Please do not disturb the reader

There will be a break in the bill:routine this weekend as a copy of Deathly Hallows has found its way here. Normally I don’t purchase hardbacks, the cost is too high compared to the free library or other loan source or paperback, but the exception was made for Ms. Rowling’s latest because:

  1. TS1 and I both enjoyed the previous six so much and will both be reading this volume, a wonderful though rare occurrence;
  2. The probability of avoiding significant spoilers before I could get it from the library or in paperback approaches the null set;
  3. Cost was substantially reduced by purchasing it at a heavy discount;
  4. The book itself was produced with extremely environment-aware resources; and,
  5. We will also have the pleasure, after my lovely wife finishes her read, of donating it to an appropriate children’s charity.

Enough; time to start Chapter Two, In Memorium.