JKR and a clever allusion

[beatnik24601]

No: HPFGUIDX 113793

Recently, while re-reading CoS for the umpteenth time, I discoverd 
something new, an allusion I'd never noticed before, that I thought 
I'd share with all you wonderful people.  It happens when Ron and 
Harry find TMR's diary, and Ron is warning Harry about how dangerous 
books can be in the WW.  "And some old witch in Bath had a book that 
you could *never stop reading*! You just had to wander around with 
your nose in it, trying to do everything one-handed" (CoS, UK 
paperback ed, pg. 172).

Now, one of JKR's self-proclaimed favorite authors is Jane Austen, 
who happens to be from Bath. And JKR has mentioned how she couldn't 
put Jane Austen books down, once she starts reading them!  But, then 
we all knew that our favorite authors have 'magical' abilities with 
words.  Anyway, I though it was clever and I'd share it, to prove 
(as we all know) that there's always something new to discover in 
the HP books, and (as we all knew, as well) these books are 
definitely not just for children!