The race is on!

Tonight M, K, and I signed a contract. We're going to have a race to see who can re-read all the Harry Potter books fastest. K gets to use the books-on-tape, but I made sure it was in the contract that M had to read them by herself and not use Jim Dale's help. (For those who don't know, Jim Dale is the reader of the HP books-on-tape/CD...at least the US version ones...I've heard that the UK versions have a different reader. Some day, when my HP obsession intensifies, I'll own the UK series, too--the books, and CDs. Currently my obsession hasn't reached that level...yet.)

In the mean-time, to help me realize my obsession is not of "fanatical" level yet (there are worse than me out there!), I found a fun Harry Potter fans messageboard at iVillage. And, I even had a little "follow me" link made (thanks to the community leader of that board). It's super cute:


I can't wait for the Half-Blood Prince movie this year. It's still my favorite book in the series. Although, the only one I bought at midnight on the day of release was Deathly Hallows. I took E, M, and K with me. They've all read (or listened to) the whole series. I can't talk Ben into reading them, yet, though I think he's seen the movies (even if it has been in pieces). Someday....