08.24.07
First Stop on My Vacation – Harry Potter
What would a summer vacation be without a good book?
My summer vacation, where I went out to see my sister and four nieces and nephews in Maryland, started with me reading the last Harry Potter book on the flight out there.
It was a struggle to keep from reading it until my vacation began. The book kept talking to me. “Read me,” it would say. “Don’t you want to know what happened?” “You don’t have to read much, just a couple of chapters.” Yikes. I finally gave in a few days before I left. (Better people than me may have been able to resist.) But I was very careful how much I actually allowed myself to read. I managed (barely) to save most of it for my trip.
Of course, I ended up finishing it before I even got out of the Baltimore airport (so much for lazy days reading on vacation). In fact, I was so entranced reading I nearly forgot to get off the plane. (Luckily the guy sitting next to me had a great sense of humor about it.)
Anyway, I thought J.K. Rowling did a really good job with the whole series. (Don’t worry, I won’t reveal anything if you haven’t finished it yet, but I will say I did shed a tear or two while reading…on the plane…trying to quietly find a Kleenex without drawing attention to myself.) I’m especially impressed because the series was seven books (seven LONG books). Some authors can’t complete a series of three books without losing it. But she was able to hold the story line (and the passion for the story) over seven. If you haven’t read them, I’d highly recommend them (and yes, they’re better than the movies).
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