WooHoo!

[Amber]

Let it be said that being subtle about HP never worked. There's someone
at work, the closest person who I could call as a friend, who I was
talking to a week ago. Somewhere in the conversation, I mentioned that
I read Harry Potter. She didn't say very much in response except that
she hadn't read a fiction book that wasn't industry-related in three
years. Well, let me tell you I nearly fainted at that comment.

Well, today she turns to me and says "Do you know there's going to be a
movie about that Harry Potter book that you mentioned?". Well, I stay
low-key and say that I have heard of it (while restraining from jumping
up and down screaming "Yes, it's released on November 16th, that's 164
days away, I can't waaaaaaait!"). So she hems and haws and then asks me
what the book is about. I tell her the absolute basic summary, that
it's about a young boy who finds out he's a wizard and gets to go to a
school that teaches magic. At this point, she's looking somewhat
interested. So I mention that while the book is marketed towards kids,
there are plenty of adults who enjoy it too. She nods and I go back to
work. Later, I look over at her computer screen to find her looking at
an HP site and reading about JKR. 

At this point, I'm horribly excited that I might be able to turn
someone onto HP. But instead of grabbing her by the shoulders and
shrieking "YOU WILL READ IT!", I say that if she's interested in trying
the book, I'd be willing to lend her my copy of SS. I wasn't sure if
she'd take me up on that offer (I mean, she hasn't read a fiction book
in THREE YEARS) but she did!

Granted she might stop reading after the first chapter but I'm just
excited that I might have my first HP convert. So go me and my
subtleness!

~Amber


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