That is where Encyclopedia Hartanicca comes in..

Yes, she is going to write an encyclopedia like book that explains in detail her characters and the wizarding world before and after Moldy Voldy dies.

I’m excited.

But who isn’t?

Also, the elder wand thing got to me until I realized that Draco, did, in fact “defeat” Dumbledore in HBP. Who knew that was going to end up being a big deal in the last book.

Now, I did have to read the part about who was the master of the Elder Wand a couple of times, but I still figured it out in the end.

I however, really, really liked that Harry “sacrificing” himself and going to Voldemort quietly protected all of the other people with love, like the love of his mom protected him. I thought that was very neat..

I’ll go read MSNBC and see what I think.

Thoughts?

I’m curious about the headmaster/mistress thing too. It is certainly fun to speculate.

The idea of everyone needing to repeat a grade is interesting. Maybe all of their activities could be considered studying abroad. he he he

No really, it does seem like the 7th years at least would have to repeat the year. I’m not sure how much the younger grades would’ve been screwed up.

I thought that ending the book with that final chapter really put a happy/positive feeling to the end of it all. I think that without it, you would’ve always wondered how Harry dealt with all of the losses of his friends and if he was affected by it to the point where he was never the same again – in a Frodo-ish manner.

I thought it was fun too, to see how they named their kids after various people.

And the acknowledgment with Draco seems to indicate that they at least have a mutual respect for each other, even if they don’t have a congenial relationship.

The last chapter was a favorite for me, maybe because it was so light and happy. I also felt good about Dudley and Kreacher.

I also hadn’t thought about the fact that mother’s love saved him both times. Good observation! I wasn’t thinking of it in those terms. It really ties the story together well when you think of it that way.

And yeah, thank good ness we got the backstory on Albus. I had wondered if it was some kind of accident that he then felt responsible for. But some of it just wasn’t adding up – the letter to Grindelwald about power, etc.

Did you have a favorite part?

SeaQueen, speaking of Dobby dying – wasn’t that whole scene where Ron, Hermione and Harry get taken to the Malfoys just awful!? Torturing Hermione and then feeling really desperate that they have no way out. It was just super tension filled. Dobby was such a loyal character. It _was_ sad to see him go, you are right.

And yeah, I’d forgotten about how Dudley and Kreacher also turned around. That was a really nice surprise.

I DO think that they will continue to make the movies. But this one is so complicated and action packed, I wonder how they will cut it down to size. It seems like it would definitely be a PG-13 kind of movie.

Do Luna and Neville get together? Hmmmmm.. There weren’t really any inklings of that. But it would really tie up the story nicely. I did really like that epilogue/last chapter. I thought it was a fun way to tell you how their lives were progressing without just doing a summary.

Amber, How SMART that you figured it out that Snape sent the sword. Very good.
Snape being so in love with Lily was strange to me, but at least it explained everything very completely.

I wonder if the writing style becoming more adult is because she knows that hte kids who started the books at the beginning are getting older… or if she knows how many adults read the books. Or if it was just unavoidable.

I wonder if McGonagal would be headmaster? I was kind of hoping that Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny’s professions would be revealed. I wonder what Harry found to do since he hated the ministry of magic so much. I used to think he’d be an auror, but without a ‘bad side’ to fight…. I’m not sure that would be the case.

I suspected, after Bellatrix got really snarky with Hermione about the sword, that Snape had sent them the real one in the forest. I let Andy and Kristen know my thoughts and they all looked at me in utter disbelief and asked where my asinine theory came from. “Snape’s patronus, a doe?!” and “No, he didn’t give them the sword.” and then later, when we did find out it was indeed Snape, Kristen looked up at me and said “You’re a genius.”

As for my favorite part, I am not sure.

I really liked that my faith in Snape had not been betrayed and that I was correct that he was indeed in love with Lily. The Snape pensieve chapter scene made me cry. (But hey, I’m pregnant.)

I didn’t realize Lupid died until Harry used the stone to bring back the dead. Shocked. I must have skipped that over.

Oh gosh, I was YELLING so loud in my head at Harry that THEY WERE IN THE FRIGGEN BATHROOM!!! Ugh. Harry.

I loved, loved, loved Molly’s “Not my daughter – YOU BITCH!!!!” line. I graced over that line and about halfway down the page and then I realized that she said the word “Bitch” in the book. Fascinating. To me, at least.

The book was a lot more grown up than I thought it would be, which made me happy. Her writing style has definitely changed in this book.

I am glad to see that Dudley and Harry made up, and that Kreacher and Harry were on good ends.

I want to know who got to be headmaster in the epilogue of the book. That is the question that is begging me now.

Wow.