No stranger to department store sales battle tactics...

[fightingthecage]

Lord. Is it tomorrow yet? In twenty-four hours time I should have my grubby 'lil hands on a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (size of queue permitting)...and it seems like forever to wait.

The plan is - finish work, probably about 22:00. Go home, shower, eat, mooch around and try not to watch the clock. Depart for town at 23:45. Arrive store about 23:55 - join queue, get book etc. Go home, go to bed and read until its all gone. I'm not going to go queue up straight after work because I'd much rather join a queue that's moving - one of my most hated things is standing still. I hate non or slow-moving lines with a passion. They make me feel quite sick. So.

And I know what I'll do - I'll be so eager to find out what happens and devour the whole thing at once that I'll a) read too quickly and b) stay awake until I've read it all, despite the fact that tiredness will make me not appreciate it properly. This happened most strongly with OotP. That was quite an uncomfortable read, partly because I couldn't get it down fast enough and partly because I hated Umbridge so much that it was almost agony to read her scenes. The sort of injustice teachers can wield as a weapon resonates very deeply with me which is why I loathed her to the nth degree, and still do.

I digress from my other rambling. So. Yeah. I'm going to try to tell myself that its not a race to finish and I've got all weekend to get through it slowly and enjoy it and savour this last book...totally won't work. I want to know what happens! I've even come close to checking out spoilers these last few days, especially as there's a spoiler site on LJ spotlight this week. But no! I know absolutley nothing about this book, other than speculation from myself and a few others, I have seen no spoilers in the media, on the the internet or in the news - and I'm glad, really.

ONLY 24 HOURS TO GO! This may just be one of the longest days of my life.

Comments

[fogg8.livejournal.com]

Y'know, i'm staying with my sister tomorrow in Preston and i'm quite tempted to go down at 11 or something to just see if there are actually people queuing outside....I would hope not since a)it's right next door to Squares and Yates' b) You're likely to get stabbed in the eye with a needle.

Hope you enjoy it. If i'm not online it's because I have been proven so very wrong about my theories on everything, that i'd rather hide in my bed sulking.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Ahhh Preston. *fond memories...or not* Heh, there will totally be people queuing and probably people throwing things at the queue from the pubs. What a delightful city!

I think I will love it. I've loved all the others, for various reasons - and this is the finale! I can't imagine it not being brilliant. And satisfying too, simply because no matter what happens, its a resolution. And y'know, I only have a few vague theories but if I'm proved wrong, I think I'll be glad - simply because that means I'll be surprised and thats always fun when reading!

[fogg8.livejournal.com]

LOL, it is such a pleasant place. I could imagine all these drunkards just lobbing bottles at all these adult children dressed up as wizards! :D

I probably will to...just because it's the conclusion. The only thing i'll hate is (other than Snape being bad) it not being completely wrapped up. Y'know, 'They both went for their wands at the same time, suddenly there were blinding lights everywhere.....*fade to black*' That would piss me off.

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Ah man. That would totally piss me off. Although I imagine the HP fanfic writers would be in seventh heaven! Anything could happen after that.

But I really don't think it'll happen that way. Rowling has had the epilouge written for years and years so there must always have been a final conclusion in her mind. Plus, if its not wrapped up properly, there will be endless hassling for her to write another Harry book so we all know what happened - and she's said she doesn't think she'll write another one set in that world. So. I'm guessing it'll all be tied up. Whether it's with the conclusion we'd like will probably be another thing altogether.