The new Harry Potter is the talk of Blogtown. While Kate and Mary Carmen have been furiously flipping through their copies, I have been tucked into the couch with Blindness and am just pages away from finishing it in time for tomorrow's discussion. It's my third read, but I wanted it to be fresh in my mind.

And now I wonder: how many will be able to put aside dreaming of a world with wizards, meandering through Hogwarts, and mourning the death of a major character?