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Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jessica73 on June 18, 2003, 06:02:55 pm
I am, I've been waiting for 3 long years. i plan on being there saturday morning at the bookstore and spending all day reading in the comfort of my bed.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: LimeTwister on June 18, 2003, 06:04:46 pm
I've never read the first one, or the ones after that...I don't care to read them either.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: badsrx7 on June 18, 2003, 06:27:22 pm
hell no.. ;)
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Tiger Baby on June 18, 2003, 07:43:21 pm
Maybe check it out at the library.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Vultch on June 18, 2003, 07:46:01 pm
I'm much more of a Lord Of The Rings person.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Dancernl on June 18, 2003, 08:11:08 pm
my sister pre-ordered hers in January!  I'm waiting in line Friday night at Walden Books and at midnight they sell.  Half the fun is waiting and meeting other Harry fans.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Gina on June 18, 2003, 08:12:51 pm
i definately dont plan on buying it.... i havent read any of them and i dont intend to start now. i can hardly read the books we havta read in english class, i really dont enjoy reading too much on my free time unless i find somethin realllly worth reading:) hehe
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 18, 2003, 08:16:21 pm
I wanna get it, but I'm not sure if it's one of those books where you have to have read the first one and one's after that to understand the latest one...anyone wanna clue me in on that? I heard Harry Potter books are addicting...if your a fan.

The only book i've ever really gotten into before, that I actually enjoyed reading in school was "And then there were none" I kept wanting to turn the page, and man that was such a good book! My all-time favorite.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: badsrx7 on June 18, 2003, 08:21:13 pm
i just don't get this whole harry potter craze.

just don't!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: B on June 18, 2003, 09:14:16 pm
Erm ... NO lol

-Brian
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: PintOGuinness on June 18, 2003, 11:06:18 pm
I've liked all of them so far.. and I'll definitely pick this one up. maybe not on day one. But it's definitely a must read for me.

And for those of you who haven't read them. they are quite good books...
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: GermanSusi on June 19, 2003, 04:36:41 am
I have to wait till november  :cry:

The book is very expensive so I am not sure if I'll buy it.
Maybe it will be a christmas gift.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 19, 2003, 06:41:25 am
Quote from: "GermanSusi"
I have to wait till november  :cry:

The book is very expensive so I am not sure if I'll buy it.
Maybe it will be a christmas gift.


eep!  8O  i think i'd go out of my gorde if i had to wait that long! well i'll be sure to tell you if it's good or not, which i'm sure it most definitely will be!

and for all those nay-sayers....your loss! i can understand where you're coming from, they are kind of childrens books....but they're for adults as well...basically anyone of any age....i can't wait!  :D
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jessica73 on June 19, 2003, 07:36:27 am
Quote from: "Me&myPiano"
I wanna get it, but I'm not sure if it's one of those books where you have to have read the first one and one's after that to understand the latest one...anyone wanna clue me in on that? I heard Harry Potter books are addicting...if your a fan.

The only book i've ever really gotten into before, that I actually enjoyed reading in school was "And then there were none" I kept wanting to turn the page, and man that was such a good book! My all-time favorite.


you will probably want to get a summary of the 4 previous books if you just want to start this one without reading all the old ones first.
Harry Potter is a very good series, i wish people would give it a chance before dissing it like they do.

I have to finish reading the LOTR series. I think i started Two Towers, but then i starte reading Hearts in Atlantis. I have about 3 books i'm reading at the same time.  :?
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: GermanSusi on June 19, 2003, 08:08:53 am
Quote from: "jlmusicchickeep!  8O  i think i'd go out of my gorde if i had to wait that long! well i'll be sure to tell you if it's good or not, which i'm sure it most definitely will be! [/quote


Yeah!Good idea.But I think it's hard to top Harry Potter 4.
But please don't tell me something abt what happend ok?
Title: I'll wait for the movie
Post by: Alecs on June 19, 2003, 08:50:37 am
Someone who has already read it rated it a C on the NYC Fox news last night. And she is a huge fan so whatever...
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 19, 2003, 09:06:44 am
Anyone wanna give me a summary of the first 4 books? lol or link me one or something? I don't think I could read all four books by Saturday, Haha
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 19, 2003, 09:17:08 am
Quote from: "GermanSusi"
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"
eep!  8O  i think i'd go out of my gorde if i had to wait that long! well i'll be sure to tell you if it's good or not, which i'm sure it most definitely will be!

Yeah!Good idea.But I think it's hard to top Harry Potter 4.
But please don't tell me something abt what happend ok?


wouldn't think of it! i'd hate it if someone tolled me what happened before i could read it.... :)
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: rosieposy87 on June 19, 2003, 10:28:20 am
i have met J.K Rowling! She was so sweet to me, and she liked my friend's nail varnish. lol, i also have a proof copy of the first one because i had to review it for a magazine.

The books are good, not sure i can really get into a book at the moment though.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: TSE on June 19, 2003, 10:30:51 am
Quote from: "Me&myPiano"
Anyone wanna give me a summary of the first 4 books? lol or link me one or something? I don't think I could read all four books by Saturday, Haha


Well two movies are out so . . .you can watch them and only have to read 3 and 4
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: PIBby on June 19, 2003, 10:38:06 am
I hate Harry Potter. He's such a fag. Why can't kids read REAL books, like A Tale of Two Cities, or Rescue. Something that'll scare the little fuckers to the point where they piss in bed.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 19, 2003, 10:58:43 am
Quote from: "rosieposy87"
i have met J.K Rowling! She was so sweet to me, and she liked my friend's nail varnish. lol, i also have a proof copy of the first one because i had to review it for a magazine.

The books are good, not sure i can really get into a book at the moment though.


that's so awesome! HP is featured in Time magazine this week....there's an awesome story in it about how she contacted this little girl from NY who had cancer and went in to treatment dressed up as Harry because it made her feel brave and such, it's so good!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: GermanSusi on June 20, 2003, 12:08:08 am
²Rosie:

Do you get an autograph?
Autographs from her are very expensive under collectors.If you would sell it you would get a lot of money.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 20, 2003, 01:30:28 pm
I keep hearing about it on t.v. and stuff and I cannot wait to get it tomorrow!! I'm not going to stand inline for a million hours tho, lol.

Does anyone know how much this book is going to be?
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jessica73 on June 20, 2003, 03:18:39 pm
i think Waldenbooks is having 30% off the publishers price + 10% off if you have a preferred readers card (yay for me) so you'll save almost half the price if you go there.

Amazon has the price listed as $29.99 w/ a 40% discount as well, reducing it to $17.99
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 20, 2003, 04:31:28 pm
Damn that's expensive for a book!!!

Well, i'm getting mine at barnes&noble. Any idea how much they are selling the book for? My mom said it shouldn't be more than $20...how long is this book? lol
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jessica73 on June 20, 2003, 05:12:50 pm
its supposed to be like 830 something pages...
its not as long as they said it would be  :?
well, that should last be a couple of weeks anyways.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: sayyouwould on June 20, 2003, 05:32:16 pm
It has to be more then 20 dollars if hardcover. If you get lucky they will have the paperback there for you which in more cases will only run you up like 15 dollars or less. I know I had to buy a tree grows in brooklyn which is a very good book by the way and it costed me about  13 dollars. And I was going to read dr.zhivago...or something and it was about 16 dollars. And these both are pretty old book and both paper back...

and to answer the question...I will not be buying harry potter. I don't have an imagination...I read the first book and it was so boring. Then I watched the movie and I thought it was horrible. I didn't really enjoy it but for the rest of you who are getting the book enjoy!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: TSE on June 20, 2003, 06:55:42 pm
Quote from: "sayyouwould"
It has to be more then 20 dollars if hardcover. If you get lucky they will have the paperback there for you which in more cases will only run you up like 15 dollars or less. I know I had to buy a tree grows in brooklyn which is a very good book by the way and it costed me about  13 dollars. And I was going to read dr.zhivago...or something and it was about 16 dollars. And these both are pretty old book and both paper back...

and to answer the question...I will not be buying harry potter. I don't have an imagination...I read the first book and it was so boring. Then I watched the movie and I thought it was horrible. I didn't really enjoy it but for the rest of you who are getting the book enjoy!


I don't think paperback will be released for a whileeeeeeeee
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: LimeTwister on June 20, 2003, 07:06:32 pm
i'm sorry these people are a little strange....and it scares me....

*turns off the news*
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 20, 2003, 07:15:47 pm
Well, i'm going to bring $25 and if it's more, i'll have my dad pay the rest, LOL.  :lol:

I don't really wan't a paperback anyways, I wan't the hardcover. And I just heard that it was 800 pages on t.v. So at least i'll have something to read all summer!! Yay!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 21, 2003, 03:24:30 am
Quote from: "LimeTwister"
i'm sorry these people are a little strange....and it scares me....

*turns off the news*


lol. i think from reading what the nay-sayers are saying i've come to realize that harry potter is somewhat a required taste.... :)
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: sayyouwould on June 21, 2003, 04:51:49 am
a required taste or an acquired  taste????? big difference. Not trying to sound bitchy just when people use words that don't fit it bothers me so I try to help them out the best I can so they can learn from their mistakes.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 21, 2003, 09:22:54 am
Quote from: "sayyouwould"
a required taste or an acquired  taste????? big difference. Not trying to sound bitchy just when people use words that don't fit it bothers me so I try to help them out the best I can so they can learn from their mistakes.


oops! sorry. it's okay, my mom's a teacher so i'm very used to having my grammer corrected....normally i don't make those kinds of mistakes but i've gotten about zero sleep the past four days so i'm a little out of it.

just got my book and can't wait to start reading!  :D
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Blake on June 21, 2003, 10:25:02 am
To be honest I really hated the whole thing when it came out, and near the last day of school we watched on of those movies and it really seemed well written, I'm not a freak about it though were I'm gonna walk around with goofy glasses and weird clothes
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 21, 2003, 02:21:39 pm
*cries* I just got back from Barns&Noble and they are all sold out!! ahh, dammit...lol

They are reserving copys now, and they won't get them until like maybe next week...grrr, but he did say that they probably have some at Costco, so i'm going to go there tomorrow, and if they don't have any, then I guess i'll just have to reserve one.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: TSE on June 21, 2003, 02:56:16 pm
Quote from: "Me&myPiano"
*cries* I just got back from Barns&Noble and they are all sold out!! ahh, dammit...lol

They are reserving copys now, and they won't get them until like maybe next week...grrr, but he did say that they probably have some at Costco, so i'm going to go there tomorrow, and if they don't have any, then I guess i'll just have to reserve one.


Ummm my supermarket had tons of them . . .lol
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 21, 2003, 03:17:05 pm
Quote from: "TSE"
Ummm my supermarket had tons of them . . .lol


haha, yeah the guy at B&N said that they have some at Ralphs to. But they were all out of the new ones. I don't know...I wish they still had little profesers where I live, it used to be so cool...I met Ray Bradbury there, it was a nice little book store. But I can't think of anymore bookstores that are in my town...oh well.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: JazzyManda on June 21, 2003, 03:59:20 pm
i got it today at Walmart for $16
yep, pretty cheap. it's pretty good so far.
yeah
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 21, 2003, 04:21:07 pm
Quote from: "JazzyManda"
i got it today at Walmart for $16
yep, pretty cheap. it's pretty good so far.
yeah


Walmart!! duh! They have everything there! I was going to go there anyway to get a couple of cd's...i'm gonna look there for it! Thanks for posting that, or else I would have never even thought that they had the book there. That is a good price to!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: sayyouwould on June 21, 2003, 04:26:24 pm
BJ's is selling them for 13.99......when my mom went to get food today I saw tons of them.

ohh what CD's are you buying from walmart??? I'm going on tuesday to buy Hotel paper and maybe dangerously in love.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 21, 2003, 05:35:08 pm
I'm going to get Maroon5 and Rooneys album. I'm also going to get Michelle Branches new album on Tuesday, but i'll be getting that one at the wearhouse music store.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 22, 2003, 09:17:58 am
Quote from: "Me&myPiano"
...I met Ray Bradbury there....


you met Ray Bradbury?!?!? I am very jealous. He's one of my favorite authors!

Oh and the Rooney cd is awesome! you'll definitely love it. if you download music though you should download some of their unreleased stuff as well.... :)
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 22, 2003, 10:41:07 am
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"

you met Ray Bradbury?!?!? I am very jealous. He's one of my favorite authors!


Yup. In like 7th Grade...i'm in 12th now (or going into) so that was about 5 years ago. My teacher said we would get extra credit if we got his signature because we were reading one of his books-tho I never got the extra credit, I don't think anyone did, she prob. forgot, I hate when teachers forget about stuff like that. lol
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 22, 2003, 12:56:43 pm
I finally got the book!! At walmart :lol: i'm so happy. I still don't get how people can read that book in one day, it's so fucking long, but hey...good for them. I can't wait to start reading it.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 22, 2003, 01:25:35 pm
Quote from: "Me&myPiano"
I finally got the book!! At walmart :lol: i'm so happy. I still don't get how people can read that book in one day, it's so fucking long, but hey...good for them. I can't wait to start reading it.


i know what you mean. i was reading this one girls diary on teenopendiary.com, and she was saying how she'd finished it already! she stayed up all night just to finish it....i mean, i thought i was a crazy fan.....
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: TSE on June 22, 2003, 01:30:37 pm
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"
He's one of my favorite authors!



whoop whoop!  Me too!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 22, 2003, 01:42:14 pm
Quote from: "TSE"
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"
He's one of my favorite authors!



whoop whoop!  Me too!


hehehe...i love saying "whoop whoop!"  :lol:

Farenheit 451 is one of my favorite books (did i spell Farenheit correctly? bleh my spelling is horrendous)
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: TSE on June 22, 2003, 01:46:27 pm
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"

hehehe...i love saying "whoop whoop!"  :lol:

Farenheit 451 is one of my favorite books (did i spell Farenheit correctly? bleh my spelling is horrendous)


I don't know. I'm not a very good speller either . . . :?

But I loved that book!  I read it in 6th grade, so of course, everyone thought I was strange . . .I read it again last year, and I picked up on whole lot more.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 22, 2003, 01:49:27 pm
exactly. i love those kinds of books, where everything's connected and everytime you read it you get something different out of it. much like The Giver, also on my 'favorites' list.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Laura on June 22, 2003, 06:28:09 pm
This book fucking rocks.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: JazzyManda on June 23, 2003, 08:57:19 am
i heard that the book isn't as good as the others from a couple of my friends that have already finished it. i'm almost done and it seems pretty good to me... oh well



Amanda
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 23, 2003, 10:15:40 am
Question: I know that some of you are from the UK, so maybe you can answer this for me: there are many sayings in this book that i'm not quite sure of....such as

"Are you taking the mickey?"

i was just wondering what this means. there are others that i cant remember....
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: JazzyManda on June 23, 2003, 10:21:23 am
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"
Question: I know that some of you are from the UK, so maybe you can answer this for me: there are many sayings in this book that i'm not quite sure of....such as

"Are you taking the mickey?"

i was just wondering what this means. there are others that i cant remember....



yeah, and what the heck does geroff mean? they say that in like the 1st chapter. really weird...

Amanda
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: rosieposy87 on June 23, 2003, 10:37:10 am
Quote from: "JazzyManda"
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"
Question: I know that some of you are from the UK, so maybe you can answer this for me: there are many sayings in this book that i'm not quite sure of....such as

"Are you taking the mickey?"

i was just wondering what this means. there are others that i cant remember....



yeah, and what the heck does geroff mean? they say that in like the 1st chapter. really weird...

Amanda



Taking the Mickey is like taking the piss, not taking things seriously?

and Geroff is 'Get Off' but its how a lot of people say it here when you're kinda fed-up, thats so weird cos i just got back from holiday and we were discussing that!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 23, 2003, 10:42:17 am
Quote from: "rosieposy87"



Taking the Mickey is like taking the piss, not taking things seriously?

and Geroff is 'Get Off' but its how a lot of people say it here when you're kinda fed-up, thats so weird cos i just got back from holiday and we were discussing that!


thank you! i knew "geroff"...if there are any others that i don't understand i'll be sure to ask  :)
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 27, 2003, 05:59:25 pm
okay. i just finished the HP book. it is so good!!!!!! Who's finished it? What do you think? i need someone to talk to about this, no one in my family has finished it yet.  

:)

I can't wait for the sixth book now. hopefully it will be out next year!
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: TSE on June 27, 2003, 06:22:19 pm
Quote from: "jlmusicchick"
okay. i just finished the HP book. it is so good!!!!!! Who's finished it? What do you think? i need someone to talk to about this, no one in my family has finished it yet.  

:)

I can't wait for the sixth book now. hopefully it will be out next year!


I just got it in the mail today  :(
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jlmusicchick on June 27, 2003, 06:32:43 pm
the beginning is kind of confusing and there's alot happening....but it keeps you guessing, and, like the past four books, it all makes sense in the end. there's even some stuff explained from the past books that play and important role in the plot. and, being the nerd that i am, i'm going to go back and read again it was so good!

And when you finish with HP, here's a really good book to read:  The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I forget who the author is, but it's really really good. some other good books are Pure Sunshine, and Cut. Both books are by this company called PUSH, and they publish all books written by young authors.
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: VanessaLover03 on July 03, 2003, 11:58:06 am
already got it....almost done
Title: Re: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: Bianca on July 07, 2003, 08:47:47 am
Quote from: "ihaveacrushondivasteph"
I am, I've been waiting for 3 long years. i plan on being there saturday morning at the bookstore and spending all day reading in the comfort of my bed.


you still don't have it jessica  :razz:
Title: Are you getting Harry Potter 5
Post by: jessica73 on July 07, 2003, 04:01:05 pm
?
er. i bought it last week.