Harry Potter Burn-Out

[Doreen Rich]

No: HPFGUIDX 22782

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., anitaskeeter at y... wrote:
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> And so my kvestion is this. Has anyone ever suffered from symptoms 
> such as these before, and if so, how does one overcome this 
disease? 
> 
> Please, help me before my disinterestedness spirals out of control! 
> Agh! Oh, the humanity!


Anita, you are not alone! Part of the problem is that those people 
who started reading HP from the first book, were treated to a new 
book each year. The rest of us had even more immediate gratification, 
in that, as soon as we finished one book, we could move right onto 
the next and the next and the next.... but then ... CRASH!!! No more 
books ... so we turned to the internet to gain information about JKR 
and her next book. Then we found this discussion group that just 
covers any topic about HP that two thousand people can conjure up. 
Not to mention all the informational websites, fun websites, and 
websites like Steve Vander Ark's beloved Lexicon. (pardon the obvious 
plug for the Lexicon ... hee hee ... but DO go see what Steve has 
done with it! )

Eventually, though, we got anxious ... no book til next year ... no 
movie til November ... then came the trailer ... YAY ... then about 
the time that got old ... another trailer ... YAY ... now it is only 
four months until the movie... YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY
Then, hopefully, with the movie being successful, JKR will turn her 
attention back to the real fans ... the ones who read the books. 

I am not so sure whether I am actually bored with HP or just 
frustrated with the waiting.

Doreen, who thought she would get away from HP by playing in Ebay ... 
and only ended up buying HP bookends, ornaments, and a few plush 
animals. :)