Following the trend
I'm going to attempt to quit checking livejournal until I finish Harry Potter. I'm an incredibly slow reader, and very busy, so it may be a while. But I REALLY don't want this one spoiled for me. More than likely, I will not be updating/commenting until I have finished it.
and this was fun, stolen from facebook, if only everyone followed these and we'd have no spoilers:
TIPS FOR HARRY POTTER READERS:
1. Please, for our sakes and your own, don't skip to the last chapter, and read it first! It's tacky, and will ruin the fun of tying up loose ends, and understanding who dies (yes, someone MUST die), and the story behind it.
2. If you have access to the Harry Potter book before it's published (eg. your dad is the printer, Mary Grandpre is a close cousin, or you're sleeping with one of the translators) DON'T GO RUINING THE PUNCHLINE! These people are sworn to secrecy, and would probably LOVE to tell the world about the book, but alas, they can't. So, don't pressure anyone into telling, and don't tell anyone yourself if you know.
3. When you have read the book, KEEP spoilers away from your blog! People read at different speeds, and I WANT TO READ IT MYSELF!
4. STAY away from blogs until after you've finished the book. Someone WILL read the end first, and write about it on LiveJournal or whatever, and you can save a lot of grief by just staying away from blogs (You'll be too busy reading all day and night :P ).
5. Simular to tip #3, don't read any article in the Newspaper about Harry Potter in the days following the book's release. The journalist will have read it, and will write a summary including spoilers. (Again, you will be preoccupied reading Harry Potter, and so avoiding spoilers is relatively easy.)
6. Avoid human conversation if possible for the first fews days after the release of the book! Harry Potter wil be the only thing on your mind that day. You don't want to accidentally slip and say too much, nor be told too much.
7. SPEAK to your pets about Harry Potter. Other than parrots, animals won't blab to anyone about what you know, and what your younger brother hasn't read yet. Keep your voice low of course, our take your pet on a walk and speak to it then (this will double get you that excercise that you have neglected to get from reading all day.)
8. If no animal is available, and/or you MUST speak to a human being, and that human being is also reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, PLEASE only discuss mutually read passages of the book! Check which chapter, sentence, and WORD they are on, and THEN proceed to speak of only the mutually covered pages.
Remember: every minute you spend talking, is one minute that you could be reading.
and this was fun, stolen from facebook, if only everyone followed these and we'd have no spoilers:
TIPS FOR HARRY POTTER READERS:
1. Please, for our sakes and your own, don't skip to the last chapter, and read it first! It's tacky, and will ruin the fun of tying up loose ends, and understanding who dies (yes, someone MUST die), and the story behind it.
2. If you have access to the Harry Potter book before it's published (eg. your dad is the printer, Mary Grandpre is a close cousin, or you're sleeping with one of the translators) DON'T GO RUINING THE PUNCHLINE! These people are sworn to secrecy, and would probably LOVE to tell the world about the book, but alas, they can't. So, don't pressure anyone into telling, and don't tell anyone yourself if you know.
3. When you have read the book, KEEP spoilers away from your blog! People read at different speeds, and I WANT TO READ IT MYSELF!
4. STAY away from blogs until after you've finished the book. Someone WILL read the end first, and write about it on LiveJournal or whatever, and you can save a lot of grief by just staying away from blogs (You'll be too busy reading all day and night :P ).
5. Simular to tip #3, don't read any article in the Newspaper about Harry Potter in the days following the book's release. The journalist will have read it, and will write a summary including spoilers. (Again, you will be preoccupied reading Harry Potter, and so avoiding spoilers is relatively easy.)
6. Avoid human conversation if possible for the first fews days after the release of the book! Harry Potter wil be the only thing on your mind that day. You don't want to accidentally slip and say too much, nor be told too much.
7. SPEAK to your pets about Harry Potter. Other than parrots, animals won't blab to anyone about what you know, and what your younger brother hasn't read yet. Keep your voice low of course, our take your pet on a walk and speak to it then (this will double get you that excercise that you have neglected to get from reading all day.)
8. If no animal is available, and/or you MUST speak to a human being, and that human being is also reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, PLEASE only discuss mutually read passages of the book! Check which chapter, sentence, and WORD they are on, and THEN proceed to speak of only the mutually covered pages.
Remember: every minute you spend talking, is one minute that you could be reading.