the fans who waited

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Brilliant book, I couldn’t put it down. I just wish my sister would actually pick up the damn thing and read it already, so that I can have someone to discuss it with (most of my friends that like this series are some seriously slow readers). I would love to go on about it here, about what I liked and didn’t like – to be honest, there were a few things- but still. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone else, but I am happy to say that I finally got some closure on my favourite character in the series – Severus Snape. Hats off to you, Rowling.

In other, related news, I was feeling much better since my last post so I ended up in downtown Toronto with a friend this friday night for some shopping. After having a bite to eat, we decided we should take a look at the much-hyped ‘release party’… or whatever it was called, for the Deathly Hallows would be at the Chapters on Bay Street where they had done this recreation of Diagon Alley we’d heard about on the radio, but there were way too many people there to see anything but the massive crowd. And possibly the top of a double-decker bus, I wasn’t sure. Tons of screaming, bouncing little kids were dressed up in robes and hats, and I felt a little sorry for their poor, haggard-looking parents. Wish I’d taken some pictures of some of the crazier costumes though, there were quite a few of them. Even crazier still, some of the people we spoke to in passing had said they’d  been waiting for over five hours just to get a copy of the book, forget the other festivities. Some had taken the day off work for the release. Wow. I mean, I love Harry and his books too, but not that much…

So I ended up spending the night with my friend, then hanging out with her again the next day too (more shopping was done, my bank account will hate me), so it was on sunday that I stopped at Shoppers on my way home and got my book for free. Yes, free.

Thank you Shoppers Optimum points!