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01/17/2003 Entry: "::deep breath::"

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Okay. It's been two days since the announcement, and I've known for these two days, and probably everyone has known for these last two days. But I still can't resist saying it:

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX IS COMING OUT JUNE 21ST! ::shrieks::

mugglenet.com was very useful. And they calculated that this book will be about 950 pages long. ::shrieks more::

See, I was generally pretty "mm-hmm" about this because there was no release date. And now that there is, I am OFF THE WALLS AND BOUNCING UP AND DOWN AND in general, quite scary. I think I freaked even Tanya out, but then she started screaming with me, so it was really good, actually.

:) I'm going to try to lure Janine down her on the 20th. How neat would that be, if she could come down here and then go with me to Barnes and Nobles that evening to go hit the midnight sales (Barnes and Nobles has already announced that its stores will remain open late that evening, no surprise). She doesn't read this, though, but I'm still going to lure her. It's apparently two days after school lets out, whoa, and June 21st is my oldest sister's birthday ^.^ I think this is pretty neat.

Excerpts that were released (more like teasers):

The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive.....The only person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flowerbed outside number four.

Later in the novel, J.K. Rowling writes:

"Dumbledore lowered his hands and surveyed Harry through his half-moon glasses.

'It is time,' he said 'for me to tell you what I should have told you five years ago, Harry.

Please sit down. I am going to tell you everything.'"

I am not of the following that thinks that Dumbledore says it at the END of the book. That's just not J.K. Rowling. She does not *need* to end books on Big Fat Ugly cliffhangers to encourage sales of the 6th book, nor do I think is it particularly in her style. (When I finished The Subtle Knife, a book with a most un-subtle ending, I threw it at the mirror. It bounced, which somewhat ruined the effect... but you can bet that on opening day of Amber Spyglass, I was at the bookstore ^^) Either way, I'm very happy ^^ Can't wait until it comes out. And heck, promotion is going on a lot - I went to bn.com and there's a great big fat picture there - first thing you see - that says to preorder your copy of Harry Potter NOW. As it is, I'm just gonna reserve a copy down at Barnes and Nobles - no point in waiting for a delivery.

::shrieks again:: Sorry. It's compulsive. At any rate, Tanya and Taleen and I have all promised to be at the bookstore that night ^^ it looks like it'll be one big party - and I mean big. It was reallllllly crowded as it was when book 4 came out, and the popularity has only grown since then. I can't wait :) How about you? (Whoever "you" is, anyway.)