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One Year Ago Today
Monday, 21 June 2004 05:59It is 5:40am on 21st June 2004. One year ago, give or take twenty minutes, I was reading that someone I adored had died. Even at the time I didn't think she'd written it especially well.
At midnight I'd gone to Maher's bookstore to get my copy (queues stretched around the store, out the door and all the way down to the photo booth area of the shoppign centre. And this was in the dull suburbs. I should also point out that I had a copy coming from Amazon, but was so terrified it wouldn't arrive on Saturday and I'd have to wait until Monday I went on Thursday and reserved one at Mahers. In the event, I'd read the whole thing before the post even arrived.
I sat downstairs (lay, really) on the sofa with Vh1 Classic going in the background. I had some crunchy bacon and Rocky bars to eat, while several bottles of coke were in reach. Interestingly, it took me a long time to get really absorbed in the book- I kept getting distracted by the videos and such. I think I didn't want to read it, for fear of what was inside! According to this very journal:
Got the book home by 1am. Started reading about twenty minutes later taking into consideration snack and comfortableness preparations.
Finished it at 7.20.
That was my first public reaction. A little bit later, after some sleep I said this. I find my first reaction to Luna quite interesting, cos I think she's fabulous really. Kneejerk reactions are a funny thing.
And yes, I'm still in mourning for Sirius. I don't like manwhore!Sirius or ladykiller!Sirius as seen in so many fics. I like this Sirius. He's interesting, you know? What is it about a formerly arrogant little git who could be awful to other students that we like? Was it before or during Azkaban that he realised the error of his ways? I know that if I'd been at school with Sirius, I'd probably be on Lily's side- I'd not like him much. But you see other sides to him as well as the fact that, even after all this time, he and Snape still can't get over what they've done to each other. I like it. It's interesting. I sincerely hope that we find out more about both of them before the last word of the last book.
While I enjoyed it well enough the first time, it wasn't something I've ever really repeat-read. When I love a book, I tend to read it until it falls apart. I did the same with PoA in particular from this series. I'm not saying I dislike OotP at all, it just wasn't the one that touched a chord with me as much. I LOVE how much the magical world seemed to expand in this book, particularly in terms of new characters. I ADORE Tonks, and I liked learning about the most ancient and ignoble house of Black, even if it did screw up my own story totally!
I think I finished reading about twelve hours before anyone else I knew, but discovered some people had already put (shite) fanfic up for it on FF.net.
I read bits on the way back to Lancaster and while in Lancaster, but I only really picked it up again at work much later that summer. Since then, I haven't. I know I'm not alone in this. I feel that this is the book JK needed to write for everything to make sense, but those that follow will be more... entertaining, I guess. I don't mean funny or fluffy, but I mean something that we'll want to read again and again.
In the meantime, I'm off downstairs. Have a lack-of-Coke headache from being asleep for about 13 hours
At midnight I'd gone to Maher's bookstore to get my copy (queues stretched around the store, out the door and all the way down to the photo booth area of the shoppign centre. And this was in the dull suburbs. I should also point out that I had a copy coming from Amazon, but was so terrified it wouldn't arrive on Saturday and I'd have to wait until Monday I went on Thursday and reserved one at Mahers. In the event, I'd read the whole thing before the post even arrived.
I sat downstairs (lay, really) on the sofa with Vh1 Classic going in the background. I had some crunchy bacon and Rocky bars to eat, while several bottles of coke were in reach. Interestingly, it took me a long time to get really absorbed in the book- I kept getting distracted by the videos and such. I think I didn't want to read it, for fear of what was inside! According to this very journal:
Got the book home by 1am. Started reading about twenty minutes later taking into consideration snack and comfortableness preparations.
Finished it at 7.20.
That was my first public reaction. A little bit later, after some sleep I said this. I find my first reaction to Luna quite interesting, cos I think she's fabulous really. Kneejerk reactions are a funny thing.
And yes, I'm still in mourning for Sirius. I don't like manwhore!Sirius or ladykiller!Sirius as seen in so many fics. I like this Sirius. He's interesting, you know? What is it about a formerly arrogant little git who could be awful to other students that we like? Was it before or during Azkaban that he realised the error of his ways? I know that if I'd been at school with Sirius, I'd probably be on Lily's side- I'd not like him much. But you see other sides to him as well as the fact that, even after all this time, he and Snape still can't get over what they've done to each other. I like it. It's interesting. I sincerely hope that we find out more about both of them before the last word of the last book.
While I enjoyed it well enough the first time, it wasn't something I've ever really repeat-read. When I love a book, I tend to read it until it falls apart. I did the same with PoA in particular from this series. I'm not saying I dislike OotP at all, it just wasn't the one that touched a chord with me as much. I LOVE how much the magical world seemed to expand in this book, particularly in terms of new characters. I ADORE Tonks, and I liked learning about the most ancient and ignoble house of Black, even if it did screw up my own story totally!
I think I finished reading about twelve hours before anyone else I knew, but discovered some people had already put (shite) fanfic up for it on FF.net.
I read bits on the way back to Lancaster and while in Lancaster, but I only really picked it up again at work much later that summer. Since then, I haven't. I know I'm not alone in this. I feel that this is the book JK needed to write for everything to make sense, but those that follow will be more... entertaining, I guess. I don't mean funny or fluffy, but I mean something that we'll want to read again and again.
In the meantime, I'm off downstairs. Have a lack-of-Coke headache from being asleep for about 13 hours
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