It was a big reading weekend - the latest Harry Potter book came out on
Friday at midnight! This year, I did not stand in line at midnight, but I did
reserve a book and pick it up early on Saturday, then spent the rest of the
weekend reading through the book. At one point, I thought I'd save it for my
travel this week, but then decided I just needed to plunge ahead. I remember
reading the first Harry Potter book -- my brother had gotten it from a friend
in England, before it had been issued here. I thought it was great, and so did
my kids. I've been a fan since, even as my tuglets have fallen away a bit, so I
think was the most excited person in the house! My take: it's a good book,
and a must read for followers of the story. The story is becoming more dark and
adult, which fits because the protagonist is growing up. I remember when they
issued the second book in the US they took out a bunch of the local UK words
because they didn't want to confuse us poor Americans. This time they left them
in. Snog, that is a word you don't see in print much here. :) It was nice to
read something light.