Bully can't sleep

Bully's latest series on falling asleep in anticipation of HP&tDH is yet another reason to love that little stuffed bull:

John has looked up from watching Flight of the Conchords and said to me "I thought you were going to bed early tonight, Bully." I fixed him with my very stern stare and said "I am already in bed but simply taking a short break from sleeping," and then trotted back quickly with my laptop under my arm, just in case there is some breaking HP-early release news.

I am now going to totally go to sleep. When I wake up it will be morning and time to go to get Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Goodnight, everyone! Sweet dreams! I shall be dreaming of Quidditch and Cho Chang myself.

Harry Potter release party at Women & Children First

The Women & Children First bookstore put on a great release party for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Some pix:



Added bonus: Pix from the 2005 party for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

P-meter, day 19

P-meter, day 18

Whew. That was a lot of fun. The first six Harry Potter books in 18 days. OK, except for the last chapter, which I'm going to leave until the morning because that feels like the right way to read it.

I'm really glad that I've been charting my progress. I was able to make slow and steady progress without feeling unduly rushed. Also, I knew to kick it up a notch when I was falling behind. Now I'm ready for tomorrow's midnight run to Women & Children First for our copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

P-meter, day 17

Almost there.

No Deathly Hallows spoilers

I created a handy sign that you can post on your office door to let people know they've entered a Deathly-Hallows-spoiler-free zone.

P-meter, day 16

P-meter, day 15

P-meter, day 14

I had to take some painful shocks to get here, but I've managed to get 178 pages ahead of schedule. Yea!

P-meter, day 13

Better.

P-meter, day 12

P-meter, day 11 at the doctor

The plus side of waiting in a doctor's office is that you can catch up on reading.

P-meter, day 10

It's the mid-point of the P-meter, nine days from the beginning of this exercise and nine days from the end. I've reread 1,382 of the 3,341 pages that make up the first six Harry Potter books: 41%.

At this pace I'll have finished book 5 by the time book 7 comes out on the 21st.

Better kick it up a notch.

P-meter, day 9

Almost halfway through the time and somewhat-less-almost halfway through the pages.

P-meter, day 8

P-meter vs. errands

The errands are winning.

P-meter slips!

Time is gaining ground on my reading.

P-meter, day 4

10 pages ahead of schedule. Wooo!

P-meter, day 3

Happy 4^th of July, all. Spent the day doing household things and advancing the P-meter.



Only 62 pages behind schedule.

P-meter, day 2

I've decided to reread the first six Harry Potter books before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out on July 21st.

Charting my progress:



I've got a lot of reading to do.