The Harry Potter phenomenon reached its apex in our household this weekend. I rolled out of bed at 7:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and drove to our local, independent bookstore to purchase two copies--one for the kids and a second copy as a birthday gift for my daughter's friend ($42.00). My oldest child then spent the entire weekend reading the book, which she finished around t 8:00 p.m. on Sunday. My second oldest is re-reading the sixth book in preparation for the final volume. I also took two of the three kinds to see the latest Harry Potter movie ($24.00). My youngest son is asking for a replica of Harry Potter's wand ($24.00) because his sister told him that it really does magic. (One thing is for sure, I'm not buying a tree branch for $24.00). In total, I'm guessing that our household contributed about $30.00 in royalties to J.K. Rowling.
Read the 23-July-2007 entry and I literally laughed out loud...made my day...
Posted by: David J. Discher | August 08, 2007 at 02:18 PM