I feel like I have a hangover today. I haven’t been drinking, I just stayed up till ^ahem^ a.m. reading the new book.
There have been times in the past when I’ve read a new Potter book cover to cover in no time flat because I was compelled by the story and *needed* to know what happened next. That was true for me this time to some extent, but I have to say I was driven by another factor this time.
I had just dug in to the first hundred or so pages by mid-day Saturday, and I stopped to take care of real life for a while. I made the giant mistake of checking blogs Saturday afternoon, assuming that most people would avoid talking plot for a while, and that those who did would post spoiler warnings. But I was wrong. Oh, how I was wrong.
A certain blogger, who shall remain nameless because I’m about to disparage her wholeheartedly, wrote a post in which she swore there would be no spoilers. She promised! Then, in the next line, she gave away one of the major plot points. I’m not going to even allude to the details because I have no desire to do to you what she did to me. But she gave away the answer to the question that everyone was asking at the end of book six.
And guess what? It did spoil things a bit for me. Because the anticipation is a huge part of the enjoyment. Plus, I now had the fear of another spoiler sneaking up on me before I could finish reading the book for myself. Which, along with the whole needing to know what happened next, is what kept me up till almost three this morning and left me dragging all day today.
But it was a good book, and I did really enjoy it.
On to a few other things….
Stitch N Pitch was a lot of fun. I went with my friends Melissa and Kari. The Twins lost, but we were busy chatting, knitting and snacking. The best part of a baseball game, as far as I’m concerned, is being part of the crowd. Singing the national anthem and Take Me Out to the Ballgame. Eating crappy food and watching the crowd all around in the seats and on the big screen. I forgot to bring my camera, but I did have my Sidekick and its crappy camera with me.
With all the time I had sitting at the ball game and reading Harry Potter, I got quite a bit of knitting done on those pants. Here’s Sophie trying them on this morning.
She wasn’t pleased with the situation, but I was able to see that the legs are plenty long (as planned) and that I need more short rows in the back. Which means that I had to rip out a couple inches of knitting from yesterday to squeeze them in. Sophie wears cloth diapers, and when she’s wearing them – baby got back.
Whew! I was going to answer some questions tonight, but I’m beat. Maybe tomorrow.
Sophie looks like she’s having a blast in the pants! “Look Ma!! A stretchy waist – room for more cookies!”
I’m really looking forward to our Stitch ‘n Pitch in Toronto, Aug.15th. It’ll be my first (SnP, not b-ball game), and I’m totally stoked!
Now there’s a little girl who an put some sunshine into your day!
I hope you’re feeling better today!
I am in awe that you can read and knit at the same time!
Those pants are tooooo cute!! I love the colors…
I could use a pair like that for the Holiday dinners…. LOL Hmmmmm
Juicy Melon socks were picked up last night… turned the heel on both… DD4 wanted her socks finished… and they are, so now it’s back to Juicy Melon. I’ll update on my blog soon.
I finished reading the book over the weekend and did not read any blogs for fear of the same thing. There was very little else that I did otherwise, knitting included!
Aww, I’m so sorry you had part of the plot ruined for you. I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t one of the reasons I rushed to finish the book on Saturday. Of course, I don’t have kids so that allowed me to just spend a full day reading and finish it. I can’t believe someone would post that on their blog without a spoiler warning. I stayed away from radio, TV, and internet all day Friday and Saturday until I was done just to make sure. I hope you were still able to enjoy the multitude of other surprises in the book.
And btw, those pants are adorable!
The pants are adorable. Maybe you can “nap” when they do. Yeah, right.
Thank you so much for not spoiling the HP. I still haven’t read, and have been avoiding all sorts of things since Saturday. Seeing your title made me almost not read, but I decided to trust you, and my trust was not misplaced. My hubby was visiting his parents this weekend, and his mom was reading, and she’s one of those who will say stuff like…”Wait until you get to page 435, you won’t believe it when Harry does blah blah blah”…and basically ruin it. I’m so glad she didn’t. Yet.
Sophie you kill me!! Cutest picture EVER!
What a smile!
I too had an issue where I wasn’t expecting spoilers and ran smack dab into some. Luckily I was able to get out of there before I went further down.
I purposely logged off the internet until I was done. (But that meant I had to read it fast anyway, before my bloglines list got too long!)
Oh, good luck getting through the last bit! I solved that problem by not going online–not even turning on the computer–until I was done.
Oh, the Harry Potter Hangover. I was trying to explain it to my family on Sunday, but none of them had ever read a HP book in one day.
I made a point to only check my email until I finished the book. I was so paranoid of the book being ruined. I even quit the internet on Friday morning…. (and then what do I do but give away a plot point to my husband… he wasn’t happy, at least it was something minor)
Those pants (and your kid of course) are so adorable!!!
I have a Harry Potter hangover today. I stayed up until 2:30 trying to finish it but I feel asleep. I did manage to finish this morning. I was glad I hadn’t had any spoilers. Love the pants. Sophies is so darn cute!