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So, today I finished re-reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I posted a status on Facebook mentioning that, adding, "I can't believe it's been seven years."
Then I remembered that it's July, and that most of the Harry Potter books were released in July - so, just out of curiosity, I decided to check the publication date on Wikipedia.
As it turns out, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published exactly seven years ago to this day. Which means that, not only did I unintentionally finish my reread on the same date, but, given the time I finished it, I probably closed the book at almost exactly the same time as I closed it at the end of my first reading.
Isn't that crazy? I remember going with my friends to see Batman Begins before the midnight release party, then running over to the bookstore afterwards and goggling at all the costumes - one lady had dressed up as a portrait. And then we got the books, but for some reason went to sleep after (we were clearly amateurs). When we woke up, my friends had breakfast and started playing Nintendo, but I ignored them all and just kept reading, lol.
Fucking Dumbledore, man. Gets me every time. =/
Then I remembered that it's July, and that most of the Harry Potter books were released in July - so, just out of curiosity, I decided to check the publication date on Wikipedia.
As it turns out, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was published exactly seven years ago to this day. Which means that, not only did I unintentionally finish my reread on the same date, but, given the time I finished it, I probably closed the book at almost exactly the same time as I closed it at the end of my first reading.
Isn't that crazy? I remember going with my friends to see Batman Begins before the midnight release party, then running over to the bookstore afterwards and goggling at all the costumes - one lady had dressed up as a portrait. And then we got the books, but for some reason went to sleep after (we were clearly amateurs). When we woke up, my friends had breakfast and started playing Nintendo, but I ignored them all and just kept reading, lol.
Fucking Dumbledore, man. Gets me every time. =/
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