Harry Potter--no spoilers (I haven't even read Goblet of Fire yet!)

[furtech]

You know what tickles me? I LOVE seeing people (kids especially) enjoying the release of the latest Potter book with celebration, parties and a look of awe and reverence as they hold a Very Precious Thing in their hands.


(news photo)

I haven't been that excited about a book's release in years: back to when you discovered a long-awaited book suddenly appears on the shelves and you suddenly have the Best Day Ever. Buy the book, take it home-- almost afraid to open the cover because you know that once you do this, you will eventually get to the end. You want to save it-- but you open the cover anyway and start reading...into the night...blearily the next morning...happiness.

I'm sorry I didn't go to any of the parties at the bookstores (especially since this is the last book), though I had fun at them in the past. So neat to see the faces of kids looking that ecstatic about a book...

Comments

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Thank you. ^_^ I've read, here and there, of others' dismay that some people - adults, even! - would find themselves so caught up in a book setting as to eagerly anticipate its finale.

But this is the wonder of finding oneself caught in a setting, whether it's a book series, Second Life, or anything else - it might not seem sensible from the "outside", but can the ignition of one's sense of wonder really ever be adequately conveyed?

We can but hope their fascination with reading blossoms, of course, just as it illuminated the childhood of those knowing works as The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, or Jennie.