Tag Archives: Harry Potter

Rowling Speaks: “I wrote the final chapter in something like 1990, so I’ve known exactly how the series is going to end.”

Posted on June 28, 2006 by sheila

I love this article. Someone may die in the final installment … a major character … and who knows, it could be Harry. Rowling isn’t saying. But I do just love how whenever this woman opens her mouth, it’s an … Continue reading →

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2005 Books Read

Posted on December 31, 2005 by sheila

Here is the complete list of books I read in 2005. Underworld: A Novel, by Don DeLillo – which I had started in the fall of 2004- before I went to Ireland – and it took me FOREVER to finish … Continue reading →

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Half-Blood Prince snapshots

Posted on November 29, 2005 by sheila

SPOILERS BELOW. — Dumbledore. Wow. I did not see that coming. Well – not until they went into that horrible cave. Then I started thinking: “oh boy … something’s going to happen here …” — Horrible. That awful battle at … Continue reading →

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Announcement In Re: Harry Potter

Posted on November 25, 2005 by sheila

I bought Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) on Wednesday. I am already halfway through. Cannot. Put. It. Down. More thoughts later. PLEASE NO SPOILERS. I know there’s something HUGE coming – I have heard mention of this … Continue reading →

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Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling

Posted on September 15, 2005 by sheila

Out of the blue, during the climactic last scene, there’s some line that goes: “Harry reocgnized the old wizard who had killed the Prewetts.” I swear to God – I have no clue who the Prewetts are. Is it important? … Continue reading →

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Snapshots

Posted on September 13, 2005 by sheila

— I got a new phone. Did you know that they make phones with CAMERAS IN THEM NOW???? hahaha I know I’m behind. I still listen to cassette tapes, for God’s sake. But I love my phone so much that … Continue reading →

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Order of the Phoenix snapshots

Posted on September 12, 2005 by sheila

— I am already 3/4 of the way through, thanks to my hour-long commute out and back to Michele’s yesterday. I wish it wasn’t going by so fast!!! — Harry’s a moody bastard in this one, isn’t he? I guess … Continue reading →

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Goblet of Fire, Check!

Posted on September 9, 2005 by sheila

I finished Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire this morning at 6:45 a.m. I took a moment to relish the experience. I had a moment of silence for poor dead Cedric. I sighed happily. Then I went to the … Continue reading →

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Discussing Goblet Of Fire: No Spoilers, Please

Posted on September 7, 2005 by sheila

I beg of you all – who have read the Harry Potter books – to not give anything away. I beg you. I am now 3/4 of the way through Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. Again: no word … Continue reading →

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Yellow Brick Road

Posted on September 5, 2005 by sheila

We all have ways of dealing with what is happening right now. I am devouring Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I had only read the first and second of the Harry Potter books, when they first came out … Continue reading →

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