# ALERT ALERT 12 Days to Harry Potter! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 9, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676 "2003-06-09T17:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/1 "2003-06-09T17:31:00Z")
Just thought I’d get that off my chest. Who’s got it on reserve? Who ordered it for mail delivery? ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/2 "2003-06-09T17:38:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Who’s got it on reserve? Who ordered it for mail delivery? \*\* Got it on reserve and Barnes and Noble. The only reason we got it there is because they’re having a midnight release party, and I thought it’d be fun for me and the girls. Most likely a madhouse, too, but y’know, I miss the old days… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/3 "2003-06-09T17:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Who’s got it on reserve? Who ordered it for mail delivery? \*\* Got it on reserve and Barnes and Noble. The only reason we got it there is because they’re having a midnight release party, and I thought it’d be fun for me and the girls. Most likely a madhouse, too, but y’know, I miss the old days… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/4 "2003-06-09T17:48:50Z")
I have it on reserve at Waldenbooks. I will use the balance of my Christmas gift card to pay for it. And I get to read it first! I understand there’s a death in the novel, and you know, I have to be able to comfort my child. Without letting her spoil it for everyone. No, really! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/5 "2003-06-09T18:05:49Z")
Good! That gift card to Border’s Books and Music that I got for my birthday has been simply burning a hole in my wallet. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/6 "2003-06-09T18:13:33Z")
My guess is Dumbledore dies. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/7 "2003-06-09T18:15:54Z")
My grocery store is running a promotion - for each trip I spend $50, I get a certificate. Get 6 certificates, get a free Harry Potter _Order Of THe Phoenix_ book. I have three so far, and am planning on hitting the grocery store this afternoon. So spend $300 total, get a $17.99 book. At least groceries are something I need. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/8 "2003-06-09T18:47:52Z")
I’ve got it on hold at Books-A-Million…but I’ll die before I’ll go down there at midnight. My bet is that it’s Hagrid. ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SpaceGhostofArrakis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhostofArrakis)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/9 "2003-06-09T18:56:31Z")
I suspect Winky dies. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/10 "2003-06-09T19:05:40Z")
Mail delivery. We (me, the Lovely and Talented Mrs. **Shodan** and the little **Shodan** -ettes) are going to read it aloud to each other for our family time on Sunday nights this summer. I say Hagrid. And I am betting Harry and Ginny Weasley fall in love by series’ end. Can’t wait! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/11 "2003-06-09T19:16:27Z")
I’ve got it on reserve at Waldenbooks. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/12 "2003-06-09T19:27:03Z")
Ah crap. Time to stock up on bottled water and canned goods and head down to the storm shelter again… ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/13 "2003-06-09T19:32:55Z")
It comes out the day after my birthday. Coincidentally, I’m taking the 10 days after that off from work. One of my friends wondered, seriously, if that’s why I was going on vacation. But it isn’t–no way is it going to take me 10 days to read! But I’m psyched that I have the time off. That means I get to read it before my husband does. * * * (Oh, and our new dryer has a light in it. So the clothes don’t get scared while they tumble around in the hot.) – **Rue DeDay** ---
**Author:** ![Oreo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c57346/32.png) [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/14 "2003-06-09T19:40:09Z")
I’ll be there midnight Friday night. And I’m making Mr. Oreo come with me, since I’m not brave enough to withstand any strange looks I might receive alone. I just wish we had a little niece or nephew to take along as a “disguise!” Best part, though, has to do with my sister. She’s the one who first introduced me to the books, and is almost as big a fan as I am. However, she and her husband are currently trying to adopt a baby/going through in-vitro, therefore they are pinching every single little penny and simply don’t have the funds to buy the book. Sis keeps bemoaning the fact that she’s going to have to wait until I’ve finished the book so she can borrow my copy. And since I live out of town, she’ll have to wait that much longer before we can make the swap. Little does she know I pre-ordered the book for her a couple of months ago. Should arrive on her doorstep sometime Saturday. I just wish I could be there to see the look on her face! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/15 "2003-06-09T20:02:32Z")
_sigh_ I was going to buy it the day it came out. A group of us (all in library school) are going to the party at Barnes & Noble the 20th for the release. But because of funding issues with summer financial aid, I won’t be able to purchase it until aroudn July 10th. I do have a hold on a copy at the library, but I’m #84 on the list, so I’ll likely be able to buy it before I get it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/16 "2003-06-09T20:17:59Z")
I have it on order from Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/17 "2003-06-09T20:26:41Z")
Assuming that my good friend **Earl of the CC** put in my pre-order, I’ll be spending midnight at Borders with him and some more of our friends. Yee-haw, it’s gonna rock. ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/18 "2003-06-09T20:49:27Z")
I have it on order from a local book seller who got it for me for all of $10. I cannot WAIT to get my hands on it. Cafe Society is gonna be a ghost town for about 3 days, I bet. Oh, and… I’m wagering that it’s Dumbledore who kicks the bucket. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/19 "2003-06-09T21:04:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by qts \* > \*\*I have it on order from Amazon. \*\* As do I, and they better not drop the ball this time. I pre-ordered a game from themm, and it kept being “delayed.” When I e-mailed them, they told me the manufacturer had not released it yet. Furious, I went down to the store, bought a copy, and sent them another e-mail saying that I was cancelling the order, because I had just purchased the “unreleased” game elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![CJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@CJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CJo)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676/20 "2003-06-09T21:10:23Z")
i hear harry gets into an orgy with ron and hermione…that or he finally gets it on with that cho chang chick. that harry…what will he get himself into next time? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-alert-12-days-to-harry-potter/180676.md?page=2)