10 days till Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I had this brilliant idea to reread all the books. I read 1-3 before 4, then 1-4 before 5. I tried to read 1-5 before 6, but I couldn’t read 5 again. I don’t know if I will make it through 5 and 6 again before 7, but I am 1/4 of the way through 1. We’ll see.
I don’t know how HP & the DH will end, but some famous writers had some good ideas. Check out The New York Times version of the end of Harry. I am partial to Polly Horvath‘s version, although Larry Doyle knew the right word to end it with. I liked Damon Lindof‘s essay, but I didn’t like Meg Cabot’s David Letterman interview. At right is Andrea Dezso’s image of the end.
I have also been counting down the days to the final Harry Potter book. I was reading Entertainment Weekly (I know) the other day and Stephen King has a column in the back. He was talking about the sense of sadness he feels because this is the end of Harry Potter. I agree with him. It’s been nice reading about Harry’s adventures. Did you see the movie? I went the other day. I really liked it. Of course, the book was much better.
I don’t think I could read all the books before this final one comes out. I put them all in my classroom for my library and sadly some of them never made it back.