17 July 05

Tour de France or Harry Potter?

In July, my mornings tend to go like this: I get up, get the tea on, get online to check on the Tour de France website to see what’s going on. The time lag between California and Europe means that normally I can catch the last hour or so; there are newsflashes every few minutes.

A friend brought over my copy of the Half-Blood Prince last night. She stayed to have a bowl of gazpacho with us. I stopped reading around eleven; got up around 7, intending to intersperse my TdF newsflashes with Harry.

It was not to be; the intense heat has driven a lot of ants indoors. They were swarming over one of the catbowls. This is the hardest day of the Tour, with six brutal Pyrrenean climbs. I caught the end and George Hincapie’s stage win.

I finally finished the book at 2:30 this afternoon. Several readers of Feathers of Hope are reading it too, so I will say nothing except hurry up so we can talk about it…

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  1. We’ve been staying in the snow so were only able to buy our copy of Half Blood Prince today. Not sure how much Anna has read but we will be standing in line for our turn to read. BTW – it’s quite cold here and we were treated to some blizzard conditions in the snow last week. Great weather for reading!
    — Jenny    18. July 2005, 02:26    Link
  2. Was I ever surprised to find two copies of Harry Potter in English (the last two books haven’t been translated into Japanese yet… the translator is working really slow… poor Japanese fans!) at a tiny bookstore last night. I immediately snatched it up and now it’s sitting by my bedside ready for some sleepless nights. Looking forward to discussing it! (don’t say anything about it, okay! )
    — butuki    19. July 2005, 17:13    Link

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