[HPforGrownups] Re: not having read GoF

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 15377

Catherine said:
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).
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I bought 1 & 2 on a lark, because there they were and they were cheap, and
my friend, Nan, had been bugging me to read them. I read both that night. I
went back to the store to buy PoA in paperback. They didn't have it in
paperback and I didn't have enough money to buy it in hardcover. (3 days off
... tips spent) So, I zipped over to the public library... They didn't have
PoA... but they did have GoF... after a bit of hesitation, I decided it was
better than no HP book at all. I tried to check it out, only to discover I
had an old fine, which I also did not have the cash to pay. (it has since
been paid) I was desperate by now and it was time to go to work.

My thoughts were that I would make enough in tips to get the book... and get
off early enough to buy it yet. What force was against me that day? I ended
up having to borrow the rest of the money ... we had had an ice storm and an
unusually SLOW night. FINALLY ... I did get off early ... got my book ...
went home and started reading.

I also sent my son an email saying, "I have started book 3 of HP ... and by
the time I finish it, I would like to have the GoF, which my younger son
left at your house, sent to me. If you can not send it to me on time, I will
just buy another copy, and you can keep it." He said I was obsessed and to
chill. I said send me the book or $25 and you can keep the book. He did send
it. I did read it ... it came a day after I joined this list.

In the meantime, I had read a spoiler about the wand. So... to make a long
story even longer... I think it is literary suicide to read the postings on
this list before you read the book ... and I think it is incomprehensible to
read anything when you could be reading HP for the first time.

Do take 20 pts. off of your Obsession Rating.

Doreen CPW ... hmmm that looks way more official, but not nearly as much fun
as Corn Patch Witch