Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

**Nick** · 21st July 07, 08:10 PM

Friday at 9:00 PM my Lady and I arrived at the Westwood Mall to get in line for the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." We were near the head of the line, to my suprise. The line got lots, lots longer as we waited, though.

Here's from where we sat to the front door:

And the people we sat with, one of Cassie's friends from work and her sister. One of the girls in the group sitting next to us asked why more men don't wear kilts. Told her I didn't know.

Sat and played cards and ate pizza till the doors opened. Oh yeah, and our car got hit. Some carfull of teenaged girls backed into our car, then when we started towards them sped off. Another girl that was there said she knew them, and then they circled around the back and got in line. We were ticked, more because they hit and ran, but since there wasn't any damage to our car (incredibly) I didn't press it any farther.

I was #27 in line, out of a couple hundred. There were a few other places in Marquette to get the book, too, so this wasn't everyone. Here's in the mall just after the doors opened at 11. There were lots of activities until 12:01.

Me waiting in line:

Walking out of B. Daltons:

And my Lady and I triumphant outside the mall:

I got a couple comments on the kilt, and lots of odd looks, both for that and the monocle. I normally only wear it when I'm reading, not all the time, but I decided to wear it all night. Two of the characters in the books wear them, you see... Okay, I'm not as bad as some people, but I've read the books lots.

And to close, the line about a half hour before the doors opened:

Cheers,
Nick

**brandycr** · 21st July 07, 09:10 PM

Love Harry glad they are another fan in our midst !I recieved a copy of J.K.s third and final revision last week but have only made it to page 412 seeing as kids keep me busy.
Now have someone to discuss book with lol

**Alan H** · 21st July 07, 09:18 PM

I've read them all, too. Our copy arrived in the mail, today....about 3 days earlier than expected. I won't be able to get to the book for at least two weeks, though.

**Raphael** · 21st July 07, 09:27 PM

SO, did Rowling kill Harry?

**McClef** · 22nd July 07, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Raphael

SO, did Rowling kill Harry?

No spoilers please!

And Nick, if you had worn two monocles you would have made a spectacle of yourself!

**Kilted-Marine** · 22nd July 07, 02:46 AM

well. I picked up the book today at 2pm, had to go out for dinner but finished reading it at 4:31am this morning.

Great ending and the last part is great

I avoided all the talk just so I would not hear what happened.

**Hamish** · 22nd July 07, 03:57 AM

The world has gone crazy over the Harry Potter stories. Am I the only person, I wonder, who has never read any of those books nor seen any of the films? It is the same with Lord of the Rings: admittedly, I did TRY to read one of those books (still have it somewhere) but I just could not get into it - and I have not seen the films!

**Ozman1944** · 22nd July 07, 08:51 AM

Have read ALL the books, seen all the movies. Am a big fan. am now reading the Last Book. And am tuning out the world until I finish......(Didn't want to camp out at Burbank mall, so pre-ordered from "Amazon.com" a few months ago. It arrived Sat. like everyone else.

**Mr. MacDougall** · 22nd July 07, 09:31 AM

As mentioned in the thread about Order of the Phoenix I went to the book release party at my local bookstore, and yes, I dressed up for it. One thing that surprised me was that there were more Ravenclaws there then Griffindors -- though now that I think about it, the bookstore in question is literally right next door to the university campus, so....

And no spoilers, but I am finished with the book.