Kid's reading, 7 deadly sins, and more

[Sheryll Townsend-Ings]

No: HPFGUIDX 3109

Okay, I haven't been saying much lately, so I'll try to keep this 
short.

Peg, please do continue with the 7 virtues. I very much enjoyed your 
series of essays on the 7 deadly sins and wish I were half as 
articulate. BTW, I just finished reading The Wild Swans last night
and 
loved it. I have Emerald House Rising on order and expect to receive 
it sometime this week.

Kid's reading
My daughter (age 17)couldn't figure out what all the excitement was 
about HP, but finally decided to take a peek at PS - she's hooked. My 
nephew (age 10) isn't much for reading himself and prefers to be read 
to. However, once he realized that we were going to Toronto to hear 
JKR read from GoF, he's started reading at night on his own. He's 
still reading PoA and is fairly determined to be finished GoF by the 
time we reach Toronto. I suspect he's not going to make it, but it's 
wonderful seeing him try.

Sister Mary Lunatic
I dont' know if they ship to the US, but Chapters here in Canada 
ordered me a copy of Emerald House Rising - delivery time 1 week,
cost 
$6.73. I pay no shipping charges, but suspect the exchange rate would 
cover that for you - let's face it, our Canadian dollar isn't worth 
much 
these days. If they don't ship to the US and you still can't find a 
copy, I could order one and send it to you. E-mail me if you're 
interested

Books on tape
Just curious to find out how much everyone can get them for. They're 
pretty pricey here. I looked last weekend and they want about $53.00 
for CoS and $63.00 for GoF - definitely not in my budget. I haven't 
found them anywhere other than in bookstores, so there are no 
discounted prices anywhere that I know of.

JKR in Toronto
Wondering if anyone is close enough to be attending? My daughter, 
nephew and myself are making a little holiday of the trip. Taking the 
train down on Monday morning and coming home Tuesday, mid-afternoon. 
It'll be a great experience. My nephew has never been to Toronto, 
never ridden a train, a subway or a streetcar and Ottawa's the
biggest 
place he's ever been. I'm thrilled to be able to see all this through 
his eyes. It's all very old hat to my daughter, who picks Toronto as 
the vacation place to be (mostly for the shopping and the theater -
we 
may take in a play while we're there). Anyway, would love to hook
with 
anyone who may be attending the reading, perhaps have lunch after. 

Enough, I hear small footsteps upstairs (I'm babysitting for my 
sister until she hires a new sitter - this getting up at 6 a.m. is 
killing me!)

Sheryll