Newbie Intro

[melaniem68 at yahoo.com]

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From: melaniem68
Subject: Newbie Intro
Date: 3/2/00 2:11 am  (ET)

Hi all,

I suppose I've committed a breach of ettiquette by posting before I've
introduced myself.

My name is Melanie. I'm 32 years old and live in San Diego, California. I
became addicted to HP in December, when I bought one of the books for
my 11-year-old niece. Wondering what the fuss was about, I soon bought
myself Sorcorer's Stone, and read it almost non-stop through the night. As
soon as I could make it back to the book store, I bought the other two,
and made short work of them, too.

I heard about this board through a fellow member of a similar club
(one for teens and adults), and look forward to some adult conversation
about HP.

If I were at Hogwarts, I think I would've been put into Ravenclaw (as
I'm often told I think too much).

For this reason, I regret that there are no major characters in Ravenclaw
(or, for that matter, Hufflepuff). I can see this changing over the next
book or two if anything comes of Harry's budding crush on Cho Chang
(the Ravenclaw quiddich seeker). I think it will, though temporarily;
I think Harry's true love will turn out to be Ginny Weasely.

Well, I think I've babbled enough. I do have several discussion questions
and comments I'd like to pose, but I'll do so separately. Meanwhile,
I'm hungrily reading the past month's posts, to make sure I don't rehash
"old news" (though I may send a belated reply to some of these posts.


Melanie