I am entirely too amused that six of the top ten trending topics in the US right now are Potter-verse related. The fact that two of said six trending topics are "Mrs Weasley" and "Neville Longbottom" gives me warm fuzzies.

(Still too much of a wimp to see the movie, though. STILL REPRESSING THE BOOK.)

Has anyone seen the final trailer for Part I of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows? Can I watch it without breaking down into tears?

I'm not sure when I went from being over these movies to being afraid to watch a trailer for fear of getting too worked up, but yeah, that happened.

The Ten Most Read Fiction Books of 2007 according to Goodreads:

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. The Kite Runner
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
4. To Kill a Mockingbird
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Your Cheatin' Listenin' Ways - apparently it's quite scandalous that some people in book clubs listen to the audiobook rather than actually read the text. I am not a big audiobook person (I listened to several chapters of the OOTP audiobook rather than read it entirely myself, and I put The Deathly Hallows audiobook on for a couple chapters while ( Read more... )

Day 2 of the Maryland Bar exam is over ( Read more... )

+ The NY Post cracks me up, what with the actual LINKING to websites claiming to have up pages from The Deathly Hallows. **face-palms**

+ The Minimalist shares 101 Simple Meals Ready In Ten Minutes Or Less.

Readers join in with their 10 minute recipesA lot of sardines on bread suggestions in reader comments - who knew the NYT was so popular ( Read more... )

A handful of OOTP promo pics. Like johnnybvo, the second pic made me squee a little inside. (Well, to be honest, he said he thought the second picture was a "cool shot." Which I understand to be boy talk for "made me squee inside.") I don't really have any coherent thoughts on ALLCAPS!Harry's hair. I think I like it.

Has no one been to see The Last ( Read more... )

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So this will be the first of the HP films I'll see having read the book first. Should be fun.