Thank you for agreeing with me. And yes, it isn't worth dwelling on. But I also couldn't keep my feelings about it bottled up. I promise it ends with this post right here.

Yeah, I imagine a release party would be a mini-version of Hell for me (hate crowds, not that fond of kids, etc.) But I sure wasn't going to wait 10 more days beyond the release date, yo.

When I go to England next month I hope I can convince my friend to take me on the Harry Potter tour, which obviously wasn't there back in 1995. As a native, he's remarkably blase about the books, but is tolerant of my obsession.