Excited about Harry Potter Book 7?

[lizval99]

I was just wondering if anyone else out there was as excited about the last Harry Potter book as I am? I am a mother of 2 and a first grade teacher. I have read every Harry Potter book multiple times and have seen all the movies. I am really looking forward to getting the last book in a couple of weeks!

[mom2fussbudgets]

Yes, yes, YES!

I already posted this on another thread, but I have read the complete series out loud to my kids almost four times! Currently, we are trying to finish "Order of the Phoenix" before the movie comes out. We will have to skip "Half-Blood Prince" before reading the "Deathly Hallows," but that's okay. It hasn't been that long ago since we read it.

The hardest part so far has been trying to turn a deaf ear and blind eye to all of the news about it. We'll also have to do that until we get the book read. I'll be mad if we hear about the ending before we actually get to read it for ourselves!

[hvacwife]

Yes I'm looking forward to the book. I am not much of a movie watcher though.
I"m #20 on our list at the library and the library said they order 30 copies so I shouldn't have to wait for it.

[jmedina44]

I bought my copy today! Yeah I am so excited, we orginally bought them for my sons, but mommy ended up liking them better, we have all the books and movies, most of the time my kids won't even watch them with me.:( Oh well I still love Harry and the gang at Hogwarts!

[mom2fussbudgets]

I took my daughter to a Pokemon Tournament yesterday and started reading my copy while I was waiting for her. Now I'm having trouble putting it down (I'm on page 284). I've already shed quite a few tears. It is just awesome!

[mom2fussbudgets]

I bought my copy today! Yeah I am so excited, we orginally bought them for my sons, but mommy ended up liking them better, we have all the books and movies, most of the time my kids won't even watch them with me.:( Oh well I still love Harry and the gang at Hogwarts!

How old are your sons? It took my kids awhile to warm up to them; they were simply not interested when they were little (short attention span). I believe they were well into elementary school before they caught the Harry bug. Now I've read the books out loud to them several times. We haven't been to the movie yet--waiting for the crowds to die down!

[star1997]

I got mines yesterday and my son loves the book(The cheapist i've seen is at walmart for $17.72 and thats where we got it) and we live in MI so i dont know if its the same in diffrent states

[lizval99]

I just finished reading it last night! I thought that it was great. I picked it up on Saturday morning and read every chance I got over the weekend.:)

[star1997]

right now my son (Jeremy) is on page 74:D

[mom2fussbudgets]

I'm a little more than halfway done. I'll probably have it finished by the end of the week. It is SO good!

Star, good for Jeremy! Tell him, way to go!

[caryn]

I haven't read any of these books. I also am a teacher but there was such a controversy with them and the church. Since it involved wizard stuff I never felt compelled to do so. Anybody else feel that way?

[mom2fussbudgets]

Nope! Personally, I think the controversy is ridiculous. If these people would only read the books with an open mind. I think it's unfair to label a book evil without even reading it. Besides it's a fictional character! Evil's in the eye of the beholder, in my humble opinion.

Here's an article written by Judy Blume you may find interesting:

Is Harry Potter Evil?

By JUDY BLUME

I happened to be in London last summer on the very day "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the third book in the wildly popular series by J. K. Rowling, was published. I couldn't believe my good fortune. I rushed to the bookstore to buy a copy, knowing this simple act would put me up there with the best grandmas in the world. The book was still months away from publication in the United States, and I have an 8-year-old grandson who is a big Harry Potter fan.

It's a good thing when children enjoy books, isn't it? Most of us think so. But like many children's books these days, the Harry Potter series has recently come under fire. In Minnesota, Michigan, New York, California and South Carolina, parents who feel the books promote interest in the occult have called for their removal from classrooms and school libraries.

I knew this was coming. The only surprise is that it took so long -- as long as it took for the zealots who claim they're protecting children from evil (and evil can be found lurking everywhere these days) to discover that children actually like these books. If children are excited about a book, it must be suspect.

I'm not exactly unfamiliar with this line of thinking, having had various books of mine banned from schools over the last 20 years. In my books, it's reality that's seen as corrupting. With Harry Potter, the perceived danger is fantasy. After all, Harry and his classmates attend the celebrated Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. According to certain adults, these stories teach witchcraft, sorcery and satanism. But hey, if it's not one "ism," it's another. I mean Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" has been targeted by censors for promoting New Ageism, and Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for promoting racism. Gee, where does that leave the kids?

The real danger is not in the books, but in laughing off those who would ban them. The protests against Harry Potter follow a tradition that has been growing since the early 1980's and often leaves school principals trembling with fear that is then passed down to teachers and librarians.

What began with the religious right has spread to the politically correct. (Remember the uproar in Brooklyn last year when a teacher was criticized for reading a book entitled "Nappy Hair" to her class?) And now the gate is open so wide that some parents believe they have the right to demand immediate removal of any book for any reason from school or classroom libraries. The list of gifted teachers and librarians who find their jobs in jeopardy for defending their students' right to read, to imagine, to question, grows every year.

My grandson was bewildered when I tried to explain why some adults don't want their children reading about Harry Potter. "But that doesn't make any sense!" he said. J. K. Rowling is on a book tour in America right now. She's probably befuddled by the brouhaha, too. After all, she was just trying to tell a good story.

My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum's Oz series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read! In those days I used to dream of flying. I may have been small and powerless in real life, but in my imagination I was able to soar.

At the rate we're going, I can imagine next year's headline: " 'Goodnight Moon' Banned for Encouraging Children to Communicate With Furniture." And we all know where that can lead, don't we?

[star1997]

I'm a little more than halfway done. I'll probably have it finished by the end of the week. It is SO good!

Star, good for Jeremy! Tell him, way to go!

Thanks i'll tell him

[star1997]

Nope! Personally, I think the controversy is ridiculous. If these people would only read the books with an open mind. I think it's unfair to label a book evil without even reading it. Besides it's a fictional character! Evil's in the eye of the beholder, in my humble opinion.

Here's an article written by Judy Blume you may find interesting:

Is Harry Potter Evil?

By JUDY BLUME

I happened to be in London last summer on the very day "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the third book in the wildly popular series by J. K. Rowling, was published. I couldn't believe my good fortune. I rushed to the bookstore to buy a copy, knowing this simple act would put me up there with the best grandmas in the world. The book was still months away from publication in the United States, and I have an 8-year-old grandson who is a big Harry Potter fan.

It's a good thing when children enjoy books, isn't it? Most of us think so. But like many children's books these days, the Harry Potter series has recently come under fire. In Minnesota, Michigan, New York, California and South Carolina, parents who feel the books promote interest in the occult have called for their removal from classrooms and school libraries.

I knew this was coming. The only surprise is that it took so long -- as long as it took for the zealots who claim they're protecting children from evil (and evil can be found lurking everywhere these days) to discover that children actually like these books. If children are excited about a book, it must be suspect.

I'm not exactly unfamiliar with this line of thinking, having had various books of mine banned from schools over the last 20 years. In my books, it's reality that's seen as corrupting. With Harry Potter, the perceived danger is fantasy. After all, Harry and his classmates attend the celebrated Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. According to certain adults, these stories teach witchcraft, sorcery and satanism. But hey, if it's not one "ism," it's another. I mean Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" has been targeted by censors for promoting New Ageism, and Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for promoting racism. Gee, where does that leave the kids?

The real danger is not in the books, but in laughing off those who would ban them. The protests against Harry Potter follow a tradition that has been growing since the early 1980's and often leaves school principals trembling with fear that is then passed down to teachers and librarians.

What began with the religious right has spread to the politically correct. (Remember the uproar in Brooklyn last year when a teacher was criticized for reading a book entitled "Nappy Hair" to her class?) And now the gate is open so wide that some parents believe they have the right to demand immediate removal of any book for any reason from school or classroom libraries. The list of gifted teachers and librarians who find their jobs in jeopardy for defending their students' right to read, to imagine, to question, grows every year.

My grandson was bewildered when I tried to explain why some adults don't want their children reading about Harry Potter. "But that doesn't make any sense!" he said. J. K. Rowling is on a book tour in America right now. She's probably befuddled by the brouhaha, too. After all, she was just trying to tell a good story.

My husband and I like to reminisce about how, when we were 9, we read straight through L. Frank Baum's Oz series, books filled with wizards and witches. And you know what those subversive tales taught us? That we loved to read! In those days I used to dream of flying. I may have been small and powerless in real life, but in my imagination I was able to soar.

At the rate we're going, I can imagine next year's headline: " 'Goodnight Moon' Banned for Encouraging Children to Communicate With Furniture." And we all know where that can lead, don't we?

Thats bold cause they should let kids whatever children book they want and it's not religous it's just a nice friction book/movie so was the big fuss?(I had my son do it cause he wanted to)(yay!)(lol)(And if anything wrong son did it)(lol)

[lizmolik]

I believe there should be an age limit on certain books...Harry Potter is contriversial...I would not let my son read it unless he was at a mature age where he could understand what is real and what is not. Kids believe what they see and hear.

[star1997]

Well my son Jeremy he's 10 and he know's it's all not real

[PARTYOF6]

I FINISHED!!!! LOVED it.:) :) :)

[mom2fussbudgets]

I believe there should be an age limit on certain books...Harry Potter is contriversial...I would not let my son read it unless he was at a mature age where he could understand what is real and what is not. Kids believe what they see and hear.

Liz, the best thing for you to do is to read the books and decide for yourself. That's what I did. It's hard for me to imagine how anyone could think there's something wrong with the Harry Potter books after actually reading them. Harry is a good person and a hero. How can anyone find fault with that?

This is what I think is interesting. My next door neighbor will not let her son read the Harry Potter books or watch the movies for religious reasons. Yet, she let's him play violent video games, watch violent movies, and he has the mouth of a sailor. You would not believe some of the things my kids hear from him (they come and ask me what he's talking about). People sure seem to have an odd sense of right and wrong.

[star1997]

LOOK ON MY THREAD ON NEWS AND THERE'S A STORY ON MISSING PAGES ON THE NEW HARRY POTTER BOOK(7)(DUH!)(Lol):eek:

[star1997]

LOOK ON MY THREAD ON NEWS AND THERE'S A STORY ON MISSING PAGES ON THE NEW HARRY POTTER BOOK(7)(DUH!)(Lol):eek:

ANDI WAS BEING NOSIE ON EBAY AMD ONE OF THEM HAD A PIC ON THE COVER WHEN U TAKE IT OUT AND IT HAD 782 PAGES AND THE ONE HE HAS HAS ONLY 759(Weird)

[mom2fussbudgets]

My book has 759 pages--after looking at the contents page, I believe that is the correct amount.

[mom363546]

Well my son Jeremy he's 10 and he know's it's all not real

So is your son enjoying the book? Do you and your husband enjoy reading? There seems to be a lot of readers in this forum.Which is wonderful.

[star1997]

So is your son enjoying the book? Do you and your husband enjoy reading? There seems to be a lot of readers in this forum.Which is wonderful.

one yes,he is injoying the book he's on page,but I don't have husband

[mom2fussbudgets]

I finished! I got to a point where I couldn't put it down! It was just AWESOME! It is the bestest book I have read in a long, long, long time. Sad that it's finished, but thrilled with the way it ended.

[lizmolik]

I finished! I got to a point where I couldn't put it down! It was just AWESOME! It is the bestest book I have read in a long, long, long time. Sad that it's finished, but thrilled with the way it ended.

I like mysterys...do you think it is something I would be interested in? I am looking for a good book to read...I just hate getting into a book and it gets boring.

[mom2fussbudgets]

The Harry Potter books are in the Fantasy genre. Do you like stuff like that? I love the Harry Potter books, and have never met anyone who's disliked them once they started reading them. You need to start from the beginning though! The first book is called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

The books are not mystery per se, but Harry does have to figure things out along the way, so there are mysteries he has to solve. Liz, I cannot say enough about these books. There's a reason for all of the hype--it's because the books are fantastic!

Have you ever read books by Sue Grafton? She's one of my favorite mystery writers. Her most famous books are the Kinsey Millhone novels starting with A is for Alibi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Millhone

[mom363546]

I don't read as much as I should but believe it or not I have read several Sue Grafton books and they were all very good!! I want to say one was m is for murder!

[lizmolik]

The Harry Potter books are in the Fantasy genre. Do you like stuff like that? I love the Harry Potter books, and have never met anyone who's disliked them once they started reading them. You need to start from the beginning though! The first book is called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

The books are not mystery per se, but Harry does have to figure things out along the way, so there are mysteries he has to solve. Liz, I cannot say enough about these books. There's a reason for all of the hype--it's because the books are fantastic!

Have you ever read books by Sue Grafton? She's one of my favorite mystery writers. Her most famous books are the Kinsey Millhone novels starting with A is for Alibi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinsey_Millhone

Well I have watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone but I wonder if the book is the same as the movie...I like the movies alot. And I have never heard of Kinsey Millhone...I think when I go to the library I will pick up one of her books...or a Harry Potter book!!! I dunno yet but I need to read something.

[mom2fussbudgets]

I don't read as much as I should but believe it or not I have read several Sue Grafton books and they were all very good!! I want to say one was m is for murder!

I've read and liked all of them. :)

[star1997]

My son read it A whole bunch yesterday and he's on page 113 (Not that far do to sleepy and don't fell like it)

[mom2fussbudgets]

One page at a time; he'll get through it! Has he read the other Harry Potter books?

[star1997]

One page at a time; he'll get through it! Has he read the other Harry Potter books?
No,He was so cought up on getting the last book and I told him he said he did'nt care so I said wanna rent the movies at the movie store and he said ok but we have'nt made it there yet we've been buzy

[mom2fussbudgets]

LOL! He's gonna be lost then!

[hvacwife]

I just it from the library and Im really enjoying it. It doesn't seem to be as fast reading as the others. Yes it does have 759 pages.

[mom2fussbudgets]

Let me know what you think when you are done. :)

[star1997]

Let me know what you think when you are done. :)

I'll also let u know when my son's done:)

[freebielover]

ok in my opinion that book was the best book out of all 7 of them
and it took me longer to read because i knew it was the last book so i savored it i suppose
no more harry potter:(
i got into these books after the first couple of books were out and schools were banning the books from schools and parents were complaining about them....so i got them to read to see what the hub bub was about
and i got hooked

[mom2fussbudgets]

Well I have watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone but I wonder if the book is the same as the movie...I like the movies alot. And I have never heard of Kinsey Millhone...I think when I go to the library I will pick up one of her books...or a Harry Potter book!!! I dunno yet but I need to read something.

Liz, I am so sorry! Somehow, I missed your post! I believe it's because we posted at almost the exact same time! Check out my post beneath yours.

The movies are good, but the books are way better than the movies. The books are rich with details, and you are privy to what the characters are thinking--something that just cannot be done in a movie.

My daughter, who is not much of a reader, picked up the first Harry Potter book the other day and started reading it (I almost fell over). She has been reading in her room virtually nonstop ever since, and is now on the third book, which is Harry Potter and the Prisoner from Azkaban.

Freebielover, I think the last book is my favorite one too. All of the loose ends were tied up very nicely indeed.

Star, yes, let me know what your son thinks. :)

[star1997]

Liz, I am so sorry! Somehow, I missed your post! I believe it's because we posted at almost the exact same time! Check out my post beneath yours.

The movies are good, but the books are way better than the movies. The books are rich with details, and you are privy to what the characters are thinking--something that just cannot be done in a movie.

My daughter, who is not much of a reader, picked up the first Harry Potter book the other day and started reading it (I almost fell over). She has been reading in her room virtually nonstop ever since, and is now on the third book, which is Harry Potter and the Prisoner from Azkaban.

Freebielover, I think the last book is my favorite one too. All of the loose ends were tied up very nicely indeed.

Star, yes, let me know what your son thinks. :)


Turst me i will

[lizmolik]

Liz, I am so sorry! Somehow, I missed your post! I believe it's because we posted at almost the exact same time! Check out my post beneath yours.

The movies are good, but the books are way better than the movies. The books are rich with details, and you are privy to what the characters are thinking--something that just cannot be done in a movie.

My daughter, who is not much of a reader, picked up the first Harry Potter book the other day and started reading it (I almost fell over). She has been reading in her room virtually nonstop ever since, and is now on the third book, which is Harry Potter and the Prisoner from Azkaban.

Freebielover, I think the last book is my favorite one too. All of the loose ends were tied up very nicely indeed.

Star, yes, let me know what your son thinks. :)

Ya you are right you dont know what the characters are thinking in a movie...I still havent made it to the Library...Everytime I go I end up grabbing a bunch of books that I dont read. I guess cause I get interested in one then switch to another and forget what I read and dont come back...lol...I will go there probably next week and this time I am only going for one book so that is all I can read.

[mom2fussbudgets]

I usually only get one at a time. They only give you two weeks, and I only read a little bit each night before I go to bed. If I get more than that, I end up not reading them as well.

Whatever you get, I hope you enjoy it!

[lizmolik]

I usually only get one at a time. They only give you two weeks, and I only read a little bit each night before I go to bed. If I get more than that, I end up not reading them as well.

Whatever you get, I hope you enjoy it!

Ya I really need to read more. I just cant concentrate half of the time!

[mom2fussbudgets]

It's hard to read when you have young children. When my kids were little, I hardly ever had time to read.

[msgail1953]

:cool: Please don't read the Deathly Hallows before the others. The books are good no matter what order you read them in but if you want the heart thumping, tears down your face excitement, read all of the others before Deathly Hallows. It was the best book I've read this year.

[mom2fussbudgets]

:cool: Please don't read the Deathly Hallows before the others. The books are good no matter what order you read them in but if you want the heart thumping, tears down your face excitement, read all of the others before Deathly Hallows. It was the best book I've read this year.

I agree with everything you just said, 100%!

[Pumpograce]

I just finished reading it last night! I thought that it was great. I picked it up on Saturday morning and read every chance I got over the weekend.:)

I finished reading it last week I Could not get my head out of it :o