Looking at the last page.

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 163578

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy" <dsnylnd55 at ...> wrote:
>
> Anders:
> > Even if Jo does the most wonderful, surprising, awe-inspiring, all-
> > questions-answered ending, and all the threads are tied up just as
> > I'd like, it's still an end to something we'll likely never see again
> > in our lifetimes.  I want it to last.  I want to savor it, page by
> > page, as though it were rich dark chocolate melting across my tongue
> > like velvet.  When it's done I want to gently close the book, with a
> > smile on my face as I gently nod and say, "Yeah.  It's finished.
> >  Thanks, Jo."  Until then, Anders
> 
> Dsnylnd55 here: I too Anders am looking forward to savoring book 7.
> I have many  mixed emotions about wanting it soon; on the one hand, I
> want to read, savor, enjoy each morsel of information; however, this
> is the end of a wonderful literary experience.
> 
> I feel a bit like "Sybll" in that I want to read book 7 and have all
> my questions answered, but I don't want to read the book because then
> I know there will be no book 8 and the fantastic journey that is
> Harry Potter will be over.

Geoff:
I first read the last page of "Lord of the Rings" about 50 years ago. I still 
return to see my Middle-Earth friends and reminisce over the events at 
the end of the Third Age. 

Once the last full stop of the HP books has been printed, I shall return 
if only to re-read my favourite sections. I doubt whether Jo Rowling will 
tie up every last loose end, partly because of space considerations and, 
like Tolkien, there will still be areas where we will be able to speculate 
on what might have been or what might have gone on behind the scenes 
and was not overtly revealed.