[Gables Girl]

Robin, I picked it because it was pretty too.  I just got the notice it shipped and I should have it tomorrow. 

The UPS guy must think I live in Amazon boxes since he delivers them all the time to me.  I'm thinking of stacking the boxes up from largest to smallest in a pyramid and claiming they are my Christmas tree. 

 

[Gertie Kindle]

I did. What? It was pretty! lol, I picked my last 8 boyfriends on the same principle. Some call me an optimist. Some use a word that is far less kind.

Somehow I knew you got that one.

You have a sorting hat?! Cool!!!! I would never get anything done around the house if I had one.

I can't wait to get it. I'm going to use it in the HP Book Club I'm running at the school. Then it's coming home with me to a permanent spot on my HP shelves.

But I did buy a wand from Allivan's wand makers.

I know about Alivan's, but I got my wand from Whimsic Alley. They have a lot of great stuff. I also got my Dumbledore's Army bag, my Weasleys Wizard Wheezes sweatshirt, and my Hogwarts patch from them (I made my own robe).

From Amazon, Gryffindor's Sword, Golden Snitch 20 Questions and the SS Chess set. I love playing chess with this set. It's a lot of fun.

I think I'll stop, now. I've got so much HP stuff, I don't have time to play with it all.

 

[Guest]

LR made some hand-knitted Gryffindor scarves for some friends of ours in Europe a few years ago.

 

[Gertie Kindle]

LR made some hand-knitted Gryffindor scarves for some friends of ours in Europe a few years ago.

That's so nice. I'm a Ravenclaw with Slytherin leanings. That means when I want to be really nasty, I read a book instead.

 

[robin.goodfellow]

I'm thinking of stacking the boxes up from largest to smallest in a pyramid and claiming they are my Christmas tree.

If you do that, you should totally take a picture of it and post it here. Actually, that's such a great idea, I'm kind of kicking myself for not doing that in my library.

I just checked on UPS.com (where I'm a preferred member. I'm also on their Christmas ham list.), and ToBB is out for delivery! Woo hoo! So I'm only going to be making my co-workers bananas today trying to get out early so I can go home and check it out. I am SO excited to see it! And my co-workers will be so excited to see me go today! (Full disclosure: This is the case most days.)

Whimsic Alley? Really? I am not (yet) familiar with that site. lol, more fun for today! I also got the Time Turner from the Noble collection, which I'm a little ashamed to say I saw in a SkyMall magazine. But it doesn't work. It won't turn back more than about a day at the time.

~robin

 

[Betsy the Quilter]

Woohoo Robin!  Have fun with your delivery!

Betsy

 

[Gertie Kindle]

I picked up a copy at WalMart this morning. $7.44. It's the same type of hardback as Harry's School Books.

Here's the back cover blurb.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J.K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot," "The Fountain of Fair Fortune," "The Warlock's Hairy Heart," "Babbitty Rabbitty and Her Cackling Stump," and of course, "The Tale of the Three Brothers." But not only are they the equal of fairy tales we now know and love, reading them gives new insight into the world of Harry Potter.

It's really quite beautiful. Robin, post a picture of your collector's edition if you can. I'd love to see it.

Off to read. Won't take long. I'll report back.

 

[Gables Girl]

Whoo Hoo, mine shows as delivered.  I think I'm not feeling well and need to go home now.

 

[Gertie Kindle]

Having now read the full stories plus Albus' commentary, I still say The Fountain of Fair Fortune is my favorite.

We hear from Brutus Malfoy, and find out the origins of Lucius' enmity toward Albus. We also find out that Aberforth's favorite tale (not contained in this book) is

Spoiler

Grumble the Grumpy Goat.

Not surprising.

The Warlock's Hairy Heart is a dark tale with its own obvious moral.

I'll be reading these tales to my HP Book Club. I think they will enjoy them. I certainly did.

 

[robin.goodfellow]

It's the same type of hardback as Harry's School Books

Is it the biting one? I would pay big big money for a book that could attack people (my neighbor is convinced that I'm the evil undead. Nothing, not even routine appearances at church functions where I don't burst into flames, will convince him otherwise. Also, he keeps killing my bluebirds). My very favorite scenes in the HP books were the ones in Flourish & Blott's. I long for a bookstore that interesting in my town.

Whoo Hoo, mine shows as delivered. I think I'm not feeling well and need to go home now.

You look a tad feverish, too. Perhaps you should go home and lie down with a book.
Are these boxes the owl delivery boxes Amazon used for Deathly Hallows? I thought those were so cute. I love it when a non-related company follows a theme. I don't know if it shows interest in their customers, really, but it certainly shows that they're following along with the story.

It's really quite beautiful. Robin, post a picture of your collector's edition if you can. I'd love to see it.

Off to read. Won't take long. I'll report back.

I shall take pictures and bore everyone to death with them. You are deputized to go read and issue a full report. What kind of HP book club do you have? And do you have members by correspondence?

~robin

 

[Gertie Kindle]

Is it the biting one?

No, it's not the Monster Book of Monsters. Hagrid holds the copyright on that one.

I shall take pictures and bore everyone to death with them. You are deputized to go read and issue a full report.

My report is above. I didn't want to say too much, cuz I know y'all (I can say that to you, right?) will be reading yours shortly. There are some tantalizing tidbits, such as how many remaining limbs Professor Kettleburn has.

What kind of HP book club do you have? And do you have members by correspondence?

Fifth and Sixth graders only.

The kids will be sorted into houses, earn house points, play HP related word and trivia games, and I'm planning a Tri-Wizard Tournament.

I'm also working on a Quidditch Card Game. I know there is one available, but everyone complains about the instructions being too complicated. I've download the new, supposedly easier instructions, and they are nearly as ridiculous. I'm going to base the cards on the fanart I did of Harry's first year Gryffindor team. Not that I'm at all artistic, mind you, I'm just very creative. I have maybe three months to work it out. Hope I can do it. In the meantime, I'm keeping that one to myself.

I'd love to do a Muggle Quidditch league with the 7th and 8th graders, but I'm afraid I'm already overwhelming the volunteer coordinator. I also work with the chess club and I have to wait a while before I suggest a live chess game as the finale for our end of year tournament.

You may have noticed I tend to go a bit overboard. The school authorities haven't noticed yet, and I'm trying to work them into it gradually. I want to get my other grandchild into this school, and I don't want them to think if they accept her they'll be stuck with the crazy Grammy for another eight years.

 

[Guest]

Gertie:  No Arkansas Baptists or AOG (the two main groups calling for the banning of HP books from schools and their members' homes) at your school?

 

[Gertie Kindle]

Gertie: No Arkansas Baptists or AOG (the two main groups calling for the banning of HP books from schools and their members' homes) at your school?

Guess not ... lucky me. When the principal found out I was a Pottermaniac, she told me in no uncertain terms that she wanted me to form a discussion group and right away. The books are in the library and a lot of kids have read them. I didn't get as many kids signed up as I wanted to, so I guess a lot of parents are closet anti-Potterites.

There are also groups that want to ban the Judy Blume books, but I think they're wonderful for teens and pre-teens. Geez, there are 13 year old kids reading Twilight and they want to ban Harry, who just happens to be a kid who can do weird things with a stick and constantly battles evil.

Go figure.

 

[Yollo]

So, I just finished reading my Collector's Copy of Beedle. I loved the presentation and the stories, and thought it was well worth the money. However, the editing was horrid! I found three obvious errors in my copy, and was wondering if everybody's copy had these errors. Here are the errors I found, page numbers are for the Collector's Edition.

Pg. 40 - Dumbledore's Commentary on Hopping Pot - The word "flames" is repeated (ie. 'flames flames') for no apparant reason.

Pg. 78 - Dumbledore's Commentary on Fountain - Armando Dippet is misspelled, spelled ?rmando Dippet in my copy. (Not sure what the first letter is, its definitly not a capital A, see the beginning of Malfoy's letter on the opposite page to see what a capital A should look like.)

Pg. 156 - Tale of the Three Brothers - "Tnd so Death took the second brother for his own." They misspelled "and"? REALLY SCHOLASTIC?!?!?!?!

So, if you have the Collector's Edition, could you tell me if you had these errors, and if you have the Standard edition, could you tell me if these errors are present in your copy? It would be greatly appreciated. (I wonder if mine is the only copy with these mistakes....it could be worth a lot!)

 

[Andra]

My standard copy was delivered at 10:07 this morning.  Why am I at work??
It looks like my Kindle will be abandoned this evening for the first time since I got it.
Andra

 

[Gertie Kindle]

So, I just finished reading my Collector's Copy of Beedle. I loved the presentation and the stories, and thought it was well worth the money. However, the editing was horrid! I found three obvious errors in my copy, and was wondering if everybody's copy had these errors. Here are the errors I found, page numbers are for the Collector's Edition.

Pg. 40 - Dumbledore's Commentary on Hopping Pot - The word "flames" is repeated (ie. 'flames flames') for no apparant reason.

Pg. 78 - Dumbledore's Commentary on Fountain - Armando Dippet is misspelled, spelled ?rmando Dippet in my copy. (Not sure what the first letter is, its definitly not a capital A, see the beginning of Malfoy's letter on the opposite page to see what a capital A should look like.)

Pg. 156 - Tale of the Three Brothers - "Tnd so Death took the second brother for his own." They misspelled "and"? REALLY SCHOLASTIC?!?!?!?!

So, if you have the Collector's Edition, could you tell me if you had these errors, and if you have the Standard edition, could you tell me if these errors are present in your copy? It would be greatly appreciated. (I wonder if mine is the only copy with these mistakes....it could be worth a lot!)

None of those errors are in the standard edition. You're right, if yours is the only one (doubtful), it could be worth a lot, sort of like a register error in a sheet of stamps.

 

[Yollo]

None of those errors are in the standard edition. You're right, if yours is the only one (doubtful), it could be worth a lot, sort of like a register error in a sheet of stamps.

I don't really think mine is the only one. Thanks for reporting back on the Standard Edition. Now if only I could hear back from someone else who has the Collector's Edition...

 

[Gertie Kindle]

I don't really think mine is the only one. Thanks for reporting back on the Standard Edition. Now if only I could hear back from someone else who has the Collector's Edition...

Robin is probably reading hers as we speak.

 

[Gables Girl]

Hooray!  This was a double delivery day, I got my Tales of Beedle the Bard and my new M-Edge cover in marine blue.  Now to open the boxes.  Which one first shall I open first? This is a hard one.  Perhaps if I give my Kindle his new cover he won't sulk because I'm reading a DTB tonight.  This could work out well.

 

[Leslie]

I just ordered the Tales for my son for Christmas. I debated a while about ordering the Collector's Edition, but what he really wants is money for his month-long trip to Jamaica in January. So, I figured I'd save $90+ on the book and have more money to give him for his travel fund.

L