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Annabel
21-12-04, 01:34 PM
JKR has announced that the next book in the Harry Potter series will be published on 16 July 2005!!
I for one will be putting my order in !!!!! :) :)
Thanks Annabel, I was wondering when it was due out. :)
Can't wait.
rb2002
if you go to amazen now, you can order an email to let you know when to order it! :lol:
I normally get my HP books and dvds from there, and they arrive through my door the day they are released! great, it means no queuing in the shops!
I heard she finished writing it last night
Domestic Goddess
21-12-04, 05:32 PM
Amazon here I come!!!!! I know it seems silly for a grown woman to be excited about this book, but I simply can't deny it!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!! :thumbs:
Super :D Roll on July :rolleyes:
Little Miss Annabel
12-03-05, 05:32 PM
Wow!!
That is the best news I've heard about books! :wow: :wow: :bigeyes: :D :hihi: :thumbs: B) B) :lol:
I've just been re-reading all the Harry Potter books, I am so looking forward to the next one coming out :thumbs:
And The Goblet of Fire film is out this November - Ralph Fiennes is to play Voldemort :)
freakyfun
14-03-05, 12:56 PM
I heard that JKR will only write one more book - Harrys upper sixth.
Wonder what she'll do after that? Possibly put her feet up with all the ££££ she's earned.
She'll have a hard time writing anything else, as all people will expect from her now is 'Harry Potter' type books.
FF
(whos only jealous as he wishes he could put a few thousand words in the right order and make a few £million.)
Annabel
14-03-05, 01:23 PM
:) I have often wondered what she will do after the Harry series is finished. She isnt like other authors who built up a body of work before they scored a major success. It really will be interesting to see. :)
Psssst...the new book is 1p cheaper on tesco.com!!
:hihi:
Annabel
14-03-05, 01:41 PM
1p? :bigeyes: how tight is that? what about p&p? i shall investigate!!! :lol:
1p eh? Well that's 1p in my pocket not someone else's :lol:
I had heard also that in total there will only be 7 HP books
Yes, it includes P&P. On Amazon, when I last looked a week ago it was £12.74 inc p&P (£9.99 for the book, £2.75 delivery), Tesco it's £12.73 (£9.99 for the book, £2.74 delivery) inc P&P. :lol:
I have used both sites in the past and found them reliable (although for Tesco it was for electricals, not books!)
Mind you, if you spend over 20 quid (I think) on either site, delivery is free.
Correct me if I am wrong!! :D
Little Miss Annabel
18-03-05, 09:48 PM
There are going to be only seven Harry Potter books! Ohhhhh!! :o :sad:
But when there isn't any more I guess I'll be as happy as a little man who gets to eat chocolate all day and watch telly and.....
Anyway 1p cheaper!
Professor Dumbledore
14-04-05, 08:46 PM
Hi,
I was just looking around The Book Club and I found this!! :bigeyes: (I'm a big fan of books! :thumbs: )
Well I was in WH Smith's today and I saw an advert on the half blooded prince! :bigeyes: The background apears to be red but it didn't show the picture!! :rant: :badmood: :banghead: :angry: :mad: anyway I think that J.K Rowling should make Harry's Mum & Dad come back at the end of the last book!!! :thumbs: :yes:
Professor Dumbledore :sorcerer: :bye:
Annabel
14-04-05, 09:29 PM
:D hI pd, it will be cheaper to get the book from Amazon when it comes out...
hey...
NOT LONG NOW!!!!
:jump: :jump: :jump: :happyparty: :happyparty:
FedUpMum
14-04-05, 10:48 PM
I know the last word of Book 7 is SCAR. This has been documented because JK Rowling has already written the last chapter of Book 7 and everything else is just working towards that.
I'm sooooooo looking forward to the 16 July... Roll on. :o)
Another massive HP fan here!!!!
Just wanted to tell you about something..........
About 4 years ago a friend , who is a manager of an 'Ottikers' book store managed to get the first 2 harry potter books on audio for my 3 girls( all too young at the time to read the novels, but not too young to enjoy the concept) anyway.............Stephen Fry narrates the unabridged versions of the stories , they are AMAZING....REALLY.!!!!!! .........nothing edited out, just word for word like the books, and wierd.......the very first book was recorded well before the film release and production of the film , but Stephen Fry manages the voices and characters as if he knew the casting!!!!!!!!!!!!Since then we have got all 5 on audio and they make great bed time listening if your nfh is playing up!!!!!!
JJ
Domestic Goddess
15-04-05, 08:43 AM
We have the CD's and often listening while driving. It makes the journey pass quickly and seems to have eased our youngest daughter's travel sickness.
We can't wait for the next book. When it arrives, I hope that my eldest daughter will have left for school so I can get in there first!!!!
:D
Really looking forward to the next book - and the next film coming out in November :thumbs:
Professor Dumbledore
15-04-05, 01:18 PM
Hi,
I can't wait the most out of the lot of you!!!!!!!! Because I'm from the story and I want to know what I do,like magic spells like only the greatest sorcerer in the world can do!!!!! :sorcerer: :P :P
The best thing about HP, is that you don't want to put it down!!!!!!! :book: :book:
PROFESSOR DUMBLEDORE
If you can wait until it is in the shops and go and buy it, WHSmith is selling it for £9.99 but you need to pre-order it B) .
I think I'll wait because probably Tesco will sell it cheap in store too :D .
I've pre-ordered from amazon, can't remember how much though :blush: :rolleyes:
I'm reading Order of the Pheonix to Jr at the moment for bedtime. He still likes to be read too, just a couple of pages before he reads his own book. With HP I'm more than happy to oblige :lol:
rb
alyssia
27-04-05, 11:07 AM
my son's pre ordered this and I am gonna have to find some way to pinch it and read it before the kids get hold of it LOLOL
HP is brilliant and I'm just as hooked on that as my kids are lol
ally
x
Little Miss Annabel
08-05-05, 10:48 AM
The last word is SCAR........
Hurry up July!!
Domestic Goddess
08-05-05, 12:43 PM
Originally posted by Little Miss Annabel@8th May 2005 - 9:48 AM
The last word is SCAR........
Hurry up July!!
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I'm with you all the way LMA!!!!!! I can't wait for the book to come out either!!!!
goosegirl
22-06-05, 10:58 PM
Hi folks,
Has any one visited Bloomsbury.com yet? I,ve ordered my copy of harry potter. Does any one have a first edition?
GG.
Domestic Goddess
05-07-05, 05:43 PM
It's nearly time!!! I'm sooooo excited!!! I know i'm a grown up and should know better, but I love it, I love it, I love it!!!
Sainsburys have a big poster up with a picture of the front cover :)
Annabel
05-07-05, 08:14 PM
:hihi: :hihi: ooh, the excitement is building, only 11 days left to go! :jump: :jump: :jump:
Annabel
05-07-05, 08:57 PM
only if it is signed...and JK Rowling hardly ever signs so I doubt you're onto a winner there Im afraid!
Mind you could have alook on Ebay, just to check! :thumbs:
goosegirl
05-07-05, 10:50 PM
It could still be worth quite a bit,
GG.
goosegirl
05-07-05, 11:02 PM
It depends on a few things, and who to or where you try selling it. When was it published and who by. What is it called.
GG.
I notice that Amazon is flogging it for £8.99 now (pre order and p&P to add) . Also Woolworths is selling it for £8.99 too but they want a quid deposit.
I am all :wacko: now but think I'll still hang on and pop to Tesco on the big day!!
Annabel
12-07-05, 09:29 PM
You might be in luck there if it is an excellent condition hardback first edition of Philosopher's Stone or Chamber of Secrets, possibly (but less so) Prisoner of Azkaban....
after that the first edition print runs were ginormous and therefore the value of a first ed. of the 4th and 5th books is very minimal.
However much a first ed is worth it pales into insignificance if you have a signed first ed of any of her books, she never signs...a signed book is worth tens of thousands, possibly more!
4 days left folks!!! :hihi: :hihi:
Christina1972
12-07-05, 10:11 PM
Working in the book trade I have just spent my day making cardboard Dementors, Gilderoy Lockheart book adverts, Butterbeer labels.....Am I going Potter potty?!!
Christina
I'm so looking forward to Saturday, wonder who the half blood prince is! :blink:
tortoise
13-07-05, 10:05 AM
I can't reserve a copy in my town, so I will have to wait. Should have been more organised!! :banghead:
Annabel
13-07-05, 10:50 AM
Working in the book trade I have just spent my day making cardboard Dementors, Gilderoy Lockheart book adverts, Butterbeer labels.....Am I going Potter potty?!!
Wow! Sounds like my idea of heaven!!! Such fun! :hihi: :hihi:
Domestic Goddess
13-07-05, 11:23 AM
Ooh yes! I'd LOVE to spend all day doing that!!
Christina1972
13-07-05, 06:56 PM
I've got to get my fancy dress costume ready for friday night!!
I would let you know the website address so you can see the shop, but it might get back to my NFH!
Christina
Tonight is the night...if you aren't camping out at a bookshop, then why not stay up to watch ITV at 11.45 pm? A special programme with JKR reading excerpts from the new book, from Edinburgh Castle :thumbs: .
We'll all have out mugs of cocoa at the ready!! :D
Domestic Goddess
15-07-05, 11:59 AM
I'm so excited!! Amazon have confirmed that my copy has been dispatched and it should arrive tomorrow!! I can hardly wait!!!!!!! Will have to fight off LittlemissDG No 1 as she wants to read it too!
I'll be pulling an all nighter on Saturday night as I won't be able to put it down - was up to 3am finishing the last one!!
Annabel
15-07-05, 12:04 PM
:jump: :jump: I am sure I will be the same as you DG!!!
And I will be watching tonite!!! :D :D
Eeyores mam and I will fight over who reads it first, I hope it's me cos Eeyores mam always tells you what happened :lol:
AngelCake
15-07-05, 05:13 PM
I'm so looking forward to that book.
Don't know if I'll be camping outside at 12:01am to buy it though :)
Angel
Christina1972
15-07-05, 07:17 PM
I shall be selling many, many, many copies, plus serving butterbeer, every flavour beans all dressed as a witch!
Christina
goosegirl
15-07-05, 10:42 PM
Christina1972,
Wot no white owl in the corner. :unsure:
How long have you had your shop then, and what do you sell. Antiquarian and second hand or new books. Do you sell to any particular group like students or is it more general than that.
I would have loved to have had a look at your shop, and website.
I,m in the process of opening a bookstore my self, so any tips you could give me would be most welcome.
Good luck with your Harry Potter night.
GG
:unsure: Somehow, I have been talked into going to WH Smith in a nearby town at midnight for the launch...I must be barmy!!!
I hope my video works and records the prog at midnight on TV though!
:rolleyes: :sorcerer:
:thumbs: we have ours too but middlest youngest mazza has spirited it away already - the total beast! :nono:
It was such fun going to get it, the queue was really long but it was fine because everyone was so nice and friendly and having a good time B) .
And we got to stroke a tawney owl and the littlest mazza was beside himself with happiness as he got to even hold it on his arm too :wub: .
great fun!! I won't utter a word about the book from what I can see so far though :shutit:
Sat and up and watched the TV programme last night and going to town today, then it's out in the garden to read, so exciting :D
Christina1972
16-07-05, 09:21 AM
goosegirl - I've sent you an email with the links for the two shop websites for you to peruse at your leisure! :D
We had a terrific night with the Harry Potter Launch, got home 1.45am. Shop full of happy customers, all munching roast chestnuts, every flavour beans, quiche and drinking butterbeer, still couldn't get the proprieter to dress as Dumbledor! :D
Enjoy your books!
http://bestsmileys.com/reading/4.gif
Christina
Annabel
16-07-05, 10:56 AM
:thumbs: :thumbs: How lovely, that everyone enjoyed themselves last night! things like this really cheer me up!!!
my copy from amazon hasnt arrived yet, i wont be able to wait so i shall get another copy from woolies!!!
i watched the prog last night from Edinbo castle, thought it was OK , but a tad short!! could have done with a bit more reading, JKRowling (ooh shes a snotty one)
me and the little un were glued to it tho', Mr Hubby Annabel, however was zzzzzzing his head off!!!! hes such a party pooper! :lol: :lol:
Christina, I would love to know your shops website as well, any chance of PMing me?
and, are you on commission for selling load of HP books????? ;) :lol:
Im so excited!!!
Just off to buy my copy now!!!!
will spend the afternoon in the garden reading!!
JJ
Hot news: apparently Kwik Save is flogging it for ...wait for it... :bigeyes: £4.99...!
I don't have Kwik Save near me, so I can't prove it, but I heard it on Talksport radio last night (at 3 am :hihi: )
I'm more than happy as we got it for £8.99 in the end and got to buy a book about where JKR got her inspiration for all the characters from for £1.99 from WHSmith, plus just the fun of it all. Can't put a price on that!! :kick: :party:
Now...middlest youngest mazza is still kipping...hmmm I wonder if I can prise the book from him (yes he slept holding it ) and get a sneaky peaky... :ph34r: ...???
Just got my copy from Tesco...
Baby won't have his nap and my other little one won't go in paddling pool, watch telly, draw etc
HELP need a babysitter!!!
:o Tact77...! Oh no!
Do you have Sky?? Surely the lure of CBeebies will sort your little'un out!! :bigeyes: (Did you guess that's what I've done...? :whistle:
:coffee:
Just got it, Eeyores mam is glued to it, sitting in the chair and cannot be moved! ;)
Thanks for the tips Mazza,
No don't have sky but have 2 year old watching video....
Baby screaming does not want a nap!!!! :crybaby:
Annabel
16-07-05, 01:25 PM
poor tact!!!
cant you give him to a passerby???? :lol: or put some brandy in his bottle???? :lol: :lol:
(only kidding! )
OOOH, i KNOW!!!
read the book to him!!!!! :notworthy: god I am so clever sometimes!!! :lol: :lol: ;)
Baby won't sleep...oh eck :o
What about put him in his car seat (does it rock??) and wobble it with your foot whilst you read??!
This is an emergency!!!! :shout:
Hi Annabel
Passerby heard him coming and ran away and he's already had a bottle of malt :D
Have just rocked him for 15mins and now hes asleep :mexwave:
Am going to read HP for an hour hurray!!!!
Just prised the book from Eeyores mam, going to sit outside and read :D Read first two chapters and it looks like it's going to be a good 'un :thumbs:
Professor Dumbledore
16-07-05, 02:43 PM
Ohh yes I went to WHSmith's last night too! I bought the book and 'The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: a treasury of myths,legends and facinating facts'. Total £10.98 bargain of the night I think!! :lol:
I also want to know who the Half Blooded Prince is, some people say it is me and also I want to know who dies and if that's me too! :o :o :o :o :o
Ohh well back to reading I hope everyone enjoys it!!! :book: :book: :bookread: :bookread:
I'm up to chapter 13 (just come inside for a bit as I got too engrossed in it and am burnt by the sun!) :)
It is brilliant, I am loving it, full of intrigue and makes you want more :D
Annabel
16-07-05, 06:11 PM
Got to chapter 3 when daughter caused a diversion and whipped it off me, she is on chapter 2 already...dirty tricks, no less!
Domestic Goddess
16-07-05, 07:25 PM
I've had to stop reading to make dinner - which is really annoying as I am so into it!!!! Later tonight will I stop reading to watch Big Brother?? Oh decisions, decisions!!
Our poor postman was quite unnerved when my daughters and I leapt on him this morning!
Have just finished reading it...
Whens the next one out?
Need more...
My eyes are :bigeyes: :bigeyes:
Read upto page 220. I am defeated for today..... It is excellent so far.
JJ
:o Blimey tact77 :lol: That was quick :bigeyes: !! I spose you've got to get in there quick with little ones though!! :lol:
I'm afraid I've only got as far as chapter three when I was rumbled by middlest youngest mazza :frown: - he's truly spirited the book away now - but he's really lovin' it! :D
Maybe we can all do a critique in a few days/weeks time to see what we all think?? :unsure:
Where's the Topic Leader for the Book Club??! :ph34r:
My kids are to young to read so I don't have to share.... and I am the quickest reader ever... have to quick at everything in my house. :D
The kids in bed at 7.00 a big glass of wine :wine: and a good book perfect evening...
Enjoy it gets better as it goes along... :sorcerer: :sorcerer:
I had to put it down at chapter 13 when we had to go out, Mr Eeyore wants to go out today, but I think he can go alone :D I want to finish this book, it's brilliant
Domestic Goddess
17-07-05, 10:17 AM
I even dreamt about it all last night. Have a few chores to do and then will resume reading! Mr DG and the kids are enjoying me being so quiet!!
Annabel
17-07-05, 12:27 PM
:banghead: i cannot get near the book as Little Miss Annabel has it and will not let it out of her sight...I have got to the end of chapter 9.
hopefully amazon will deliver my copy tomorrow and then peace will reign in our house.
what i have read so far, i have loved!!! :thumbs:
Up to chapter 22 and Mr Eeyore has prised it out of my hands :lol: He says we'll go out for a few hours, then I must finish this book, the more you read, the more you want to read!!! :blink:
Domestic Goddess
17-07-05, 04:49 PM
I've just finished it!!! WOW!!!! I can't wait for the next one!!! It was a brilliant read - answered lots of questions, but left you asking new ones!! The HBP wasn't who I suspected at all!!
Have now handed book over to LittlemissDG No 1 so she read can read it at her own pace.
And I've just finished it too :o
Whoa, I felt so drained at the end, my head was all over, loads of questions (U never suspected that the HBP was who it is either) when does the next one come out? :lol:
I queued with my 11yr old daughter at midnight too, we were back home by 12.20am with a copy each and we sat reading until 3am before catching a few hours kip then we both spent saturday locked in our rooms while hubby had the other kids all to himself lol
Daughter finished hers at around 10pm last night, I finished mine in bed this morning (didn't get up until 11am so hubby had kids again lol).
Fantastic book, just need the next (and last) one now.
:blink: Only just got my copy :( I was on holiday pon Saturday when postie tried to deliver. Haven't had time to read it yet, but I've had a flick through and http://bestsmileys.com/surprised/1.gif can't wait. Looks brill.
Annabel
18-07-05, 12:56 PM
I hope Amazon deliver mine today or I think I will :blowup:
Little Miss Annabel has taken her copy to school so she can read it at break time and also so that I couldnt pinch it and bring it to work!!! :crybaby:
freakyfun
18-07-05, 01:20 PM
I picked mine up yesterday for £8.99 from Woolies .. bargin.
I'm going to pace myself reading it though.
FF
Just finished it :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes:
JJ
tortoise
25-07-05, 02:02 PM
:bigeyes:
Blimey, just finished it!! Well who would have thought it?
When is the next one due out?
T :bookread:
Originally posted by tortoise@25th July 2005 - 2:02 PM
:When is the next one due out?
T** :bookread:
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Not quick enough for me :lol:
Thought it was fab :D
But what an ending :o :bigeyes: :(
Do you think it will take her 2 years to finish off the series ;) Can't wait that long :unsure: :lol:
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Neighboured
01-09-05, 01:35 AM
What a doubly horrid ending!!!! WOW! Whodathoughtit??! :bigeyes: :o :notworthy:
And don't forget Harry fans, the next film, Goblet of Fire, is due out on 18th November (trailer looks fab) :thumbs: