I shall not be spoiled

My one goal this weekend was to get through Harry Potter 7 without being spoiled. I certainly wasn't going to go looking for spoilers online, but Aaron read something that said some people were making their message board avatars be spoilers, so you couldn't avoid them. Jerks. So I effectively went dark from the time it was released til I finished it.

Anyway, I had pre-ordered the book back in February. I like the books, but the only way I'm going to line up for a midnight selling is if they're giving out free wine while you wait. I'd line up at 4pm for that.

We happened to be in Borders on Friday after dinner and they were getting ready for the crowds that were sure to descend upon the store. I did see one woman dressed up as....some generic character. Black robes and a Gryffindor-colored scarf. I do not understand the dressing up thing. I couldn't wait to get out of there. Our copy of the book was set to arrive on Saturday, per the agreement with Amazon. Much nicer, in my mind, than waiting in line with a bunch of people dressed up like it's halloween, and with no wine, no less.

The book arrived around 11am on Saturday, hand delivered by the postal carrier in a custom Harry Potter box. Cute. I read it straight through with brief stops for food and wine. Well, I didn't really stop for wine, since Aaron was nice enough to top off my glass. I finished it around 1am. And I was not spoiled!! I was glad I didn't even read the CNN article talking about the book in a round-a-bout way, since I think it gave away more than it should have, having read it after I finished.

I think it ended right. There were some things I would have changed about the way certain facts came to light, etc, but overall I was very happy with the book. With so much hype, it could have been a huge letdown.

The book I'm looking forward to most of all comes out in November - the last of the Sword of Truth books. That one I have much more excitement for.

Anyway, so that was pretty much our weekend. Oh and I made an impulse buy of Nutella on Friday as well, so we had chocolate crepes on Saturday. And then today Aaron bought the tiny cookies at potbelly, and made a Nutella sandwich with two of them. I better throw the jar out soon or hide it for a while, or bad things could happen....