you ever joined in with others to treat someone in an unfair/disrespectful way?
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Can you believe just 5 more days before
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?!? :D I am just so happy I’m going to see it before Trollop. *bwahahaha*
Er, anyhoodles, after repeatedly watching the
additional 11 clips that made me loonier than Luna Lovegood, I hogged down on all
OOTP movie stuff I could get!
- Reelz Channel is presenting a special OOTP program this Sunday, July 8th. In the next few days, there will be tons of TV specials about OOTP; for more details, click here.
- MSN.com has an exclusive clip that shows Bellatrix Lestrange and other Death Eaters as they make their escape from Azkaban.
- Last Tuesday, HBO aired a 13-minute OOTP “first look.” It features interviews with the cast and crew as well as tons of new footage. Here, check it out:
- Click here for photos from the premiere at Leicester Square, London. BBC News has a short video interview with Daniel Radcliffe on red carpet.
- Click here for photos from the Paris premiere. Emma Watson and Rupert Grint attended the event along with director David Yates.
Don’t Emma and Rupert look cute together? Rupert still reminds me of an albino rodent, but a verra verra lovable albino rodent, mind you. *g* And what about Emma? Could she be any prettier? I luuuve her Chanel dress!
Now, while we’re on the subject, our
OOTP discussion is this Saturday. I have to admit, it saddens me that few people are participating on our BBC. *sniff* What do I have to do to make you heathens participate besides beating the crap outtaya? I may be tiny but I can kick and chop-chop like the best of karate kicker choppers out there! AYE! If my uber moves won’t scare you, our discussion is on 07/07/07. That means it’s cosmic bad karma for those who won’t join us! Just ask Professor Trelawney and she’ll tell you!!! *hmph*
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OMG OMG OMG! IESB.net has released 11 clips from the upcoming
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix! There’s also 13 minutes of BTS footage and several cast members’ interviews. You can
access them here.
Please take note: Movie spoilers ABOUND.
Another side note: Did I tell you guys I’ll be seeing
OOTP a day before the U.S. release? And it’ll be on glorious IMAX, baby! :D
UPDATE: Someone finally put the 11 clips on YouTube. Check out the videos after the jump.
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Can you believe only 26 days before
Deathly Hallows?!? :D *Snoopy dance* Owki, before I start gibbering about the near—and yet so far *sigh* (cue dramatic music...)—July 21st without sounding like a
total cuckoobean, here are the questions for our
Goblet of Fire discussion:
- Is Hermione correct in her crusade against poor living conditions for house-elves? What other greater struggles does Hermione’s struggle for house-elf liberation parallel?
- We learn that when Voldemort killed Harry’s parents, Harry survived the attack due to his mother’s loving sacrifice. Voldemort explains that “His mother died in the attempt to save him—and unwittingly provided him with a protection I admit I had not foreseen... I could not touch the boy.” As a result of surviving that attack Harry is labeled a great wizard, but has Harry truly earned that title? To what extent would you say that Harry is not so much “great” as lucky? In all that Harry does, how much is he acting of his own free will, and how much is he simply living out what from his birth has been his destiny?
- The Goblet of Fire, the halfway book in the series, leaves readers anticipating the conflict that will surely erupt between the Dark Lord and his forces and those who would oppose him. At the end of the book, Dumbledore begins to rally those who would fight against Voldemort, telling the students at Hogwarts to “Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy...” With that statement, Dumbledore appears to be saying that what is right and what is easy are not the same. Do you agree with this? Think of examples from your own life where making the right choice was difficult.
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The publisher who first signed up J.K. Rowling believes he may have found another Harry Potter—but this time it is a boy archaeologist.
In an industry that revels in hype and is always on the lookout for the next blockbuster, two unknown authors have amassed advances of over 500,000 pounds and pre-publication rights in 15 languages.
Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams were signed by Chicken House publisher Barry Cunningham after he tracked down an early version of their book Tunnels that was self-published.
“I knew from page one that Harry Potter was magic. Reading Tunnels gave me the same thrill,” said Cunningham, who has also achieved worldwide publishing success with the children’s books of German writer Cornelia Funke.
“Tunnels has it all: a boy archaeologist, merciless villains, a lost world and an extraordinary journey to the centre of the earth.” (Reuters)
Hmmm, interesting. I LOVE archaeology like
Justin Timberlake loves, er, like you? *confused* Um, eheh, what I’m saying is, I don’t know if it’s because of the sleuth in me *ahem* or it stemmed from my fascination with mythology (blame Thomas Bulfinch who corrupted my mind when I was young and innocent—oh, those were the days...) but I love archaeology so much that I used to think Indiana Jones was the coolest dude ever! Well, next to
Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty, of course. :D (Oh, shut up. *hmph*)
Anyhoodles, the thing is I’m not sure if I could trust this Cunningham bloke. I mean, he did warn the then struggling writer JKR that she’s unlikely to make any money... :/ Hopefully, with my growing lurve for YA fiction, he’s right this time. No one can replace Harry in my harloty heart, but
like loving orgasms, one should always be open for new possibilities, so to speak. *g*
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Every time I read HP it feels like the boundary between real life and fantasy begins to blur. I can’t help but wonder if there’s really this magical world that coexist with our own. That since I’m a Muggle, *sniff* I wouldn’t know about it. It just so happen I was fortunate to discover
J.K. Rowling’s writings.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite in the series.
SS talks about immortality and people’s pursuit of it, immoral or not;
COS talks about racism and the significance of bloodlines. In
POA, there’s the injustice of a legal system, duality of life and the importance of loyalty. I loooove everything about it: Lupin, who, before the movie, I used to imagine as Christian Bale :P (I came to love Sirius in the future books but not particularly in
POA); Hogsmeade, those Animagus stuff, that the simple cure for a dementor’s attack is chocolate *g* and all the foreshadowing that leads to the defining conflict of the book—it is simply SUPERB.
Now here are the questions for us to discuss:
- Discuss the power of the unseen, the absent, the disappearing and shadows that all play significant roles. How does the author use foreshadowing to prepare the reader for the story’s defining conflicts? Consider, for example, Lupin’s secret identity, Black’s innocence and Hermione’s tricks of time.
- Sirius Black is imprisoned for 12 years in Azkaban, and Pettigrew is imprisoned for the same amount of time in the body of a rat. Which character was more truly the prisoner? What does it mean to be imprisoned?
- Considering the nature of the events, do you think Harry was right in leaving Pettigrew alive? Why or why not?
- Why do you think Harry and Hermione are allowed to tamper with Buckbeak and Black, but absolutely nothing else when they travel back in time?
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Okey dokey, kiddos, time for
The Chamber of Secrets... *creepy music comes in* *muahhahaha*
Here are the questions you shall ALL answer or fear the wrath of
Harlot the BBC Nazi, who seems to have
burnt off random patches of her pubic hair BTW. Wonder what she was doing, mmmm... Perhaps curling it? *evil grin*
- Who is your favorite character in this book and why?
- What is the role of the afterlife in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? Consider Nearly-Headless Nick and Moaning Myrtle as examples of characters who continue to affect the plot even after they are dead. Why do you think Harry’s parents are not able to return to earth in this ghostly form?
- JKR: “Key things happen in book two. No one knows how important those things are... yet. There’s a lot in there. Chamber holds some very important clues to the ultimate end of the series. Not as many as six, obviously, but there is a link.” What clues do you think appear in HP2 that will define important things in the last book, or have already surfaced in previous books?
Remember,
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban discussion
starts June 9th. This is my favorite book in the series; can’t wait to re-read and discuss it with you guys! *g*
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Paulo Coelho hates seeing books neglected, gathering dust on his shelves. And so he leaves most of what he reads in parks, bus stations, his local Japanese restaurant, for random readers to find.
“One day the shelves in my apartment collapsed, and I saw all my books on the floor, and I thought to myself, why do I have these books, to impress my friends?” the author of The Alchemist said, explaining how he lugs bags of books around to give them away. “I feel a book must travel.”
I really enjoyed this article. I think Paulo Coelho is a fantastic writer. I’ve read all his books (except for the last one) and absolutely fell in love with The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage (highly recommend them, btw).
I think this is a wonderful idea. What do you ladies say, if one day this week we all go out with a book to leave somewhere we know it’ll be found: a park bench, a cafe, bus stop on the metro, etc. We can leave a little note written inside with the date/city and the reasons you’re giving it to the world. I think it would be fun. *g*
Professor Jean Webb, from the children’s literature research centre at the University of Worcester, insists that children’s books use fat kids to portray a greedy character who is also mean and unpopular. Professor Webb said the character of Dudley Dursley in J.K. Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series was one such example.
“Dudley is a fat little rotter and his fatness is presented as a moral failing,” The Scotsman quoted her, as telling Times Educational Supplement. And, she insists that authors need to treat such characters with a lot more sensitivity, for they are leading to overweight kids in real life being demonised.
I think I’ll have to agree on this. How sad it must be to be that overweight child and have everyone stereotype you because that’s what they see on TV and read in books regarding fat little boys and girls. :(
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says the seventh book in the boy wizard series, due for release in July, may not be the last in the series after all.
Despite insisting the story of Harry Potter would end after the release of the seventh book, the author has unveiled she has another instalment in mind. “I might do an eighth book for charity, a kind of encyclopedia of the world so I could use all the extra material that’s not in the books,” she has been reported as saying.
Errr, huh? *confused* WTF? *even more confused*
Ms. Reynolds is an about-to-be-published writer from Texas, her first novel comes out in November 2007. I came upon her blog while researching “men who read romance” and found this rather interesting article. I’ll quote some of here:
Just in case any of you are sneering at romance, take a look at these statistics regarding romance novels:
$1.2 billion in sales each year, 54.9% of all popular mass-market fiction sold, 39.3% of all fiction sold.
RWA reports: “With the expansion of romance novels into science fiction and military tales... male readership jumped from 7% of romance readers in 2002 to 22% in 2004.”
I had no idea so many men read romance novels!!! While working on my post I was actually thinking 1-2% LOL. Anyway, happily surprised about this! *g*Labels: bibliophile’s affair, harry potter nutter, romance baby
Hola, bee-yoo-tiful readers! After months of Harry Potter-free BBC discussions (oh, the shame! *sniff*) as incurable HP uber nutters, Trollop and I feel like moonstruck cuckoos because, FINALLY, the day has come for us to discuss
J.K. Rowling’s MAGNIFICENT series. *g* (Silence. I’m having a proud Book Bitch moment, uh-mm...)
I was thinking, we could have some Butterbeer and Firewhisky, grab some wands (not
the x-rated wands, you dirty pervs!) and have some magical hula fiesta or something... What say you? :D
Oh, alright, geesh—I won’t delay it anymore. (I was just suggesting!) Fine. *hmph* To start with, here are the questions for
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone:
- Other than Harry Potter himself, who did you consider the most interesting character in the book? Why? What details did Rowling provide that made that character come alive in your mind in all his or her complexity? Did you learn more about the character from his/her words, appearance or actions?
- Is Hogwarts, as some critics have complained, too much of a “boy’s club”? What qualities did Hermione bring to the Hogwarts group?
- Harry disobeys a direct order from one of the teachers and takes off on a broom. Instead of expulsion, it brings him the honor of being chosen as the Seeker for his Quidditch team. Can you find other instances in the story where a character’s action leads to opposite result from what is expected?
- Quirrell tells Harry that: “There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it.” Do you agree with this? Is this the reality of the world? Or if good and evil do exist, what makes them so? Which is more important in the world, power, or good and evil?
[Added, 7:45 p.m.]
What JKR says about HP1:
- JKR: “The Mirror of Erised is absolutely entirely drawn from my own experience of losing a parent. ‘Five more minutes, just please God, give me five more minutes.’ It’ll never be enough.”
- The point of Chapter Ten is that death is “tougher on the living and you’ve just got to get past it.” Death is the books’ “most important theme.”
- There were several discarded opening chapters, one of which had a muggle betraying the Potters, one had a character called “Pyrites,” whose name means “fools gold” meeting Sirius in front of the Potter’s house. Pyrites was a servant of Voldemort. The very, very earliest drafts had the Potters living on a remote island, and Hermione’s dad seeing an explosion out at sea. He sailed out and found their bodies in the ruins of their house.
- JKR won’t tell us if anyone else was present in Godric’s Hollow the night Harry’s parents were killed.
- JKR thinks that the scene where Voldemort appears in the back of Quirrell’s head is “one of the creepiest things I have ever written.”
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Harlot and I have talked about making the
“Harry Potter” series BBC since the first time we made a book selection, and every month after that. Yet, we always came to the same conclusion: “
We have to wait until book 7 is announced and almost ready to come out so we can discuss 1-6 at length and be able to delve into the last book right away.” And now, my friends, the time has finally come. *g*
It is a joyous moment for us HP lovers, especially since we hope to convert a few new fans (*cough* Tami, Luci, Dance, Aggie *cough*), and yet it’s bittersweet as well knowing that
July 21st it will all come to an end. *sniff*
That witch better not kill any more of my favorite characters, is all I’m saying! *grrr*
I’ve been pondering the best way to go about reading 6 books in two months. Harlot suggested we do it the same way we read and discussed the “
Hunter Legends,” but I would like something a bit more individual. I want to discuss each book on its own, and then contrast and compare theories. This is what we came up with:
We’ll have two weeks for each book (except for HP1) and then open a discussion and questions post the week we are to start on the next tome. This is the schedule I’ve prepared:
Any questions?
And yes, yes, we’re HP uber nutters but we are, after all, talking about one of the most magnificent book series ever. Seriously—ever, ever, EVAAAHH! That’s why, being the Good Samaritans that we are, *g* we’re going to lead you infidels down the holy HP path and discuss it we will. So you guys better start reading and I really mean that. *grrr* I have powers you haven’t seen; trust me, I can do stuff to those who don’t read/participate. I’ll sick
Harlot The BBC Nazi after you! ;P
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I would bawl like a loon and would then spend my every leisure moment fantasizing and plotting ways to slowly torture and deliver
J.K. Rowling to a painful PAINFUL death (that witch!)—that is, if Harry actually dies in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. But, I gotta admit, some of these are pretty funny!
Ways Harry Potter Dies in Deathly Hallows11. Gets very drunk on butterbeer and has one-night stand with Dementor. Finds out its “Hump of Despair” is way worse than its “Kiss of Death.”
10. Scar actually a time bomb set by Voldemort, making Harry’s head explode in a bloody mist.
9. Luna Lovegood provides Harry with some bad acid. While tripping, Harry thinks he can fly without his broom and dies jumping from window in astronomy tower.
8. Heart attack from high cholesterol brought on by a lifetime of eating sausages.
7. Murdered by Ron after Hermione gets caught holding Harry’s wand.
6. Smothered by Veela breasts.
5. Disgruntled Snitch frees a bunch of Bludgers and sends them after Harry.
4. Decapitated by Hogwart’s Express in game of “chicken” with Draco Malfoy.
3. Trampled by a mob of liberated house elves.
2. Becomes Animagus. Turns into mouse. Gets eaten by Hedwig.
1. Harry becomes paralyzed when thrown from back of Centaur. Inspires wizarding community with inspirational struggle towards recovery, but dies from bedsore infection.
Ways Harry Potter Dies in Deathly Hallows: Part 2
11. Neville Longbottom finds out about the prophecy and gets jealous. Pushes Harry to his death down the stairs then bungles attack on Voldemort. Evil wins.
10. Catches Wizard’s Syphilis from Ginny Weasley.
9. Harry becomes Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and you know how that turns out.
8. Contracts bird flu from infected owls.
7. Voldemort snipes him with an Avada Kedavra, then corpse camps Harry for eight hours.
6. Hagrid crushes his spine doing Heimlich maneuver when Harry chokes on one of Hagrid’s biscuits.
5. “Accio butcher knife” spell goes horribly wrong.
4. Accidentally walks in on Professor McGonagall naked. Tears eyes out. Bleeds to death.
3. Unaware that the Pensieve has been replaced by a Fountain of Acid, dips his head in.
2. Harry begins messianic cult. Gives up hope of ever killing Voldemort. Passes out Deadly Draught to students who complete largest group suicide pact in wizard history.
1. Blood can’t reach brain after a casting Viagrus Eternus on himself.
What do you think is the most possible scenario? Any theory as to what will happen in the end of HP7? I want to see Sirius again, *sniff* alive. And if it’s not to much to ask, I would prefer an ending where Draco gets eaten by a blast-ended skrewt after he gets boiled in undiluted bubotuber pus. Die, you bloody bastard!
**Source: BBspot (Despite their name, Trollop and I don’t know these pervs. :P)Labels: fun and games, harry potter nutter
Here it is, the
not so gorgeous cover art for
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I was a bit disappointed by it. I wanted more color, something with more emotion, but seeing as I’ll be getting the
bloody fugly U.K. edition (is that a mustache on Harry?), how can I complain about the nice, big and illustration-filled U.S. one? *sniff*
The colorful cover for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows suggests a confrontation between the teenaged wizard-in-training and his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, but Rowling’s American editor, Arthur A. Levine, refused to shed light on speculation that Harry dies at the end. “It doesn’t look good for Harry,” Today host Meredith Vieira commented as the jacket of the book was unveiled publicly for the first time.
“We’re seeing Harry in a very interesting situation. Readers will find out exactly what the situation is,” said Levine, who admitted he cried as he read the book.
The cover jacket depicts Harry Potter on the front, looking skyward with his left palm open and raised above his head. The jacket wraps around to the back, where Lord Voldemort—a dark wizard who is so evil that characters refer to him only as “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”—glares at Harry menacingly with his thin, bony fingers reaching for the popular protagonist.
Scholastic has put up an interactive image here.
The U.K. editions have summaries; the inside flap reads:
Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety, and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him.
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectactular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.
And on the back of the adult edition:
Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing—if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him with?
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Goodness. Did you know that U.K.’s bookseller Waterstone’s, realizing that fans will be distressed and hysterical (translation: emotional trauma of staggering proportions!) when
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out on July 21st, is
setting up a HELPLINE?
“This could be a similar moment to when Take That split up,” said a spokesperson.
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t even read HP7 and I’m already getting nutty. Okay, NUTTIER. (Jeez, I sound like a peanut butter ad or something. :/) Er, anyway, see what I mean? I’m right, aren’t I? Told ya,
J.K. Rowling’s idea of fun is torturing her fans,
that sadistic cruel witch! *sniff* Even so, since December of last year, HP7 has already been at the top of bestseller list both in the U.S. and U.K., thanks to the large number of pre-orders, while the Deluxe Edition occupies the no. 2 slot. I KNOW!
Speaking of Harry, you guys have probably seen the naked pics of Daniel Radcliffe for his work in Peter Shaffer’s Equus, a 1975 Tony Award for Best Play, or what some pedophilic creepoids now call “That Play Where Harry Potter Takes His Pants Off and Stabs a Horse’s Eye Out.” Eheh. :/
Daniel will be doing a Full Monty, blinding some horses and shagging a girl on stage, that some parents were angered about it, and many newspapers falsely reported that Warner Bros was furious with Daniel and was planning to sack him. However, a WB spokesperson has denied these claims:
“Daniel Radcliffe is an extremely talented actor, as well as a great collaborator and friend to Warner Bros. Pictures,” the spokesperson explained. “We’ve had great experiences working with him on our films and fully support him in the artistic choices he makes as an actor.”
Equus will open at the Gielgud Theatre on Tuesday (February 27), but those who were lucky enough to see the preview last Friday were raving about it. Not his penis, you dirty pervs! LOL His acting, sheesh. In any case, it caused so much buzz that producers are already considering it for Broadway.
You know, I’d love to see Equus. I mean I’m still not used to seeing Daniel like this—I guess, somehow, I’ll always remember him as this little boy—but really, jolly good for Daniel. He’s branching out; he can’t play Harry Potter forever—even though he will ALWAYS be Harry Potter. Besides, can you see another actor playing Harry? No fucking way. Daniel IS Harry and unless he breaks his contract, it’ll be ridiculously stupid for WB to replace him with a brand new one who has no genitals whatsoever. Uh-mm. Also, I’m not a parent, yet in some way I guess I understand their concern, but really, would you rather prefer Hagrid doing something with his cock? Oh god, the horror! *shudder* *gag* I bet parents would even ask Daniel to use his metal spikes and stab their eyes out! Mine too!!!Labels: celebs crap, cock fetish, harry potter nutter
After pimping 300, *g* I decided to list all the movies I’m looking forward to (
just like what I did with books *wink*) and you know what, I think 2007 is a FANTABULOUS year for movie-lovers such as myself. Oh, JOY!
A lot of sequels are coming soon:
Shrek the Third,
Evan Almighty (follow-up of
Bruce Almighty),
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,
Rush Hour 3,
28 Weeks Later, even
Are We Done Yet? (why anyone wants to see a sequel to a teeth-grindingly annoying flick is beyond me). Leggings wasn’t the only popular 80’s stuff resurrected lately:
TMNT (yep, those hippie ninja turtles),
Tranformers and
Hairspray (a remake of the cult classic with
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Queen Latifah and
John Travolta as *shock* Edna Turnblad!). Of course, in the land of fake boobs, originality is scarce so book adaptations should always be expected:
Bridge to Terabithia,
The Nanny Diaries and
I Am Legend (based on the 1954 horror novel by
Richard Matheson, with
Will Smith and,
rumor has it, Johnny Depp) to name a few.
With that said, here are my top 10 most awaited movies of 2007:
- 300 (03/09). You all know I am DYING (seriously, counting down each excruciating day) to see this one so you can just imagine how deliriously happy I am (like Smurfette in lurve *g*) that I got tickets to the premiere! HURRAH!!! Will see it on 02/26. Jealous, are ya? :P
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (05/25). I loved loved LOVED the first movie but Dead Man’s Chest left me so unsatisfied as if I was left alone frustrated on the bed after having been promised a mind-blowing orgasm! How could they do such a nasty uber vile thing to me??? *sniff* Still, call me crazy (or a clairvoyant bitch, heh) but I’m predicting that the third film will be as much swashbuckling fun as the first. Me thinks the cast and crew felt they let a lot of fans down (they so did!) so surely the smart thing to do is try their damnadest to recapture the frolicking good time of the original? I say, aye!
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (07/13). Well, you already know Trollop and I are incurable Harry Potter nutters. (Still don’t have the oh-so-pritti HP countdown clocks? Click here.)
- The Golden Compass (12/07). The first film of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy, they say it’s going to be *gasp* the “new” Lord of the Rings. It stars newcomer Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra, Nicole Kidman as Marisa Coulter, and yes, THE most fuck-worthy man of 2006, Daniel Craig *sigh* as Lord Asriel.
- The Bourne Ultimatum (08/03). I don’t think Matt Damon is a stupid actor like BFF Ben Affleck, but neither am I a fan of his—yet I scandalously luuuurve the Bourne movies! (Disclaimer: I do NOT find Matt Damon sexy, hot, nor anything that can be associated with being attractive or fuckable.)
- Spider-Man 3 (05/04). When I was a wee heathen, I followed its animated series religiously that when I found out the seemingly girly Tobey Maguire will play my beloved Spidey, I screamed “NOOOOOO!!!” from here till kingdom come Uncle Ben might have heard me. Thank God Tobey actually pulled it off!
- Stardust (08/10). Neil Gaiman was actively involved in bringing his book to life (working with the director, script, etc), so that’s promising, I think. Besides, I just adore this kind of films. Have you read the book? I reckon it’ll be like fairy tale-ish Ever After slash fantasy/adventure ala LOTR. :D Oh, shut up. Just please, Hollywood, for the love of all fairies, please don’t fucking screw this up.
- Bee Movie (11/02). Animated movie written by Jerry Seinfeld. He also provided the voice of the bee who sues humanity for stealing his species’ honey LOL. My favorite Renée Zellweger also joins in.
- Ocean’s Thirteen (06/08). Even if the second one sucked, there’s no way I’m missing a movie with my men Brad Pitt and Gorgeous Clooney. Oh, yeah, Matt Damon’s there too. :/
- American Gangster (11/02). As I’ve said before, I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant brilliant actor, so any film of his is a must see for me. Denzel Washingston co-stars with Ridley Scott as the director.
What about you, any movie/s you’re waiting for this year?
Related: Labels: bitch at the movies, harry potter nutter
