Entries tagged with "weasleys"

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: My thoughts

posted by srah on July 17, 2005 2:55 AM

Tags: books, harry potter, harry potter and the half-blood prince, hermione granger, lavender brown, neville longbottom, ron weasley, weasleys

I went to Borders last night with Alfie to pick up her reserved copy of the book. It was a bit of a zoo. When we picked up Order of the Phoenix at Waldenbooks, we stood in a line of about thirty people, picked up the book and were probably home by 12:30. At Borders this year, we were given a number somewhere in the 500s and everyone milled around until midnight, which was when they finally started lining people up by number. We were home by about 1:45. Zonk. Interesting, though: When we bought Order of the Phoenix, the...

Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure

posted by srah on June 21, 2003 3:20 AM

Tags: harry potter, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, weasleys

My favorite line so far? "What are Fred and I, next-door neighbors?" (p. 163) Loving it. Loving Ron, loving Weasleys, loving Tonk. Putting up with that rat Potter. I resent that everyone seems to think that good things happen to Ron because of Harry's deficiencies and not because of Ron's own qualities. Jerks....