June 21 and this forum: what's the plan?

[TDM]

whew! i won't get the book for awhile, i know, because will most likely not get it till my birthday on aug 1st. thank god that no one will spoil it for me.

[Lizzy Bennet]

Yes, there will be a special dedicated forum area solely for book 5. Don't worry, if you don't want to find out about what happens you'll be able to just stay away from that particular forum area. Any discussion regarding book 5 must go in that area once it is added to the forum.

Great to hear, Paul! Thanks so much . . . will you be sending an e-mail to everyone's inboxes so that all are informed? Good idea! I'd miss this place if I couldn't post here at all while reading, but also glad that it'll be 'safe'!


~ Lizzy

[Claire]

If I tried to post here while reading it, I'd miss the book. Does it really take you that long to read it if you'd miss coming here?

[Lizzy Bennet]

You know, I wasn't sure how to respond to these remarks. Perhaps they came across a little harsher or more pointed in my reading them than you intended, siriusblack. Nevertheless ...

I'm simply pleased that Paul will set up the forum in such a way that if I should choose to post (on my reading breaks or as a breather) while reading, I can do so without risk of being 'spoiled'.

Additionally, how fast or slow I read the book is a matter of what else needs to be done. I, personally, refuse to blot out people and responsibilities for a book, no matter how good it may be. I would 'miss coming here' if Paul hadn't set up the forum in such a way that I'd be 'spoiled' if I came while reading. I really don't wish to rush through the book, nor do I want to feel as though any spare time I have must be sacrificed to it (including posting here, should I wish to 'chat' with friends ). I want to enjoy it--you only get one 'first reading'.

But that's me and my style. One thing I love about this forum and one of the reasons I miss it whenever I'm not here, is that the people seem very open to all kinds....and really, I've found, in this world, it takes all kinds. And to be honest, for me to say I have any 'definite plan' regarding this book (pr posting or anything) wouldn't be altogether correct.....I'll get the book and see what happens. I hope you enjoy it, siriusblack.


~ Lizzy

[Claire]

I'm sorry, Lizzy, that didn't sound like how I meant it at ALL, lol. I meant, like so many people have been saying here, that when I get into a book, I can't put it down, especially if its really good like I'm expecting this one to be. I can't imagine putting a book down that I really like, just to go online. Thats why I'm having trouble understanding you. I would understand it probably, if you weren't getting the book until maybe... a week or so later. But then, my case is different from yours also, becaue I hardly ever visit this forum, I'm more addicted to other ones .

[Lizzy Bennet]

It's all good, siriusblack...thanks for clearing up the confusion. I honestly don't know how I'll be when I get the book. My boyfriend is away at the moment, so I get online to e-mail him as I miss him a great deal, so it's natural for me to pop into the forum. But, like I said, for all I know, I'll be holed up with the book excepting the times I am needed to do things or have plans. I guess we'll see! I quite like this forum--it's my only one--and the people here really make me smile. So, like I said, addicting as the book may be, I'm sure I'll need occasional breaks, and keeping in touch with my boyfriend (who's in another country until August 2003 since March of 2003! ) is pretty high on my list of things I like to do. Take care and hope everyone enjoys the new book!


~ Lizzy

[Holly Golightly]

I think that I understnad what you mean sisiur black!!!

I mean, even if you aren't going to read the book all in one sitting like some people *including me!!!* If you put it down to do other things, and then had like 1/2 hr spare or something, if it was me, I'd pick up the book again and read for that 1/2 hr insteading of going online to see what was on the forum... That kind of thing!

But, as mentioned, I'm an addict who totally gets sucked into books, so it will be one sitting for me!!! Maybe breaks to go to the toilet, but that just depends on how good the book is!!!

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[pym-wizard]

yes i agreee you have to read normally to pick up bits you might miss plus you will enjoy the book more

[Lizzy Bennet]

I suppose my viewpoint is hard to understand, and though I am not angry, somehow I feel like I am having to defend myself and my choices and that, I admit, is a little frustrating.

The Internet is really the only viable and affordable way I can contact my boyfriend, whom I love dearly (and posted about in St. Mungos) who is in another country for several more months (a total of five, with only two and a half left). So, if I'm online, it'd probably be to e-mail or talk to him. I like posting at the Forum as it makes me feel a little less lonely (as does chatting to friends), as so many are at a distance. It's nice to 'keep in touch'.

Maybe it sounds odd to everyone what I said as far as my strategy in reading book (though I am quite excited about it!), but I don't know--I'm old enough to know, no matter how much I love a book, I still have things that need to be done, and I still have other things I want to do, but that's *me*, *my life*, and *my choice*. Just different priorities, perhaps, and a different style. I know, if my boyfriend were here, I would love nothing more than to be outside in the sun with him as we both read our chosen books. Sadly, since he is not here, I may find myself getting lonely on occasion, while reading the book, but again, I don't know. I can't predict that . . . I'm simply speculating.

As I've said before, it's entirely possible I'll read the book in one day or two, I just don't know. A lot depends on what I need to do in terms of working on resumes and applications for jobs, e-mails I wish to send to my boyfriend, and other things I need to do on the computer. If I'm already on the computer, why not post on the Forum? Like I said, maybe no one understands that, and that's ok, I guess. "It takes all kinds" to make the world go 'round . . . I'll always believe that.


Sincerely,
Lizzy

[Lizzy Bennet]

On second thought, seeing as some threads for book 5 (which, if you make the mistake I did, show up when you pull up all the posts you haven't read since your last visit) have spoilerish titles, maybe I *won't* be coming around until I have read the book. I *think* I have already been spoiled (along with Sonkem and Mint), and I'm *not* happy about it! I didn't even go *read* the offending thread . . . I merely had the bad luck of seeing the title . . . arrrrrrgggggh!

Sorry to seem crazed . . . I'm just really disappointed and frustrated right now. Do *not* go in the new sections if you don't want to know who dies in book 5 and do *not* pull up all the posts you haven't read since your last visit, as the thread that is called "So and So Dies" will totally spoil you! I just hope I misread it, or it was wrong, or something. I'm totally crushed--spoiler-wise and with regard to who the person is, if the thread is true.


~ a disillusioned Lizzy