Topic: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Finding the world in the pages of a book

By Christine Anne Piesyk | September 24, 2008 |

In celebration of Banned Books Week, Clarksville Online will offer our readers articles, and Best Books lists — yes, lists — of the best in literature for both adults and children.  Have you read a banned Book? We hope so!

Becca and Rochelle await the midnight hour and the last Harry Potter book

Some time ago, three generations of my family, myself included, some of us costumed to honor favored characters, stormed the bookstores for the midnight release of the final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows. My granddaughter, in her Harry Potter Sorting Hat, and a friend stood guard at the shop’s storeroom door hoping for glimpse of,  … Oh my! Can it be? A book! Not a rock star. Not a movie idol. A BOOK.

Granted it was a big book. A special book. It was a book with all the answers to all the questions derived from the first six books in the series. Thus, somewhere around 2 a.m., five copies of the pre-ordered book in our house — everyone wanted “my own” copy, and we could not all read the same book at the same time.

J.K. Rowling, with her first scrawled story, got an entire generation of children to read books. Not read…devour, with an insatiable hunger for more. «Read the rest of this article»

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PotterMania

By David W. Shelton | July 21, 2007 |

The young wizard has taken the city by storm, and his newest book has brought fans out to bookstores all across town. Clarksville Online was there! Join us for excusive reports from Hastings, Books-A-Million, and Borders. Plus, we have a spoiler-free book report from our own Christine Ann Piesyk!

Our coverage of the release parties spanned four bookstores and two states! Read on to see how people across town celebrated the highly anticipated release of J.K. Rowling’s conclusion to the Harry Potter series:

Borders brimming with Potter fans as HP7 is released
Customers flooded the local Borders bookstore for their release party of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Christine Ann Piesyk reports.

An update from Miss Trelawney’s Sister
Debbie Boen reports from Hastings and their release party of the seventh Harry Potter book. The Hastings party featured palm readings by Boen as “Miss Trelawney’s Sister, Dee Dee.”

Harry Potter’s spell enchants local Books-A-Million
David W. Shelton attended the release party at the Books-A-Million, just after arriving back in Clarksville from Minneapolis and the Mall of America.

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Borders brimming with Potter fans as HP7 is released

By Christine Anne Piesyk | July 21, 2007 |

Hordes of anxious readers, many of them children up past their normal bedtimes and many more costumed as their favorite characters, gathered at Borders Bookstore at Governor’s Square Mall Thursday for the midnight release of the seventh and final Harry Potter epic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Borders was one of several local bookstores hosting “Potter Parties” – the Borders event was billed as the Deathly Hallows Ball.

Author J. K. Rowling lived up to her promise to end the series at seven books and did just that in this 749 page whirlwind conculsion, which is not without its tragedies and triumphs. (see review)

“It’s great to see so many people this excited about buying a book,” said teacher Helen Smith, from her seat near the magazine section. Her daughter Rebecca was one of the hundreds eagerly waiting to buy the $34.99 book at the proffered 40% discount. Rochelle LaPlante, sporting a bona-fide sorting hat and bouncing in anticipation, stood watch with friends at the storeroom door, eyeing the cases of books about to be rolled out to the front counter and sold. LaPlante has been counting down the days to the book release for month, checking off a calendar day by day since February. «Read the rest of this article»

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