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Finally Reading Potter

Well, I've done it. I've finally started reading Harry Potter. Last night Lisa and I went to Books-A-Million to read for a bit. I've been considering reading HP for a couple weeks. On Tuesday when we went to BAM, I picked it up, but I didn't read any. Instead, I read Sky and Telescope Magazine and another astronomy magazine--all about galaxies, evolution, black holes, nebulae, and dark matter. Then I searched high and low for books on business etiquette and business writing. I'm conducting a business writing seminar this Saturday, and I wanted to do a little market research and examine my competition. I brought two books home. One is Write to the Top: Writing for Corporate Success, by Deborah Dumaine. The other is Rules of Thumb for Business Writers, 2nd Edition, by Wienbroer, Hughes, and Silverman.

Last night was different. We got to BAM, I grabbed HP, and I read Popular Science Magazine. Then I read HP. We were only there for a little while, so after reading PS Mag, I only had enough time to read three chapters of HP. The end of Chapter 3 finds the Wursley's (?) at their new island retreat, when the door is beaten down by . . . Well, you know the story, probably as well as I. So far the book matches the movie quite well. And what's more, I'm enjoying the book. Not every book can make such a claim about me reading it.

Posted by Courtney Huntington at July 21, 2005 11:24 AM