This will be the last post on Harry Potter…evah!

I finished the book this afternoon and was pleasantly pleased with how it all ended up. Since we’re clear of the release date I can talk freely.  Also, I’m putting a break here in case you haven’t read and don’t want to know the intimate details of the final chapter in the drawn out life of Harry Potter and friends.

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Harry Potter is nearly finished. The end of time is nigh! Get the candles! Fire up the gas stove! And for the love of all that is holy don’t spoil the book or our heads will ’splode!

Can I just say all this ‘harrumph and ‘hooey in and about the final chapter of the Potter boy is just about too much? I enjoy a good book like anyone else and if my Sunday afternoon doesn’t include me sitting on the Comfy Chair with book in hand, someone’s gonna lose a digit!

But seriously. This whole idea that you can lock away these books and nobody can see it and if you dare say that you know what happens and the ending (I do) we’ll stick a subpoena in your eye or two if called for is a little loony. Far be it for me to take away what Harry Potter and his filthy (literally covered in it) rich creator have accomplished in the last few years.

This is the largest and most anticipated release of just about all time and the world deserves to celebrate and enjoy the moment because the reality is that we may not see something like this again in our lifetimes. At least I doubt I will before I kick the bucket.

I’ve read the spoilers (everybody dies and Dobby is the last elf standing in the Hogwarts Steel Cage. Stone Cold Steve Austin is the voice for the movie I hear…) and the book resolves pretty much everything. The ending is a touching moment and I concur with a reporter who said that Rowling gives Harry something he’s never really had which is a family. Having read the epilogue I am interested to now read the book itself to see the reasons for certain passages within the final chapter. It actually made me want to read the book more if that makes sense.

It does open up the chances of further adventures of Harry and the others. It does give us a chance to imagine our own history in the rather large section she doesn’t write about and that in and unto itself is possibly the best ending. We can now imagine what happens to Harry as he fades into the pages of literature and even create our own adventures of Harry Potter and the rest of the cast.

Harry Potter broke open the world of literature for children and families. The characters have graced innumerable walls of classrooms, bedrooms and tree houses. Imaginations have been sparked, kids are actually reading more than they ever were and just maybe the future of the book world looks a tad bit brighter.

What a difference fifteen years makes. R.L Stine was the best I could find in my day. We didn’t have wizards, wands and writing such as this that literally owned the market for so long. For one, I’m looking forward to seeing the next Harry Potter-esque book to capture the magic once again.

Harry Potter is coming back!  It’s almost like the end of the world…only worse!

I’m not fan of the Potter like some people.  I’ve read all the books because if I didn’t I’d probably be labeled a leper, Nazi or some other nefarious title.  Maybe even “Muggle” or something.  I’m not waiting in line for the movies or the books but I do have a slight invested interest in what does happen within the pages of the last book.

The reality of these books is they have struck a cord in the young and old, bringing the world of imagination and amazement.  For all the controversy (bunch of bunk in my opinion) and the money sales (Rowling is worth gallons of green) the books are the best thing we as readers could have asked for.

I’m working the Harry Potter Release Party at my nearby Barnes and Noble.  I’m looking forward to the release of the final book because I anticipate much hand wringing, teeth gnashing and beaded brows.  I’m excited because people are actually looking forward to a book.  More people are interested in reading than ever before.

And we have a young wizard to thank for that.

It is bad that I’m trying so very hard to watch the movies and I’m really wanting to hit the fast forward button?