HP Party
It's been a long time since I've gotten through a weekend with that little sleep! Friday night was the Harry Potter Release Party - the secondary highlight was watching my little bro get sorted into Slytherin. There were tons of activities, although a bunch of them ended before we even got there. There was Quidditch, played in the gym with hula hoops suspended under the basketball hoops; there was a band - I think - they didn't play much and they talked a lot; there was Platform 9&3/4; there were picture frames you could put on and be a moving picture; there was a sorting hat; there was Diagon Alley - with all sorts of shops in it that had food and arts & crafts & wands.
And for the last 10 minutes, everyone crowded into the gym and waited - at least 500+ people. They got the first 100 people lined up to go out the doors to the room with the books, and then we counted down the last 10 seconds. Everybody screamed! Except the baby - she stayed asleep. It was more exciting than New Years. We filed out the door in our turn, got our copies of the book, and sat down in the hallway to start reading them right away.
I was all ready to go home and stay up late getting a good start on the book - but there was construction on the freeway, narrowing it down to 1 lane, so I got home close to 2:00 in the morning. So I only read the first 50 pages, and then I slept for 6 hours before getting up for a full day of parties! Between a baby shower and a company picnic ... when was I supposed to read my book? I snuck in another 100 pages by the evening, and then Saturday night I had another 2-3 hours to read while "babysitting" sleeping kids, but I still wasn't that far - when I'm tired I read a lot slower I guess. And I actually fell asleep again.
So Sunday was IT - after church I just picked up the book and refused to put it down. Until it was finished. I think I liked it. But that is ALL I will say. No one ruined it for me, and I won't ruin it for anyone else.
And for the last 10 minutes, everyone crowded into the gym and waited - at least 500+ people. They got the first 100 people lined up to go out the doors to the room with the books, and then we counted down the last 10 seconds. Everybody screamed! Except the baby - she stayed asleep. It was more exciting than New Years. We filed out the door in our turn, got our copies of the book, and sat down in the hallway to start reading them right away.
I was all ready to go home and stay up late getting a good start on the book - but there was construction on the freeway, narrowing it down to 1 lane, so I got home close to 2:00 in the morning. So I only read the first 50 pages, and then I slept for 6 hours before getting up for a full day of parties! Between a baby shower and a company picnic ... when was I supposed to read my book? I snuck in another 100 pages by the evening, and then Saturday night I had another 2-3 hours to read while "babysitting" sleeping kids, but I still wasn't that far - when I'm tired I read a lot slower I guess. And I actually fell asleep again.
So Sunday was IT - after church I just picked up the book and refused to put it down. Until it was finished. I think I liked it. But that is ALL I will say. No one ruined it for me, and I won't ruin it for anyone else.
posted by Julie C | 7:14 AM
4 Comments:
I finished yesterday evening, too. Overall it was very satisfying, and probably my second favorite of the seven books. Like Julie, I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but I'm looking forward to everyone else finishing it so I can see what you think! Maybe we need to have a post (with a spoiler warning) just for those who have already finished, so they can do just that. What do you think?
I thought it was very satisfying, too. I was surprised at how well book 7 tied the other books together. I think it definitely made the series for me.
Where did you go for your release party? It sounds sort of like it was at a High School or something.
'spoza went to Barnes & Noble and bought the book at midnight. Then she stayed up all night and finished the book by 7 am on Saturday. I read the book while keeping the children from killing themselves while Jena slept, and finished it by 1 pm. Then we talked about it and went to a Pioneer Day party. =)
Anyway, the book surpassed my expectations and was a great end to the series, in my opinion.
We went to a local community center - the party was put on by the city's parks department, the local library, and a bookstore.
I am totally jealous of those who stayed up all night reading - it sounds like you got the better end of the trade though with a full night's sleep. Maybe next time you can read them in another language just to make things interesting. :)
Now, for our upcoming family reunion trip, I'm checking out Over Sea, Under Stone and The Dark is Rising since someone reminded me recently of them. :)
finally finished on friday night
took me long enough
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