harry potter deliveries

[clare]

Any other mad HP fans sitting at home waiting for a delivery?

[Keef]

Mine is being delivered to my parents house because the post here is rubbish... What I didn't reaise at the time was that my bloody parents are away today!!!!!!!

[shaman]

never mind keef sure you can wait just dont talk to anybody whom is speed reader of to see film tonight

[buggie]

I got mine before 8am this morning.... the postman handed it over saying "there's your harry potter book!" - glad I'd ordered it myself and wasn't meant to be a surprise! Got the feeling there were a few he was delivering!!

[Keef]

RESULT... Just had a call from my mum who hasn't left yet, and the book is there waiting for me!!

God we're sad :-S

[karter]

Were any book shops in the area open last night I wonder?

[Clazza]

Got mine this morning as well - post man said he'd delivered at least 30 in ED. It is fabulous.

[Keef]

Karter, as I stumbled out of my cab in Sydenham at about 2 this morning there was a huge queue outside the booksho here!!!!

[*Bob*]

Harry Bloody Potter.

Every time I see someone over the age of 12 reading one on the tube it makes me want to go on a murderous rampage with an Uzi.

[Michael Palaeologus]

Got mine at Sainbos this morning

[clare]

* Bob * I don't care.

Just finished it.

Fab way to spend a rainy Saturday. Loved it.

[*Bob*]

Good for you, Clare.

I suppose with the extra-large print it wouldn't have taken too long to get through.

[clare]

au contraire *bob* - I wish it had been large print- I'm going for a nice lie down now my eyes are so tired.......

I feel a bit like you do with adults watching Lord of the Rings and Star Wars and stuff but I've enjoyed the Harry Potter series-my 13 year old daughter is currently curled up in bed still in her pyjamas reading it- just makes a nice change from Hollyoaks, excessive mascara wearing and myspace.

(not that that is any excuse for me but I won't upset you by reading it in public. How about Northern Lights? Would that upset you too ?)

[Richard Weekes II]

Hi there HP fans,

I have not been to see the film yet and I bought a copy of the book on Saturday which my daughter took off me. Cos I'm old it just so happens that I'm not a speed reader and it looks like I won't get it back for now.

I've been told by my friend's son who has seen the film that there is not even one mention or one scene about chess in the film. Can anyone who has read the book tell me please if chess is mentioned in the story.

Thanks in advance

Richard the Chess man

[mockney piers]

Is this some forum version of subliminal advertising, a la the blipverts in Max Headroom?

[clare]

Sorry Richard- no chess.

But plenty of BLUE sky and nice MOUNTAIN visuals.

Whatever do you mean Piers?

[Ladygooner]

If you are talking about the film that is out at the moment, then yes, there is a chess scene in it?

[Administrator]

Lounged

[clare]

richard you need an early night tonight!

[Jah Lush]

Sorry, but I'm defintely with *Bob* on this issue. Grown ups reading childrens books shouldn't be allowed especially on public transport. Read a proper book, you're not a child anymore, get a life FFS.

[Keef]

Oh come on Jah / *Bob*, it's not like we spend our time reading "where the wild things are"... Well actually Mrs Keef does have it, but she is a primary teacher (with a masters in Literature), so that's fair.

For my part, if I want to forget that I am on my way to my sh!tty job, and escape in to a book, I will, even if it makes someone on the bus blush ;-)

[mockney piers]

I'm in the JL Bob gang on this too.

After years of getting irked by people commuting with kids books, but seeing no significant increase in proper book reading, someone finally persuaded me that I can't judge until I've tried it.

I read the first one. It was a kids book. And not an especially good one at that, though I'm sure kids would love it.

So no, no interest in reading any of the others, unless london becomes so dangerous that they'd make useful stab vests.

[Keef]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> After years of getting irked by people commuting

> with kids books, but seeing no significant

> increase in proper book reading

I don't think HP will cause lots of people to read more, not when there are things like Wii's and XBoxes to play with as soon as they finish the book (could even buy the Harry Potter games!).

However, most of the people you'd see reading HP on the bus are people who probably read on the bus all the time... Well I do anyway, and HP is the only "kids book" I've read...

I will say that I thought the first couple were pretty poor, but my sister (a very big reader) convinced me to stick with them, and I think the 3rd, 4th and 6th books were very good (5th was a waste of far far too much paper!). However, I am sure that it is impossible to change opinions now, particularly where there is a certain amount of snobbery involved ;-)

[*Bob*]

Now, now children.. stop this bickering or you shall be sent to your rooms with no tea.

Keef

see me

[mockney piers]

Call it snobbery if you will, I just figure life's too short to waste on the 1 billion words* that the six books comprise.

P J Heather's fall of the Roman Empire, interesting; May edition of Razzle, interesting; Harry Potter and the cake bake of flim-flam, sh*t.

*I may exaggerate juuust a tad.