The Death(ly Hallows) of an Era.
Posted by John on July 18th, 2007 at 9:58 pm · 10 Comments
Harry and Hermione.
In less than fifty hours, an era will draw to a close with the release of the final book in the Harry Potter series. So far it’s been heralded by supposed electronic copies available via torrents and spoilers, complete with page numbers on the Wikipedia entry (Jana tells me that it’s taken down now, but I refuse to provide a link).
Harry Potter has been a big part of the Remy family for the past decade. We’re a family of bibliophiles, and GameBoy essentially began his reading life with Harry Potter. There were weeks in the first grade that he wore a fake scar on his forehead to class until it wore off. He refused to read anything else for a couple of years, and I remember being relieved when he began devouring the Narnia Chronicles and TA Barron’s Young Merlin series. CatGirl eventually caught the same bug, and I was skeptical until I sat on the hallway floor one night, thinking I’d just glance at the first few pages of the Sorcerer’s Stone, and ended up reading deep into the witching hours.
This week, both GameBoy and CatGirl have determined to read all six of the books, yet again, in preparation for the release party at our neighborhood children’s bookstore (I’ll be lucky if I can manage the sixth). We’ll be there, as Harry, Hermione, and Snape (you can guess who’s coming as whom). Jana tried to find a pink suit so that she could come as Umbridge. CatGirl’s blonde-haired friend plans to come as Luna Lovegood. It’s silly and fun, but at the same time, we take this reading business very seriously.
Let me know if you all plan to read the Deathly Hallows anytime soon.
Tags: Science Fiction and Fantasy
