Pottermania!
I realise I might be in the minority here, but I'm actually quite looking forward to reading the final installation of the boy Potter marathon.
There's a certain attitude that's become fashionable around my friends which ensures that when I mention my Potter enthusiasm, the response is inevitably a raised eyebrow followed by a sneer and a withering put-down about how they will be spending their time translating Paradise Lost into Hebrew, instead of reading that book like "ordinary people".
Now, I realise the hype is irritating, but I manage to remain unaware of what Paris Hilton's up to, in spite of the wall-to-wall coverage of this vacuous non-entity. Similarly, if you aren't interested in Potter, just let it all wash over you; we live in the era of news democratisation - just flip on the internet and read something non Potter-related of your choosing. Why moan about it?
It is my sneaking suspicion that those who claim that they don't read Potter "on principle" are only doing so to flag up their higher interleckshual status. In which case, the boy Potter is as valuable to them as it is to us who occasionally just like a cracking read and a bit of escapism; we read it, they build their House of Ego on it.
This isn't a dig at those who can't abide Potter and just go on their merry way without feeling the need to use it to flag up their superior credentials.
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I have my copy and I'm settling back for a good read on a wet Saturday afternoon. Happy days.
People who are 'anti-Potter by principle' are miserable pompous cunts.
Read it last night. Whilst it obviously isn't Paradise Lost, it is a very enjoyable read. Rowling does a great job in the final installment. No its not the second coming, but it is good.
What though if you did give it a go; thought it was a decent kids book but therefore wonder why the queues on the BBC (recording the launch) feature, largly, post 15yr old men...
I'm reading Potter, can't be arsed with the films though.
Paris Hilton is, like, SOOOO last month!
Anyhoo, I manage to retain my 'man of the people' credentials whilst slating Potter by having in hand a copy of the Bumper B3ta Book of Sick Jokes.
We worried whether two copies would be enough for our ravenous Pottermaniac household of four. As there were two adults this did suffice. It is Wednesday and neither of the youngsters have even begun the task ... I'm glad I didn't put £5 out on a third copy.
One of them - who in times past read the first three books several times over in preparation for the fourth and then continued to read them in sequence ten times (approx) until the fifth - is planning to be a tad less thorough this time but will be reading HP6 again first ...
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