Harry Potter Watch!!

This weekend I got my copy(s) of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It’s the fifth Potter book and it’s been a long time coming too, so I have spent a great deal of time reading and rereading it so as to relish the wonderfulness and excitement. Originally I had pre-ordered a copy from BN.com but I wasn’t convinced that it would get to me on Saturday as promised (surely not Saturday first thing), so i went out Friday at around 12:30 am to a Barnes & Noble and bought both the hard back and the audio-book on CDs. Everything Harry Potter was half off so it was a steal! On my way home I was so excited I thought my head was going to explode if I didn’t cop a squat right on the sidewalk and start reading. Luckily I made it home where I could read until 5 in the morning without the threat of being mugged and risking the theft of my book!

My impressions so far is that this is going to be a great book. I was less impressed with the second and fourth books, the plot didn’t appeal to me as much I think. This book is—as reported—much darker and scarier than the others. And since Harry is 15 his teenage angst is beginning to show through in his attitude and thoughts, while the development of the characters and readers has produced some… er… surprising language.