So, I've finished the book.  I've just passed the book on to my hubby, who snatched it up eagerly, so I'm left with nothing but my thoughts.  Without the book in front of me, I'm not going to be able to throw out many quotes.  I'm rather shell-shocked now anyway.  So first I thought I'd post about what we were right and wrong about.

Fair warning - ( Read more... )

Here's a quickie one for you all as we count down the hours...

With Dumbledore dead, who will lead the Order?

McGonagall? Moody? Mr. Weasley? Or do you think the Order won't even be a significant factor in this book?

Personally, I would imagine McGonagall is going to be rather busy trying to hold the school together.  And Mr. Weasley doesn't seem to ( Read more... )

Something that just jumped out at me as I do my final re-read before Deathly Hallows. After Snape has killed DD, and Harry is chasing him across the lawn. Harry is trying to use Levicorpus on Snape non-verbally, and Snape deflects it. Harry calls Snape a coward, and then Snape makes a comment about how James would only fight if it were four on one ( Read more... )

Twelve days to go!  Anyone else getting nervous butterflies?

We've talked about this one before, but a new interview with JKR has actually shaken me up a bit.  So I'm curious what you all think.  Go check out Jonathan Ross' interview with JKR last week and tell me what you think.  Do you believe she's telling us Harry will die?

Jonathan Ross ( Read more... )

From Mugglenet:

Tilden, the Swedish Potter publisher, has revealed on their official website that JK Rowling has provided an alternative DH title to foreign countries: Harry Potter and the Relics of Death. The second title was released by Jo and Bloomsbury because the phrase "Deathly Hallows" is hard to translate without being able to read ( Read more... )

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Will Hogwarts reopen for the 1997-1998 school year?  If so, will Hermione, Ron and Harry be coming back to finish their 7th Year?

Ron and (especially) Hermione's willingness to drop out of school was a big surprise to me; not that they'd be willing to follow Harry to the end's of the earth, come what may, but that JKR put them in a situation where ( Read more... )

This question comes from dolphinluv2783 :
Is Harry’s scar a horcrux?  Why or why not?

( My thoughts... )

Who did RAB get the locket from the cave with? (Dumbledore made it clear that two people were needed to get past Voldemort's enchantments.) And where is the locket now?

This question has been bugging me for years:

Why was Voldemort prepared to let Lily live after he killed James at Godric's Hollow?

It makes little sense to me.  Why would he have been willing to let Lily walk away unharmed?  Why leave an enemy alive and well behind?  I assume part of that is because he would have been likely to underestimate ( Read more... )