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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, June 16, 2005 - 2:12 pm

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Sunday, June 19, 2005 - 3:46 pm

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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 9:20 am
21 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 10:46 am
Just finished the series again, so I am READY!!!
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 11:47 am
I'm rereading too, just finishing Chamber of Secrets, but I'll have it all reread by the time the new one arrives.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 12:03 pm
It was great, can't believe I forgot so much.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 1:21 pm
I've packed the books to take to the beach with me and will start rereading them then. I'm so excited!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 1:38 pm
I didn't mail order HBP after getting jerked around by Amazon's delivery schedule for OotP. Can't decide if I should pre-order from a local store or just take my chances. I know there were lots of copies of PoA (not so much though), GoF, and OotP available all over the place when those books came out.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 1:42 pm
I'm waiting to see who runs the best midnight special when it comes out. I got OofP 45% off the night it came out and expect to find a similar deal next month.
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Terolyn
Member
05-06-2004
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 1:49 pm
oh no.. I pre-ordered mine thru Amazon... am I doomed for trouble???
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 2:16 pm
Oh no, didn't mean to concern you like that! It's a stupid story but here goes...Amazon had promised release-day delivery for OotP if you pre-ordered by a certain date (and I had ordered it months ahead of time, lol). And then, just a day or so before OotP came out, I got a message from them saying that the book would be delivered either by Fed Ex or the Postal Service. If it was coming by Fed Ex, I might have to be available to sign for the book otherwise the driver might not leave it. But Amazon couldn't tell me ahead of time which way it was coming or what time. This caused absolute chaos for me because I had something really important to do that day so I couldn't just wait around plus I was sick (and as I almost never get sick, this upset me a bit) so I had to scramble to make arrangements to make sure I got my darn book, lol. Sparing you the gruesome details (I actually cried at one point and that's just not me), suffice it to say really bad things happened. To top it off, I heard from my mom that she just went and picked up a really cheap copy at Target, no lines and stacks and stacks of books available. I decided right then and there I never wanted to risk going through that Amazon nightmare again, lol! It was especially vexing because GoF had free release day Fed Ex delivery too but they just dropped the book off with no problem (I know because I wasn't at home at the time). Okay, off for the weekend...have fun, readers!
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 9:35 am
16 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 9:34 am
15 DAYS!!! Cute article from The New York Times that relates to the sad, sad story in my above post. (Oh and just to clarify, I wasn't driven to tears by waiting for the book - I'm not that lame, lol - but from the chain reaction of events that was partly sparked by the delivery difficulty!) I'm decided to just chance getting a store copy and then flopping out on the floor or in the hammock for a nice read. Harry Potter and the Preordering of the Prince
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 9:38 am
I oredered mine through Overstock. not sure on the timing for delivery, but the price was good... $15.99
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Ladydewtel
Member
07-18-2002
| Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 7:33 am
I am so excited!!!!!!!!!! I just found out that they will be holding a HBP Party here in my town. Woo Hoo Oh and by the way I thought it stated in book 5 that Fluer was working at Gringotts with Bill.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, July 04, 2005 - 10:29 pm

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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Thursday, July 07, 2005 - 6:21 am
8 Days!!! We're into single digits!!!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 11:38 am
YAY! My wifes going to a party opening night...she gets off work at 11pm. The party is at midnight...she told me not to wait up for her. She won't get any sleep that night, undoubtedly, when she gets home she'll start reading it. It'll be weird this time...every other book we have read together...at night, we'd lay in bed and I'd read her a few a night until we finished the book. I won't have that option this time...I'm kinda gonna miss it.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 1:05 pm
Oh, that's sweet, Nick, that you do that together. I'm sorry you will miss it this time. I don't know what I am going to do to get a copy. I will be in a one-horse town Friday night through Saturday morning and then I have to get on the road for a family reunion and I'll be occupied until Sunday morning. I'm hoping their Walmart will have copies at 6 a.m. Saturday morning. That may be my only hope.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, July 11, 2005 - 7:42 am

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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Monday, July 11, 2005 - 7:43 am
Oh my heck! I'm so excited!
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Sewmommy
Member
07-06-2004
| Monday, July 11, 2005 - 10:49 am
I think my poor dd will be ignored for her 9th b-day on the 17th, I will be reading my book!!!!
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Cinnamongirl
Member
01-10-2001
| Monday, July 11, 2005 - 2:20 pm
VANCOUVER (CBC) - Raincoast Books, the Canadian publisher of the Harry Potter series, is in full damage-control mode after a B.C. store prematurely sold up to 15 copies of the latest book last week. Raincoast heard about the gaffe on Friday, the day after the books were sold at the Great Canadian Superstore in Coquitlam -- more than a week before the July 16 official release. On Saturday, the B.C. Supreme Court granted Raincoast a court injunction to help get the books back, and keep a lid on the plot. Company spokesperson Jamie Broadhurst says some of the purchasers have voluntarily returned their copies. And he says the company is offering a reward to get the others returned. "We're asking them to contact us and to temporarily return their copies of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" to us," he says. "And in exchange, what we will do, is on July 16 at one minute past midnight, we will return their copies to them along with a signed autographed bookplate to be affixed in their book from J.K. Rowling, and some gift items as well." The injunction also bars anyone from leaking the plot of the latest Harry Potter book before 12:01 a.m. this Saturday.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Monday, July 11, 2005 - 3:11 pm
So... why on earth did I think that the HP book was being released on the 12th? I was getting all excited, then I did the math.. LOL I preordered my book through barnesandnoble.com. I hope I get it fairly soon within the release date. It won't kill me to wait a couple days. I'm afraid that it'll get in the way of me packing to move out of my apartment... Oh well.. I'll be ready when I have to be. Now.. I just don't understand, how can a store honestly sell the book early? Wouldn't you think that working at a book store, you'd know what was goin on?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 7:53 am
Saxy, you would think they would, wouldn't you? LOL. Good luck not letting Harry interfere with your move!
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