One Potter down, one Potter (and one Tolkien) to go

Saw "Order of the Phoenix" yesterday - not the best of the five but that's probably due to Imelda Staunton's nails-on-chalkboard portrayal of Dolores Umbridge (i.e. spot on) and the limited amount of time for Maggie Smith's Professor McGonagle.

I confess to being disappointed with the scenes in the Ministry, which seemed to be more about effects than plot much of the time, but it could be I need to re-read "Order" again - and a quick scan of "Half Blood Prince" before "Deathly Hallows" arrives early (one hopes) next week. I could have gotten the express shipping but I wouldn't have been able to read it this weekend, and going with the el-cheapo Amazon shipping meant I had an excuse to buy "Children of Hurin" too - for a mere $8.97 hardback!

Comments

James Bow said…
$8.97 for a Tolkien hardback? How'd you swing that? Did you buy it used?
Mark Dowling said…
ah - it's gone back up! It was 8.97. Maybe someone noticed my order going through and said - wow that's cheap :)

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