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The Potterdammerung
Jul. 23rd, 2007 11:31 amYes, I have survived it, mostly by staying in the wilds of Maine last week.
I bought my copy from Bookstacks in Bucksport, where you would be fairly lucky to see one other patron at any given time, let alone roving packs of trolls shouting spoilers through megaphones. (They do have a rather large cat, but Leo is more inclined to sleep in the window.) Andy charges cover price, more than a bigbox store with a discount scheme, but it was well worth it to avoid any madness (and to support the store and the kitty.) Against his wishes, he had to hold a midnight release party, and he said that he had sixty people in the store. Bookstacks isn't much larger than, say, a mobile home, so the place must have been bursting. I went at about 10 AM: sleep is more important.
It was breezy and somewhat chilly on Saturday, so I spent the day stretched out on a chaise, reading HP by the lake. My husband interrupted every couple hours to ask "NOW what happened?" By cocktail hour, it was all over. End of an era.
SPOILERS UNDER CUT, DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU.
( My thoughts on <strike>yaoi</strike> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows )
I bought my copy from Bookstacks in Bucksport, where you would be fairly lucky to see one other patron at any given time, let alone roving packs of trolls shouting spoilers through megaphones. (They do have a rather large cat, but Leo is more inclined to sleep in the window.) Andy charges cover price, more than a bigbox store with a discount scheme, but it was well worth it to avoid any madness (and to support the store and the kitty.) Against his wishes, he had to hold a midnight release party, and he said that he had sixty people in the store. Bookstacks isn't much larger than, say, a mobile home, so the place must have been bursting. I went at about 10 AM: sleep is more important.
It was breezy and somewhat chilly on Saturday, so I spent the day stretched out on a chaise, reading HP by the lake. My husband interrupted every couple hours to ask "NOW what happened?" By cocktail hour, it was all over. End of an era.
SPOILERS UNDER CUT, DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU.
( My thoughts on <strike>yaoi</strike> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows )
