How quickly will you read Book 7?
I know many are avoiding LJ in case of being spoiled ... but if a few of you are still checking in over the next day or two, here's something I'm curious about:
When you get your genuine copy of Book 7, will you read it very slowly, savouring each line and plot twist? Will you skim it very fast, so the agony of finding out what happens will end as soon as possible?
Or will you even (gasp!) read the last page first?
When I get my book sometime on Saturday, I'm going to turn off the computer and the phone and sequester myself in a dark room on a comfortable couch. I'll start on p. 1. and keep reading sequentially, page by page, until I get to the end ... as if this weren't really Book 7--the one that will forever canon-shaft us--and as if I didn't particularly care what happens to characters like Severus Snape: whether he (1) lives, (2) dies, (3) is redeemed, or (4) falls howling into a fiery pit (I vote for 3).
For a round of final speculation about Snape before the moment of truth, check out the latest episode (19) of Snapecast: Orson Scott Card gives a fine analysis, based on literary reasons, about how JKR as a novelist should deal with the Potions Master. I look forward to discussing that after we've dug ourselves out from under Book 7.
When you get your genuine copy of Book 7, will you read it very slowly, savouring each line and plot twist? Will you skim it very fast, so the agony of finding out what happens will end as soon as possible?
Or will you even (gasp!) read the last page first?
When I get my book sometime on Saturday, I'm going to turn off the computer and the phone and sequester myself in a dark room on a comfortable couch. I'll start on p. 1. and keep reading sequentially, page by page, until I get to the end ... as if this weren't really Book 7--the one that will forever canon-shaft us--and as if I didn't particularly care what happens to characters like Severus Snape: whether he (1) lives, (2) dies, (3) is redeemed, or (4) falls howling into a fiery pit (I vote for 3).
For a round of final speculation about Snape before the moment of truth, check out the latest episode (19) of Snapecast: Orson Scott Card gives a fine analysis, based on literary reasons, about how JKR as a novelist should deal with the Potions Master. I look forward to discussing that after we've dug ourselves out from under Book 7.