done and very very satisfied

[heiditandy]

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From: heiditandy
Subject: done and very very satisfied
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3561] Okay, it's started!
Date: 7/8/00 3:50 pm  (ET)

but it's like CHinese food. You finish it, and about 10 minutes later,
you want some more : )
I went to our friendly local independant bookstore last night, about a
mile from our house, at around 11:30pm - a bunch of kids were playing
trivia games and hangman. I got the 2nd copy they gave out - they had
about 5 clerks, and they all had a box and stood around the inside of the
counter and we all lined the outside - everyone who had already paid -
and at 12:00 they just started handing them out. I was home by 12:20,
and read for about an hour, then my husband took it for about 90 minutes
and being insane, he read the last 200 pages first. But he didn't tell
me any of it.
I read again this morning, in between taking care of Harry, my 11 month
old, who chose today to refuse to nap at all, but with my husband offering
to take care of him for 3 hours, I managed to finish the whole thing
(I do read pretty fast). And I think it was all wonderful, surprising,
satisfying and obviously magical. It's really like an education in life-
all the things you've learned in your day to day existence help you when
things are difficult.
I think I need to read it again to appreciate everything -and then it's
back to Book 1 for me!