Harry Potter madness is in full swing. I didn’t yield to temptation and buy the book tonight, but I did stop by a store to see what was happening. So here’s a tiny bit pop culture photojournalism.
There was a very long line of people across the street from the bookstore, but no line at the store. This was before 11 PM, and the book wasn’t on sale yet. I assume that people might have been at the movie theater watching the latest movie.
They were congregating and crossing over to the bookstore en masse. Or en several masses.
There were people all over the store playing various games, including what appeared to be Harry Potter bingo.
This large crowd were surrounding a couple of women decked out as witches, and a man as a wizard. Scarves, glow-in-the-dark round glasses, and lightning scars were everywhere.
No book for me tonight, we’ll probably be borrowing it from someone, but I did score one each of the cunning stickers the store was offering: Trust Snape and Snape Will Betray. I trust him, but maybe that’s Alan Rickman’s fault.
In any case, I will pretty much avoid reading anything on the internet until I’ve read this book so I won’t accidentally catch a spoiler. It’s going to be a rough week or so without you, internets.
Are you an adult who’s ashamed to be reading Harry Potter? You shouldn’t be, but I’m sure there are people out there who would be. This link is for you, and it made me laugh. A lot.
Linguistic prudes look out: there is some pretty strong language on these. And at least one terrible pun.