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Harry Potter Book Seven Release Date

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Jo has finally come forth with a release date for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — July 21, 2007.
You can preorder now on Amazon.com.
You can read all about it on CNN.
More on my thoughts for this book later. I’m excited to have a release date, as much as it saddens me to see the [...]

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Harry Potter: The final installment

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

So now the end is really in sight, because the final Harry Potter book has a name:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Thanks for the tip, dad! Story below…
J.K. Rowling’s Next Book Titled
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
December 21, 2006 10:05 a.m.
Scholastic Corp., the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter series, said today [...]

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In case you live under a rock

Thursday, December 23rd, 2004

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.
July 16, 2005.
Trivia (OotP movie scarf as the grand prize), DVDs, possible dramatic readings and assured general mayhem before the midnight release - my place.
And it’s already the Amazon top bestseller. Good to know I am not even close to the most rabid fan out there.
It [...]

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Harry Potter comment parade

Saturday, December 4th, 2004

I get so many comments on this old post that it is silly and quite disturbing. So just for good measure, I’m going to give a synopsis of what I’ve said there. Sheesh, people.
Casting for Goblet of Fire is all over and done with - the movie began filming in April of this [...]

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Book #6 Title Announced

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

Woo!
Jo Rowling has announced the title to book six.
If you want to find it out the hard way, check out her site: www.jkrowling.com

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Trailers

Friday, April 9th, 2004

I took a gander at the new spiderman trailer today. They appear to be packing a LOT of character development into this movie. I’ll be interested to see if it works or if it feels rushed. I think it is a cool concept to address the practical difficulties of being a crime-fiighting [...]

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PoA Trailer

Friday, November 14th, 2003

The Prisoner of Azkaban trailer is out.
*happy dance*

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quickie update

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

Hi everybody!
I am doing this at work … sneaky, sneaky me. I keep starting guiltily and getting all tense through the shoulders whenever I hear someone walk by. I am really starting to want my own C.H.I.M.P. so that I can continue to goof off in peace.
I am still not done with OotP, [...]

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shrieking shack

Wednesday, June 18th, 2003

Yes, I KNOW. I’m on a total HP kick. It will die down again, I promise. It’s only one week — you can take it.
I have to admit that I got LOTS of entertainment out of reading the predictions on Scholastic’s Shrieking Shack page.
What’s YOUR prediction for OOtP??

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butterbeer

Thursday, June 12th, 2003

I am going to host a Harry Potter viewing and book release party next Friday night (we are all going to the midnight release of OotP at Barnes & Noble). I have decided that I just have to serve butterbeer, so I’ve been combing the internet for recipes. Here is everything I know [...]

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