That Book

[tamaranth]

Just off to buy the new Harry Potter (it's not for me, it's for a friend. Though I get to check that the pages are in the right order first!)

J K Rowling has gone up in my estimation by dint of the following remark (found in rumour-promoting post here):
"You are writing children's books, you need to be a ruthless killer."

Canary Wharf station was teeming with small, overtired children last night: my train went through at a few minutes before midnight, and I was drunk sleepy enough not to remember my camera in time to take a picture of the platform indicator, which was showing departures of the Harry Potter Ghost Train.

There were small children in tears on my train, and at first I thought, "How cruel. Their parents are taking them home just before midnight, so they won't be able to buy the book -- what an anti-climax."

Then I realised they were all heading down to the supermarket to buy it at 50% off the RRP.

Comments

[cinzia.livejournal.com]

it's not for me, it's for a friend.
Yeah, yeah. As if *I* could believe that... *smirks*

*runs away* ;)

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

The quote is from the Jeremy Paxman interview with Joanne, bits of which are on the BBC news website (including that line).

Where are the 50% off ones? I'm told that Tescos are 9.99 or thereabouts (so 10 pounds instead of 17) ... and I was tempted since I was awake at 3am to go to the local 24hr Tescos and pick up a copy, but I decided sleep was a better idea!

Harry Potter and the Wheelbarrow Load of Cash

[crunchy71.livejournal.com]

Am currently in the middle of it. First observations; there appears to be a character in it based on Ann Widdecombe. More research needed...

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

note: the first pirate ebook of it I've seen is called Harry Potter and theOdor of the Phoenix
peee-yoo! you clean the cage this time!