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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 8:28 am
Ok, I'm weird!! I have to say its hard reading the book here - DH and DD are reading it slowly a chapter or two a night at the most - and then discussing stuff. So if I start crying or laughing - I'm told to go to my room!! LOL and I admit at times, I do need to stop reading, it gets so intense!! Chpt 10 starts with Kreacher's Tale... as a house elf he has powers other wizards dont, he got the locket back, so why couldnt they use Keracher a bit more for creature comforts?
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 8:41 am
OK you have to admit it was fun reading - I loved the chapter where they went to the Minstry of Magic... I wonder if they will end up back there before the tale is over tho... and I wonder about Umbrige having the obvious stuff - what else may she be hiding? New minister is Thicknesse - we know he has an Imperius Curse upon him (first few pages) I wonder what he was like before he was cursed? I know by searching her office he read the Weasly file, and saw the book on Dubledore- I still get confused on the wizards in paintings and photgraphs! and I loved the elevator scene with Ron and Harry as other people, and Arthur then Percy joined them - didnt you want more interaction between Percy and Arthur? Did it help that Harry as a hated wizard warn arthur he was being tracked?
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 8:57 am
There are too many names to keep them straight! Chapter 14 the thief... what is going on here? Voldemort Killed the wandmaker - both wandmakers? Who is the thief? What did he take that Voldemort wants... harry has "seen him somewhere" and then it ends... that gets me wanting to read the next chapter so fast - I have to find out where this thread is going to lead... but its just out there laying around!! Chapter 15 begins with Harry burying Moody's eye... and I always find it interesting that we know how Harry feels but he never shares the desparging thoughts with anyone (Dementors, not conjuring up his Patronus) Then days stretch into weeks, and they are wandering about aimlessly trying to survive.. then the scene with the ears on listening to Tonks Father, Ted, and Dean Thomas - and they dont try and talk to anyone!! That must have taken so much out of them to be near other people but to stay hidden! These goblins I think gave us an important insight - They take no sides... Gringotts is no longer under the Goblins sole control... and we find out a glimpse of what's going on at Hogwarts, its still safe for Ginny and others, and how is it punishment to be sent with Hagrid? IF Snape is all evil (and it is looking more and more like it!) you'd think he'd give more severe punishment? Snape surely knows that Dumbledore gave Harry the sword in D will? and why can Professor black talk and give opinions, but Harry's parents cant? (or maybe at this point I should just say they havent yet?!)
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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 9:05 am
I know I'm talking to myself, but I have to get some of this stuff out!! Further in Chapter 15 "Dumbledore trusted Snape" this is still bugging me!! Ron left them!! I also find it interesting how much we know of Ron's family, how hard it is for him to be out there on his own... surely he cant go back home, did Harry tell Ron that Arthur is being tracked? Chapter 16 Godricks Hallow, at Christmas Time! What are we supposed to learn, remember from this chapter?? Funny about Harry wanting to go back to this village, for emotional reasons, and yet, Gryffindor's birthplace... interesting! And they've been wandering around the woods for months, and are just now sharing the information Harry learned at the wedding!! kinda makes you want to "smack some sense" into them! lol I want to remember what Dumbledore put on his sisters stone... Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also... what else is to come from Ariana's story? Is Dumbledores brother still alive? I think some of what they learn in the cemetary is lost in the emotional aspect of Harry coming to his home, his parents... very touching scene! When they get to Harry's house, and read the grafiti - didnt you want Harry to sign the board? Can you imagine - I know it would wreck havoc, but anyway, I liked that it gave Harry him some encouragement!! and now Harry's wand is broken? Voldermort's wand is gone too!!
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Rissa
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03-20-2006
| Sunday, July 22, 2007 - 9:33 am
I would love to keep you from talking to yourself Reader but I am done the book and terrified about letting something slip that you may not have gotten to yet. Will see you at the end. LOL
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Calamity
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10-18-2001
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:59 am
The part of me that wants to make the book last as long as possible is so far winning over the part of me that that just wants read it all RIGHT NOW if not sooner. Don't know how much longer my resolve will last though. I always read the books first and then listen to the audio versions afterwards though, so there's still that. I'll not mention plot details as I'm not sure what happened where and I don't want to accidentally let slip anything. But this is a very, very dark book. I'm a bit stunned, in fact. Oh and as I'd mentioned, to refresh my memory I listened to the previous books while working on my yard project this spring and summer. I didn't realize just how long this project would take though and figured I'd only have time to re-read, so to speak, books 5 and 6. But then I went back to book 4, then 3, then 2, and finally, book 1. Reading them basically backwards gave me a unique perspective and actually made it easier to pick up on details. (For example I'm glad Harry wondered why Dumbledore needed James' invisibility cloak since D said he can become invisible on his own - cause that bothered me when listening to the first book. I just hope I get an answer!) It's sort of like how Merlin in The Once and Future King remembers the future. Well, not quite but perhaps you know what I mean.
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