OOP Reading Strategies (was: Oldbies and Lurkers)

[abigailnus]

Tammy wrote:
my 
> book arrives in the mail sometime AFTER June 21 (*snif snif*), at which point I will 
> lock myself in a closet with a jug of water and some pork rinds and pizza, and will 
> read until I can't see the pages anymore. 

And she's not the only person talking about devouring OOP the second it arrives in 
the mail.  Most people on the group talk in terms of buying the book at midnight and 
reading it till morning.  Am I the only person who wants to savour the experience?

First of all, my copy won't arrive from Amazon for at least a week after June 21st, at 
which point I will already be deeply into final exams.  I hope I'll be able to get home in 
between tests.  Some of you may already know that in my family we read the first four 
books out to each other, and I may have mentioned that for GoF, I forced my mother 
and brother to read only two chapters a night (this is after my behaviour while 
reading PoA, which got us to the end over a single weekend).  I don't see any reason 
not to do the same thing for OOP.  In fact, I think there are even more reasons then 
there were three years ago.  Back then, we all thought we had only a year left to wait.  
Now we know that it might be another three years or more before the next 
installment.  I can't imagine scarfing it down in several hours.  I enjoy the mysteries in 
the HP books so much - it's delicious to draw them out.

This means I won't be on the group for as much as a month after OOP comes out.  I'll 
be sorry to miss the first post-publication frenzy, and heaven knows HPfGU has 
become an important part of my day, but as much as I love you guys, and as much as 
I enjoy discussing the books with you, I want to enjoy them for themselves.  I already 
know that I won't be able to stop myself from going 'Hey! That supports LOLLIPOPS!', 
but I don't want to be actively planning my next TBAY post while reading.

Abigail
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