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[sekritomg]

"She has a reputation for reserve: for being likable but shy and thin-skinned, and not at all comfortable with the personal impact of having created a modern myth, sold four hundred and fifty million books, and inspired more than six hundred thousand pieces of Harry Potter fan fiction, a total that increases by at least a thousand stories a week." [source]

I like how this is somehow seen as just as significant as the actual books.

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[sekrit-omg.livejournal.com]

Rowling's new book? Yes, eventually, since I'm into Englishy society stuff. I'm certainly not going to run out and buy it in hardcover.

[hollycomb.livejournal.com]

I can't wait for the reviews, ahh.

[sekrit-omg.livejournal.com]

They'll either be positive (I mean, her first seven, or at least last six, books were awful and they were consistently positive) or will really strain to find the positive and commend her on her first adult novel. Maybe one will buck the trend just to buck the trend.

[hollycomb.livejournal.com]

My exact prediction, yep. The exerpts he posted in that article didn't sound bad ... or good.

[sekrit-omg.livejournal.com]

I mean, I like Englishy council flat/middle class officiousness just as much as the next total loser, so I might like reading the book while finding it poorly written. Just like her first seven books.