7th book

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Btw, Sean, Harry Melbourne sounds to have been a really nice guy.

Luckdragon got to announce in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/31456>:

<< WooHoo! July 21st 2007! >>

Stacey's reply in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/messages> included:

<< So much for the 7th or the 31st! >>

Which was one of my firsts thoughts also on hearing the news on the
radio. I had been very fond of the numerology of 07/07/07.

On the other tentacle, I was just plain surprised at the announcement,
because it seemed to me that it was only weeks ago that she diarized
that she was still writing a difficult chapter.

CDR wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/31462>:

<< Is anyone else besides me having a weird, sad feeling about knowing
(snip) I'm so excited to read it, but knowing it will be The End is
actually giving me a few stomach flips. Just surprised at my own
reaction, >>

I was not surprised at all that I was more saddened than excited by
the announcement, because I have been fearful of book 7 at least since
Lumos last summer. I fear she won't come up with an ending that lives
up to the expectations she has raised. I fear she will come up with an
ending, however elegant, dramatic, and theological, that ruins all
that went before. I fear that even (especially?) the greatest ending
will take the fun out of our discussions, when re-reading to search
for clues is replaced by re-reading to list foreshadowings. I fear
that I'll have to find something else to look forward to, in place of
'the next Harry Potter'.