Wow

[Angela Boyko]

Wow. I sprinted to the front door of my apartment building to greet the nice
mail lady holding my Amazon.ca package at 12:55 pm. With a few breaks for
food and to clear my head, I was done at 9:55 pm.

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Before opening the book, I didn't have a clear choice for who might be the
one who died. Throughout the book, I narrowed it down to Sirius or Ron.

This is the book where not just Neville, but Ron, comes into his own. Ron is
made a prefect, elevating himself in the eyes of his mother, who buys him a
*brand new* broom. Then Ron joins the Quidditch team, and he and Ginny
become the only Weasleys on the team and in Hogwarts.

When Fred & George depart Hogwarts (and what a great, fitting departure it
was!), Ron assumes the role of the oldest Weasley boy, even as Ginny emerges
as the heir to Fred & George's prankster natures.

So I thought that as Ron ascends higher and higher, and gains
self-confidence, he'd be the one cut down. I'm glad he lived, though.

The Umbridge woman was - despicable. Horrible. I wanted to chop her up and
feed her to Blast-Ended Skrewts. I know women like her.
JKR's many references to the horrid kittens frolicking in her office were
hilarious, though. I kept imagining the kitten plates were next to some
bland Thomas Kinkade prints.

(OT: how pretentious to trademark oneself as "Painter of Light". Like
everyone else paints dark?)

I'm very sad that dead sexy Sirius is, well, dead. I can't type about it
right now.

If there's one thing I didn't like, it was all the references to incidents
in previous books. We read them all, Jo, you don't have to remind us during
the OWL exams that Harry used a charm to knock out a troll. Things like
that.

Now it's time to read it again!

Angela

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