just thought i'd point out that the new book is debuting at 40% off at barnes and noble and pretty much everywhere else.

I get my additional 20% for employee discount though.

7/14/2005 9:48:06 AM

double post

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7/14/2005 9:49:19 AM

^TheLoveTool really is a tool. Unless he starts sharing that 20% discount.

7/14/2005 9:59:29 AM

anyone wanna give me a ride to walmart friday night?

7/14/2005 12:06:59 PM

the plot summary has been released (beware it may contain spoilers, although I didn't really find any of it too spoilerish)











back cover plot summary:



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7/14/2005 12:15:44 PM

omg i think my theory about who the HBP is is right!!!

p.s. does walmart start selling at midnight too?

7/14/2005 12:18:18 PM

here is an article from USA Today about the books that were sold early

again, there may be minor plot spoilers...THIS I didn't read, so I don't know

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-07-14-potter-leak_x.htm

[Edited on July 14, 2005 at 12:19 PM. Reason : ]

7/14/2005 12:18:56 PM

hayley, pm sent

7/14/2005 12:24:41 PM

read the page to the link, there were no spoilers, just a chapter title. and a comment from one of the guys saying how interesting it was.

7/14/2005 12:34:18 PM

yeah I bit the bullet and read it, nothing that I would consider a spoiler except MAYBE the chapter title

7/14/2005 12:34:59 PM

comes out in exactly 24 hours


damn I can't wait

7/15/2005 12:01:12 AM

ME NEITHER, BUT I HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING A BOOK!!!!

7/15/2005 1:18:48 AM

Harry Potter bad, Christianity good.

Quote :

"Pope disapproves of Harry Potter, letters suggest"

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050713/people_nm/pope_harrypotter_dc_2

7/15/2005 8:27:06 AM

^^^ you were a little late with that post...

7/15/2005 8:51:18 AM

So I reserved my book at Books-A-Millon, and some friends want us to go to the midnight book party at Barnes & Noble. Grrr. I wasn't planning on picking up my book at midnight anyway, but now I'll be somewhere that everybody is getting their book but me.

7/15/2005 9:01:03 AM

Details on midnight BN book thing? I was going to go to a keg party but this sounds much better.

7/15/2005 9:11:26 AM

look at page 2, list of things, pm sent sonia

7/15/2005 10:40:34 AM

Interesting article about Harry Potter and Christianity
http://www.veritaserum.com/info/christians/


JKR posted the answer to the question "How do the Order of the Phoenix members communicate with each other" on her site:

I was surprised that this particular question won the poll, because the answer (as I've already said) can be found in an already-published book (Goblet of Fire), whereas the other two questions related to book six. But perhaps I was influenced by the fact that I knew the other two questions had interesting answers – and, of course, you will shortly know the answers to those questions anyway!

Members of the Order use their Patronuses to communicate with each other. They are the only wizards who know how to use their spirit guardians in this way and they have been taught to do so by Dumbledore (he invented this method of communication). The Patronus is an immensely efficient messenger for several reasons: it is an anti-Dark Arts device, which makes it highly resilient to interference from Dark wizards; it is not hindered by physical barriers; each Patronus is unique and distinctive, so that there is never any doubt which Order member has sent it; nobody else can conjure another person's Patronus, so there is no danger of false messages being passed between Order members; nothing conspicuous needs to be carried by the Order member to create a Patronus.

And, as many of you have deduced, Dumbledore's Patronus is indeed a phoenix.


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7/15/2005 11:23:24 AM

^ I read that. I dont even remotely recall that ever being said or hinted at in HP GOF. I guess I need to read it for the 4th time then.

7/15/2005 11:48:03 AM

^yeah I wish she would have quoted instances from GoF where she indicated it, cuz i don't remember and I read that book like 5 times (as it is my favorite so far)

7/15/2005 11:52:00 AM

I got my copy today in the mail.

Guess the postguy missed the 20 "do not deliver" instructions on the box.

7/15/2005 1:49:34 PM

^^, ^^^ She showed it to us in the scene in GoF where Barty Crouch Sr. was killed. Harry and Dumbledore find Victor Krum stunned and Dumbledore send for Hagrid by shooting what looks like a silvery arrow from his wand in the direction of Hagrid's hunt. As it turns out, the silvery arrow was a quick moving phoenix patronus.

7/15/2005 2:31:02 PM

^Interesting. Very keen.

Question: Do they explain in the series how wizards can do spells without saying them aloud?

7/15/2005 3:12:17 PM

^ Not as of yet. We don't know for sure even if it can or can't be done. It has never been expressedly said that any spell was done without an incantation.

7/15/2005 3:19:25 PM

i just finished order like, 20 mins ago. i think i might wet myself i'm so excited for tomorrow.

7/15/2005 3:27:00 PM

im going to get this tonight at midnight

7/15/2005 3:29:56 PM

Same here.

7/15/2005 3:51:53 PM

Mine will come in the mail early tomorrow or else people will die.

7/15/2005 3:53:14 PM

Quote :

"^ Not as of yet. We don't know for sure even if it can or can't be done. It has never been expressedly said that any spell was done without an incantation."

I've always wondered that. It seems only the adults have been able to do it:
Mrs. Weasley when she cooks
Dumbledore sending out his patronous
Tonks when shes stuffing Harrys stuff into his trunk (HP OOTP)

7/15/2005 4:03:47 PM

amazon.com said it could take up til 7PM for deliveries to arrive...if i have to wait that long I'll be

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7/15/2005 4:07:14 PM

http://www.mugglenet.com/includes/hbp-cd.html

7/15/2005 5:08:45 PM

http://www.mugglenet.com/includes/hbp-cd.html[code]

7/15/2005 5:10:07 PM

DOUBLE

7/15/2005 5:20:30 PM

I'm leaving in 30 minutes to go to a premier party at the local bookshop. I get to read it before everyone back home.

7/15/2005 5:27:32 PM

I WILL be done with it before the weekend is over
it took me a Saturday and Sunday to read OotP and that was like 800 pages compared to the 672ish of HBP

7/15/2005 5:44:27 PM

Weird. They sold two different editions of it here, an adult one and a children's one.

7/15/2005 7:32:34 PM

the only difference from the children's edition is that the dustjacket has a different design. The contents are the same.

they have "children's" editions for all of the books

7/15/2005 7:48:24 PM

ergh i want to get the book at midnight but i gotta be up tomorrow morning at like 6:45....how much is it going to be at walmart say on sunday?

7/15/2005 8:37:47 PM

16.66

7/15/2005 8:40:27 PM

sweeet im going and getting it sunday when i get back

7/15/2005 8:42:15 PM

i'm at barnes and noble working right now, laughing at all these dumb ass people who, instead of waiting in line for 5 hours for the special midnight release of harry potter, could just take their asses to the wal mart 5 minutes down the road and grab a copy of the book for a lower price at midnight when they roll the pallets out.

7/15/2005 8:44:34 PM

OR just wake up and go buy it first thing

i wonder if any of these ppl r gonna go straight home and start reading

7/15/2005 8:46:25 PM

my dad wont let me get the book anybody wanna let me borrow it after they finish reading? i'll be done pretty quickly im a FAST reader i'll probably be done with it within 4 days

7/15/2005 8:46:34 PM

WONT LET U???

how old are you...i mean i thought u were in college

7/15/2005 8:53:04 PM

he thinks its a waste of money that i shouldnt spend on

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7/15/2005 8:58:55 PM

fast reader? 4 days? i finished order of the phoenix in one and a half...

7/15/2005 9:00:56 PM

when i finally get to Raleigh next week sure.

7/15/2005 9:01:35 PM

yea but i cant read 24/7 i work too

7/15/2005 9:03:39 PM

Thank God I'm not into this shit.

7/15/2005 9:05:45 PM

THANK GOD

7/15/2005 9:10:19 PM