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book 7!

very early in the morning (quarter to 7) of july 21, my cousin lizet and i drove to greenhills to get our copies of the last harry potter book. i had a book reserved at fully booked and, of course, i lost my receipt. fortunately for me, i had the foresight to photocopy it and so that's what i presented to the cashier. because there was a relatively long line, she didn't give me a hard time. she gave me my copy which i quickly browsed through (i read the chapter titles mainly and the dedication).

I tried to read the first chapter while waiting for lizet (to finish chatting with her friend over breakfast), however, i was so sleepy (i only had an hour and half or so of sleep). so instead of a marathon reading fest as i had planned to do -- i slept the saturday away. i finally finished reading the book on sunday night -- i wanted to pace my reading and really take my time and savor the experience of reading the last book but i just couldn't put it down. i had to know how jk rowling ended the series. so i read like a junkie on crack.


!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!
i was touched with dudley's change of heart and i cried when hedwig died. i think tonks and lupin deserved a death scene and dobby dying left me cold. i'm sorry but i never found dobby endearing -- kreacher yes but dobby nah. fred weasley, however, did not have to die i mean really ms. rowling, why? -- i ask you why?! i'm glad snape was a good guy after all and way to go mrs. weasley for offing bellatrix! the epilogue left me wanting (for more) but all in all it was a satisfying read. it was a good end to a great series. thank you jk rowling, for making me believe once more.

--=oOo=--

I got the british version too! many thanks to syed!

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