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Someone can start a new thread with pot(terhead) info hidden, like Brownies-Pot(ter) secrets revealed. Discuss openly who dies and how it's impacted you. Attach a warning that it's a "gateway" thread so no one accidently discovers any spoilers they don't want to know.
 
NoHall said:
I've actually known people to buy the paperbacks and rip them in half for that reason...



I'm re-reading them in reverse order, trying to remember what the @#$% all those little spells and names and junk were. Someone needs to print a handbook with 1) The Marauder's Map, 2) a yearbook-style directory (with an appendix for family trees), 3) a timeline, 4) a glossary, 5) a list of spells and their function, and any other misc. info that might prove helpful. (Of course, someone is going to read this thread and do just that, and I'll get no credit whatsoever.)
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I could never rip a book in half! Building arm muscle instead!

Sadly I can answer all those questions due to my ability to remember only arcane and useless knowledge! I usually go by the latin roots to figure out the spells - she does a great job of naming them! I love that the worst spell, the one that kills people sounds like abbracadabra! Rowling is supposedly going to write an encyclopedia next w/ all that info for you!
 
scooterbug44 said:
I could never rip a book in half! Building arm muscle instead!

Sadly I can answer all those questions due to my ability to remember only arcane and useless knowledge! I usually go by the latin roots to figure out the spells - she does a great job of naming them! I love that the worst spell, the one that kills people sounds like abbracadabra! Rowling is supposedly going to write an encyclopedia next w/ all that info for you!
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Actually, trivia is one of my talents, too. I just have a book like that for The Chronicles of Narnia, and I love reading through it. (I'm the kid who reads the atlas and the encyclopedia and Dad's old yearbooks and graveyard etchings and census records for fun...)

I noticed that about the abracadabra death spell, too. I just didn't quite get the Sectumsempra one until I just now googled it. Latin again...I guess that a beautiful index book isn't necessary as long as there's Wikipedia.

On a related note, my glasses disappeared in the middle of the night. I suspect Nargols are behind it.
 
I can finally read this post! I finished the book last night, but was afraid I might see a "spoiler" in this thread so I avoided it until I finished--really hard to do!

I, too, waited to get the book last Friday for the experience. It's the last one, so why not? I don't get into all of the theories and such, I just really like the stories. JK does such an awesome job of telling the story. Book 7 by far surpasses all of the others. I can't believe how much happens right off the bat. I'm sure I'll have to give it another read just to make sure I "get" it all.
 
I am surprised at how much I liked book 7! I fully expected to get to the end and think "well, that S**ks!" but it was really good. Still don't see how anyone can read one of the books or see one of the movies without having touched on the ones that went before. I have read all of them and I still get confused- too many hard names!
 
Rowling was on the "Today" show yesterday, and Meredith even asked her about writing an index. Rowling said that she wanted to, but not right now. She's too tired.

She also said that she was going to keep writing, but not about Harry. Said she couldn't imagine not writing. I was glad to hear that.
 
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