Janet’s setups/payoffs book provided some good stuff. But the biggest tip of the cap has to go to Daniela Teo in “Who Killed Albus Dumbledore” – she hit some specific plot points spot on. Amazing. (John, I haven’t reread yours yet, either in the post above or in your books – but I know you claim to have a pretty low batting average when it comes to predicting the specifics, just as we all know it’s really high when predicting according to the “magic formula”.)

Nicholas

PS – on an unrelated note – I’m sure most AllPros are aware of Orlando Universal Studios’ work at creating a Potter-themed area out of one of their “Islands of Adventure”, a work that is progressing toward an opening in about 16-18 months. Part of the work now in progress involves at least a partial reworking of a really cool fast food place called “The Enchanted Oak”. I had photos from a couple years ago of a small pub that was part of this structure called “The Alchemy Bar”, with a note that said “This place, at least, won’t need any retheming for Harry Potter!”

With the new construction, it looks as if the Alchemy Bar might be removed – and wouldn’t that be ironic?

But not to drag up that old argument, I think the most disappointing thing to happen since the release of DH is the JKR/SVA lawsuit. And not just because it’s forced us to learn more about free use & copyright laws than we’d like, but because it’s tarnished the sheer joy surrounding the books & also divided the fandom to some extent.

Now I’m inclined to pet Felix Felixus…

Thanks for your comments. My little girl cat has feline leukemia, so it is as you say, doing enough to make her happy during the time she has left & not doing too much that would make her miserable. Right now she’s fairly stable.

Hopefully she didn’t consider the long drives yesterday & Monday, listening to DH, to be too miserable.

Pretty eventful. Did anyone expect an event that didn’t happen? Were you surprised, disappointed, or pleased by which events and non-events?

And then I want to do some blogging that I’ve put aside while I was reading. My intention was to write about DH while I read, but I just was too caught up in the story to do it.

Mostly, I’m just feeling the same sort of contentment and satisfaction that I did last year when I finished my marathon first reading of Deathly Hallows. And it occurs to me that this last year has gone by very quickly, indeed.

Pat

I’ve always been rather apathetic about book-versaries and such. I tend to have a period of (mostly) quiet fervor about 2 years long and then relax a bit, but I think my perpetual listening to the Dale readings will prolong this into a familiar comfort, an old friend who doesn’t need the fuss. I’ve been listening to DH all summer since (after reading John’s post on the matter), I discovered my town’s library has all (and several copies) of all the Jim Dale HP CDs.

~Nzie

I have celebrated the anniversary of the release of Deathly Hallows by releasing a wizard rock CD … yes, I am that much of a nerd … and posting a song dedicated to J.K. Rowling on my band site. If anybody is willing to brave Myspace and the fact that this is just me and my Korg Triton LE and Adobe Audition here, come check it out at http://www.myspace.com/librarylily!