The new Harry Potter book....

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I will pre-order mine once we have moved house. Couldn't do it before as couldn't guarantee the address!

Got mine pre-ordered too. With all the sneering by those educated literary critics about us adult Harry Potter readers it's good to know that I'm in good company with all of you. And for any literary critic reading this. I LOVE HARRY POTTER - can't put the books down. Fabulous stuff.

If Smiths still have this offer - its the best one so far -
Waterstones have forms to pre-book but say they can't say how much book is going to be at the mo!
may investigate Smith on Tuesday

shes not down on the list of cast on imdb.com, cant say ive heard that

btw a friend said that Elizabeth Hurley is in the fourth film, anyone else heard this?

lol merrygoround, enjoy i think alan rickman who plays snape is great

lol Tammybear! Not sad, no. OK the video has gone in, lights down, wine in my hand, here it comes! OK, if you're sad then so am I.

I had to say I was disappointed when I heard that Emma Thompson was playing the new teacher in POA but I thought she played it brilliantly. I thought the guy who played Pro Lupin was good as well.

lol merrygoround, noone could kill off dumbledore, not even voldemort, sorry you know who!

lol im sad arent i?

For a horrible moment there I thought you meant that DUMBLEDORE had died, and somehow I'd missed it. phew. Actually, of all the actors Richard Harris as Dumblydore (I love how Madam Maxime talks) is the one I warmed to least. In the books he is so twinkly and funny, and i thought Richard Harris was just a bit too serious. Hope I can keep dd from seeing the films till she's read the books - she's only 3 but is fascinated by Henry Bottom as she calls him.

Yes, Richard Harris died.

lol merrygoround, i kept thinking about doing that too. i would flick through the last few chapters just to see what was coming up I think the films were good, but definetly better reading the books. Thought Prisoner of Azkaban was definetly the better of the three films, but maybe thats because the actors are older? I dont like the new Dumbledore though but Richard Harris who played him the first two films died didnt he? Will definetly go see the fourth one when its out

DON'T DO IT, MERRY! It's sooooo worth the wait!

Tammybear I am SO tempted to read the end of the 5th book - but there is a delicious pleasure in the anticipation of the ending so I am resisting. Have about 200 pages to go. The best thing about the later books is that they are lovely and long.

I had mine pre-ordered the day that became an option. I'm taking the day of its arrival and the day after off work so I can read, read, read!!

Harry Potter was my saviour whilst I was PG.

I'd never watched the films because I thought it was just a childrens thing. Dh and I read all the books watched the films and I even went out and bought the games for the playstation

I'm going to read the last one again because I'd got three quarters of the way through it and then gave birth to dd so it was a while before I got back in to it.

Can't wait for the new one to come out. I think Asda's going to be selling it for £9.97. I read that somewhere.

Roll on July!

Prisoner of Azkaban my second favourite, and must go now to order a take away so that we can watch it. A friend said she hated the films so much she never bought any more of the books, but I have found them really entertaining. BTW, read for about 45 mins before bed, and on train on way to and from work 3 days a week. But when on first round of HP books would be reading till I literally couldn't keep my eyes open, and as I walked along the street, and had to put a later start time on my time sheet cos I had to keep reading even when I'd got to the office... Oh, and love reading in the bath, but only get that luxury about once a week.

oh yeah i forgot about umbridge. i end up getting confused which one was which lol. i went through the fifth one so quick, just to find out what dumbledore was going to tell harry, which didnt happen til the end! i read the back of the book, and was like ooo whats he gonna say? i love the bit in the minstery place.

i thought Prisoner was the best film so far, and probably that or the first one was the best book

Loved the fifth book best of all. I loved the dynamic between Dumbledore and Harry, and the stuff with Snape, and the unremitting nastiness of Umbridge, and the way the kids (is that the right word?) fought behind her back.

I have to say i was a bit disappointed about who got killed off, lol (dont worry wont say who!). And took me a while to get into it too. Id say my favourite out of the five was the fourth book. I usually read a chapter a night now, except when I was first reading them, I was probably reading four or five chapters a night, and even read some during the day lol

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lol i was watching that last night! i got all three films on dvd for christmas too. i cant remember a book ive read twice.