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> > Tonks:
> > Oh I can't STAND it!! Why does she do this to us? ESE Rowling!! 
> > Better to say nothing. *Nothing*!!. My anxiety level is a 10+. 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Sandy now:
> 
> Thanks for that Tonks! I mean the ESE! Rowling. I have said on 
other lists 
> (and have been met with very negative feedback) that I don't much 
care for JKR 
> for just this reason. It has been hard enough having to wait for 
the next and 
> final book, but now, with at least a year still to wait, she drops 
this 
> bombshell on us. I can't stand her teasing and taunting while the 
wait drags on and 
> on. You are absolutely right, it is better for her to say nothing, 
and most 
> certainly nothing this dramatic this far in advance of the book 
being released. 
> Hell, it isn't even finished yet. My anxiety level is right up 
there with yours 
> and it is going to be a miserably long wait to find out what she 
means. 
> Grrrrrrrrrrrr! Shut up, JO!


Alla:

Um, but on the other hand isn't it fun to speculate? I mean, Jo 
admitted more than once that she loves watching us go crazy with 
speculations. I'd like to give her the benefit of the doubt that she 
does it for her own amusement more than for blatant advertisement 
campaign, which IMO is not needed at all right now.

I mean, I was having a similar conversation with the colleague today 
and this colleague did not read the books and she was telling me that 
this is precisely why she won't ever going to read them ( still 
hoping to change her mind)

She was saying that there must be not much of artistical merit in the 
books, where author feels the need to prompt their value by dropping 
the "sort of hints" like that in the hope that fans would be craving 
for last book even more than ever.

I was responding with the argument that even though I would not read 
the books that STARTED to be well known because of the advertisiment 
campaign, IMO this was not the case with "Harry Potter" that started 
to be well known BECAUSE of their artistic value, readers were 
spreading out the words of how good the books are, no?

And only then industry picked up on that and here we go, movies, 
games, etc.

I am not sure what point I am trying to make and whether I agree with 
you or not. Partially, maybe?

I do like spoilers, but yes, I do think that Jo tries to pump the 
interest to the books by making us guess about the deaths. I ( 
contrary to many) love being  spoiled, but  I guess by the end of 
writing this post I agree that this kind of teasing is 
IMO pure advertisement trick. She is entitled to that, IMO, they are 
her babies, but I don't find it necessary at all.

I mean, remember how much she talked about death in book 5?

Really, Jo, I would buy book 7 without those type of announcements, I 
promise. I mean, if Harry dies, I am  not rereading the books, but I 
will BUY it to read for the first time in any event.

If you want to tell me who dies, I will be happy to listen to :), but 
just give me the names. ;)

JMO,

Alla