Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brenda M." <

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> Bren: Yeah, I'm counting on it to be a red herring, I will lose my 
> faith in JKR if this was indeed the title. We should just wait till 
> July 1st -- which is like 3 days away! C'mon, you guys waited 3 
years 
> before, 3 days is nothing!
> 
> Although I can't figure out why JKR thought 'Pillar of Storge' was 
> SUCH a horrible title ("Rumour" section on her text-only website). 
I 
> thought it was pretty cool.
> 
> Brenda


Alla:

I think it is real, although you never know with JKR , of course. I 
like it well enough. It is fun trying to guess who the prince could 
be if it is a correct title. I am only hoping that it is not 
Voldemort.

I don't know why JKR thought that "Pillar of Storge" was  suhc an 
awful title. I liked that one too and I liked all the possible 
philosophical inferences from that title.

Nevertheless I do see why JKR would not use it. Yes, yes, she 
continuously repeats that she writes the books for herself, not 
specifically for children, but I still think that books target 
younger audience and that title could be too complicated for them to 
understand.