the need for speed reading

Don't say anything about the new Harry Potter book. I'm going to start reading it as soon as my son is done with the copy he got at midnight last night. I may try to get started early if I can pry it away while he's sleeping. More than one blog reader was fooled by Thursday's post. A friend emailed to say that his daughter thought I had an advance copy of the J.K. Rowling tome. To avoid spoilers, I'm going on a self-imposed media semi-blackout for the next few days. I will still write a blog entry daily but there may be a delay in getting them posted to the web. Please bear with me.

While my son and wife braved the crowds at Barnes & Noble, my daughter bought her copy of "The Deathly Hallows" at a CVS near her. She said that she was one of a grand total of three Potter fans getting their books at midnight. I've been borrowing my daughter's camera since mine broke. As a result we have no photos from CVS but we do have some from Barnes & Noble.