And so concludes the most popular novel of the decade.J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series is akin to Charles Dicken's serialised novels in the 19th century. Very popular. Hugely successful. And a damn good story.
It was the most I had ever forked out for a fictional book, but how could I not be a part of this 21st century wave?
A poll: how many of us have read it? (I know Jim wins the record for handling the most number of books..)
*puts hand up Hermione style* Mine arrived in the post. *winks at Jim
ReplyDeleteThanks for thinking of me, but I believe there are people who handled way more books than I did. It's just that the barcodes on those probably scanned with no problem, or something.
ReplyDeleteSo, is there a review forthcoming?
Me! Me! Ladybug went down to buy the same day and I got my hands on it after her. Now its with a third reader...
ReplyDeletesmudgi3.. heh. and i bet you read it by the first weekend too. :)
ReplyDeletejim, you know, i never realised that mail carriers had to scan the parcels. Shows how ignorant I am. Don't think I'll do a review... hard to do one without giving away the plot..
Sivasothi.. I'm the second reader too! And we'll be passing it to someone else soon. :) (Instead of a serial novel, we are serial readers. Heh.)
I read it, too.
ReplyDeleteI agree - it's a great story. I liked it a lot even before book seven, but I like it so much more after.
We're starting the series with our 7-year-old son, now.
Brian, I agree, book 7 is quite good. I almost lost faith somewhere in the middle of the series 'cos Harry was acting like such a brat and the tone got somewhat darker, but it panned out quite nicely. My favourites (if I remember correctly) is the beginning and the end of the series.
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