So at 12:00am on Friday night/ Saturday morning Miles, Halleigh and I were at Barnes and Noble waiting to purchase HP7. Here are two pictures from the event.
I am sad to see the end of the Harry Potter books. I was not a Harry Potter fan in the beginning. No, I had to wait until I was at the loneliest time in my life to discover Harry Potter and the world that Rowling created. I lived in Montana, hadn't met Miles yet, it was a cold, long winter, I hated where I lived and who I lived with, and generally didn't have very many friends yet. So, I was at a local bookstore one day and sat down with Sorcerer’s Stone, after the first chapter, I was hooked. I read all four books right in a row, at the bookstore... that is how poor I was. I couldn't afford to buy them. ha ha ha. To my defense, I later went back and bought them from that bookstore.
Anyway... to make a long story short, Harry Potter was a great and needed diversion to my current living condition. I then pre-ordered HP5 and got it just in time to take it on our honeymoon. When HP6 came out Miles and I were living in Virginia and we went to the midnight release party. And now HP7... Halleigh was there.
Harry Potter is like an old friend, and I am sad to say good-bye. I had originally thought that I would only read two chapters a day and so it would drag out for a couple weeks... when we got home on Friday, I read two chapters and then went to bed. Saturday, the plan went right out the window. I just can't help it. I know I am going to hate myself when I finish the book, because that is all there is. No more Harry Potter to look forward too... IT"S THE END OF AN ERA PEOPLE!
To all of you out there reading along with me, cherish every moment, don't read too fast, and we'll talk when we are both done... I am sure that we will all need it!
ENJOY!