not having read GoF

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 15225

I think that you should take the next 24 hours out and do it.  You've 
missed out on the whole "what happens next" anticipatory thrills of 
reading these books for the first time.  I know I'm not the only one 
who reads them over again, and it is true that they can have the 
same, if not deeper, emotional impact the next time round, but it is 
impossible to beat the excitement of the first reading.  How many 
people raced towards the end to find out who died?  I think that the 
words "Kill the Spare" were the most shocking I have read for a long 
time.
I bought my GoF in the airport the day it came out (having called 
them first to make sure that they would be open at 5.30am so I could 
buy it).  I then drove my husband mad by spending half the weekend in 
Paris glued to the book.  I just can't understand if someone loves 
these books enough to join an HP group can bear to put off reading 
the latest.  (But on the other hand, it means you don't have to wait 
as long for the next one).

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Heidi wrote:
> 
> > > I have to say, and I don't want this to sound unplesant, because
> > > it's not meant to, but why are you reading this list if you 
> > >haven't
> > > read GoF yet? I mean, you're reading summaries of chapters you 
> >have
> > > yet to read, you already know everything that's going to happen 
in 
> > > the book - aren't you afraid that our discussions here are 
going  
> > >to
> > > adversely affect the way you read the book, once you finally 
get 
> > > around to it?
> 
> What I want to know is, how can you allow more than 60 seconds to 
> elapse between finishing one book and starting to devour the next?  
> Aren't you just dying to read GoF and unable to sleep 'til it's in 
> your hands?  Careful, your obsession rating is slipping!  ;-)
> 
> Amy Z
> 
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