The midnight party thing was fun. I ran into a bunch of people I knew, so we had wacky times while waiting in line. A bunch of people kept coming up to me to tell me they liked my costume. These people fell largely into two camps: those who thought I was McGonagall and those who thought I was Bellatrix. Hah. BELLATRIX LESTRANGE. As if! Really I was just going as a generic witch (cobbled together from old Halloween costumes that generally had nothing to do with witches), but whatever. People kept taking pictures of me and filming me. I felt kind of awkward about the whole thing, really. :-/
Due to an extraordinarily busy weekend that was followed by an extraordinarily busy Monday, I have yet to finish DH. I will post actual thoughts later but I do have something to say now. I believe it can best be expressed by the phrase "need more edit!" This, quite coincidentally, I'm sure, has been one of the first clear thoughts I've had upon reading every HP book since GoF. Oh, JKR.
I have mixed feelings about the "need more edit." It's definitely true--the repetition of similes, the sloppy use of numbers, that sort of thing. I even caught a few typos. But then we'd have to have waited longer between each book!
I didn't like running into people I knew at the midnight party. But then, I'm a hateful person.
I didn't like running into people I knew at the midnight party. But then, I'm a hateful person.