J made her triumphant return from England two days ago, bearing the garish-yellow-covered book, which she was kind enough to lend me. ("They have the adult version with the serious cover for people not to be embarrassed to have on the subway," she said, "but I'm not ashamed to read children's books!" I knew there was a reason I liked her.)
I only read about 200 pages last night, due to being generally hot and miserable, drinking gin and tonics to alleviate the former, and having to stop to pay attention to the cat from time to time...
JKR is a great distractor. Just when I'm thinking that the wizarding world probably deserves to be conquered--for its offensive Sorting policies, for its stubborn refusal to see if it could exploit Muggle technology--she throws in a character like Prof. Umbridge, and instantly I'm screaming, "SAVE HOGWARTS!"
Posted by Sarah T. at June 27, 2003 11:26 AM | TrackBack