So, last night the long vigil for the final Harry Potter volume ended. Wife and daughter, both devotees, were pleasantly giddy at the prospect after all these years of waiting to find out how the story ends.
The scene at Katy Budget Books was pretty festive, but not quite as crowded as last time (that had been an outright fire code violation). There were lots of costumes, mostly the usual robes and wands, but the crowd also included one girl dressed as the Mirror of Erised and another as Dobby with socks everywhere. Alas, they did not win a prize in the judging, although we did see them each get a gift from the store.
We got our books pretty soon after midnight; we were #80 in line.
Of course, daughter had long planned to stay up all night to read. So, she prepared a box of snacks to sustain herself, kissed us good night, and disappeared upstairs. I got up this morning around 7:30 and went out to drop off shirts at the cleaners and pick up some breakfast treats. When I got back home a little after 8:00, there was this note in the kitchen:
"Had breakfast. Need time to rest, and process. Don't wake me."
Don't know if that means she is finished or not; there is no sound from the second floor. The mother of the house read into the night, but did sleep, got up at 9:00 and dived back in. Stillness reigns.
To be continued...
Related:
• Camille at Book Moot says, "Thanks for the ride!"
• Captain Ed live-blogged his local Harry Potter party.
• Frank J already knows the ending - naturally, it involves Fred Thompson.
UPDATE: 7:00 p.m. Saturday, they are both finished. Now it's my turn.
Posted by Alan at July 21, 2007 11:07 AM