...and frankly, you've never been more...

[infinitegraces]

ETA to add timing comments - Bought the book at 2:25 pm Central Daylight time July 16 at Wal-Mart, for 15.78 plus tax. Total was 17.04, I began reading pretty soon after getting in the truck, and finished between 6:30 and 6:40. So, likely the reading time was around 4 hours and ten minutes.

Comments

[phoenixds]

I loved the end. It was easily the best part of the book. I was somewhat disappointed in the first parts, because I felt some of them lacked the flair that usually was there. And I was a little disappointed in the lack of description in some places

[infinitegraces]

I guess not much else to say quite yet, my initial thoughts, which now I think might have been bordering on insanity, have cooled, though I still have collected myself enough to make my own post, I think. We shall see.

Well, you see how long it took me to be able to make this post. I mean, it took me about six hours to be able to.

Of course, reading this helped a lot. It was refreshing to see the first true post-HBP fic on my flist and the fic make complete, utter sense, y'know?

By the way, we have a room specifically for HBP spoilers on the chat server if you need somewhere to talk. Server's irc.portkey.org now, and the chat is a lot more calm than the forums have been being.

[phoenixds]

Hmm... That was a good fic. Yay!

And yeah, I did notice it took you a while to get this post out. You have the advantage of three hours on me, of course ;)

I might just pop into that chat, actually, though I probably won't stay long if I do. I have to go look at a car tomorrow morning (bleh).

And I do think I'll have to start cranking out the fanfic again... I'm a little discourage about Swords, though, since I started it even before Book 5, and here we are at Book 6... I suppose it helps that it's a crossover, but I still feel a little listless about finishing it, with all that's happened. Meh.

[infinitegraces]

Heh. Jim and I are in this RPG full of H/Hr shippers and we figure we'll just add a few things in from HBP for the Trio's seventh year...although I might bring up the Trio expedition and horclux thing...I think it could still work with what we've done.

[photosinensis]

All conversations with photosinensis are between two t00bs and are thus incapable of being completely serious.

Damn straight.

Great book, though, despite the shipping issues. They really were minor.

[dk2022]

I just love the bit when Dumbledore tells Harry that he's ok cause 'I am with you.' It was like 'Oh, now you have to get through this!' :: Goes to re-read the others :: I can't remember what happens...

Rach xxx

[rhiddle]

Professor McGonagall. Damn. I wish we could've seen more of her because I was so "glee!" at all her snark in OotP at Umbridge and all we got of that was her comment about Neville.

Hermione has some serious Harry-worship going on.

[infinitegraces]

Professor McGonagall. Damn. I wish we could've seen more of her because I was so "glee!" at all her snark in OotP at Umbridge and all we got of that was her comment about Neville.

Yes, I would have liked to have seen more of my favorite Head of House. Although we should probably start calling her Headmistress now, shouldn't we?

Hermione has some serious Harry-worship going on.

Oh, good, you noticed it too! For some reason I thought I was the only one who had noticed that...Glad I'm not, though.

:)

[instantkarma19]

The Professor McGonagall Reveals to Neville that his Grandmother Augusta is nowhere near Perfect Incident

My Nevilley poo! The dear barely was a blip on the radar this book. I was expecting great things, after the prophecy incident. Oh wellz. HBP was a TRILLION times better the OotP.

Voldie's dysfucntional past was my favorite part. Horcruxes. Inferi. Inbred families, oh my!