Harry Potter
Kudos for Canada Post! I received my copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this Saturday at noon despite not signing up for special saturday delivery!
I pre-ordered the book a few months ago and chose the free delivery option. A few weeks ago Chapters contacted me to ask if I wanted to change my delivery option to ensure I would get the book on release date. Nah - I said - I'll probably be out and miss the delivery guy anyways. Turns out I was out and did miss the postman by a few minutes. I saw his truck down the street and ran over. Yonge street was closed because of some parade and I waited by the truck until the postman finally arrived. He said I was lucky to catch him there - he decided to take a break when he saw the street closed. Anyways, he handed in the book and I'm now almost half-way through. I tried working this morning but I've given up any pretense to work and have decided I might as well finish the book.
posted by Alexandra at 10:32 AM
2 Comments:
Huh, it looks like the book has a different cover in Canada than it does in the U.S. I've (temporarily) almost stopped reading blogs, because I'm tired of reading other people's opinions about Harry Potter, and I haven't gotten my copy yet. But I wanted to drop by after you visited my blog to say thanks for your comment!
Yes, it does seem like there are different covers everywhere as well as different "versions" of English - I've heard that the version published in North America is not the "original" English version! Here in Canada there are two covers - a sombrer one for adults and a more colourful one for children. It seems there was a demand for this as many adults felt self-conscious reading the books in public. I have the children version because that's what the rest of my collection looks like and because I think they are more fun...
Thanks for dropping by!
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