No, I don't know what they are. And I don't want to know! But I just took a brief break and went over to John Granger's site (hogwartsprofessor.com) and he was bemoaning that someone had leaked major portions of the book. Apparently they let librarians catalog them early, and some unscrupulous person (PLEASE tell us it wasn't a librarian!) scanned a few HUNDRED pages of the book and has been posting major spoilers, including news about deaths. This appears to be legitimate.
So, we've been warned. I'm thinking of imposing an HP-related moratorium on myself, trying not to visit any sites that might possibly leak it. But that's so hard and so disappointing, given how much it is to anticipate communally during these last few days.
One more note: as you might expect, Mugglenet and Leaky Cauldron are NOT leaking anything. Bless their hearts. So I think they're relatively safe (unless hacked... shudder). But I'd keep your eyes and ears averted from all major mainstream media outlets for the next few days.
If we can just hold on for a few more days!!!!
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Ack!! Presumably I'm safe to watch the evening news; I can't imagine Charlie Gibson risking a firestorm of Howlers by appeasing this person's ego. Hermione's SNEAK charm would come in handy here! Thanks for the warning; I'll tread extra carefully from now on... Only four more days!!
Oh for Hermione's sneak charm! That would be wonderful.
Yeah, you're probably safe to watch the evening news. I'm fuming about this too. Feels like such a violation of both writer and readers.
Just for the record, if the person writing over at SoG is correct, it was not a librarian at fault. Since I used to work in a library, and still have a place of deep affection for all librarians, I thought I should mention that. Apparently someone stole a copy of the book from a library. I can all too easily imagine that -- if a cataloger happened to leave it sitting on a table in the workroom or even in their office, while they took a break. As my wise husband (who also used to work in a library) said to me, rather drolly, "well, we all know how secure libraries are, don't we?"
Madame Pince should give this person about a million years of detention. All of them with Mr. Filch.
Hehe! Wouldn't Filch have a heyday... I'm glad to hear it wasn't a librarian!
Filch would hang em' up by their toenails. Or something else equally awful! ;-)
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