books update

[dream_labyrinth]

I finished Order of the Phoenix. Gosh, I had forgotten so much of the story! I think I've only read it two or three times before. So I plan to re-read that, and probably also the Goblet of Fire, pretty soon.
But when I bought the Harry Potters, my Mom bought a whole stack of books I need to read, too. I interrupted reading OotP to read the latest (paperback) Mitchell&Markby by Ann Granger, I'm right now reading the latest (paperback) Fortune de France by Robert Merle and I have I think three Fidelmas by Peter Tremayne waiting for me. And that doesn't include the two non-fiction books I'm reading right now, the one on American history and the Bowie biography.
Fortune de France is a series of French historical novels (that is, they are about French history and they are originally written in French, I'm not actually reading them in French). The problem is that there are 13 novels in all, and they have been translated in a rather strange order: volumes 1 to 3, then 7 to 9, then 4 and 10, then 12, now 5, 6 is only published as hardcover so far, and whether the 13th volume will actually be the last or in between the two sets of six I don't know. Actually, I was under the impression that it were only 12 novels, not thirteen.
Anyway, so while the last time I read something from the series, I was reading about Cardinal Richelieu and his contemporaries, I am now quite some time earlier in history, in the fights between King Henry the somethingst and the Duke of Navarra. Getting complicated to keep track of what's going on.

And I have discovered a serious problem: Spoilers. Hopefully, the next HP will be published soon. But of course, it will take some time after the publishing of the English version for the German to be available. And even longer for the English paperback. Which means that I have to get the English hardcover as soon as it is published, because otherwise I won't know what's happening at the same time as all my friends on LJ will know, which might cause problems when reading their LJs.
OK, so it might be a weird problem.

Oh, speaking of spoilers, I found a plot mistake in OotP I missed all the other times I read it.
Harry's wand is broken when he and Hermione lead Umbridge in the Forbidden Forest. But later at the ministry, he has his wand again. I've read the two or three chapters twice to make sure I didn't miss anything, but there is no explanation. This makes me happy somehow, because it means that even people like JKR can make mistakes.

Comments

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

Ah, in my version, it's Umbridge's wand that gets broken. Here's the quote from Chapter 33:

"Harry saw that Umbridge had been seized from behind by Bane and lifted high into the air, wriggling and yelling with fright. Her wand fell from her hand to the ground and Harry's heart leapt, if he could just reach it--
But as he stretched out a hand toward it, a centaur's hoof descended upon the wand and it broke cleanly in half."

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

But Umbridge had his wand as well, so where did it go? She took both Hermione's and Harry's wand and I didn't find any mention of the wands being returned to them.
Duh, never mind. I found it! Ron brought the wands from Umbridge's office when he, Ginny, Luna and Neville got away from Malfoy. My only excuse is that I'm partially reading-impaired with that ointment in my eye.

[scatteredlogic.livejournal.com]

My only excuse is that I'm partially reading-impaired with that ointment in my eye.

Well, that makes sense to me. ;) I hope the sty gets better. Those things are so annoying!

[rev-tobias.livejournal.com]

The problem is that there are 13 novels in all, and they have been translated in a rather strange order: volumes 1 to 3, then 7 to 9, then 4 and 10, then 12, now 5, 6 is only published as hardcover so far, and whether the 13th volume will actually be the last or in between the two sets of six I don't know.

Sounds like Star Wars to me ;-)

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it does. :-)
All the fault of the German publisher, though.

[tuva.livejournal.com]

YAY for reading Harry Potter (and alos the other books!)! Sounds rather lovely! =D *hugs*

[dream-labyrinth.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are all really good. But it's easy to get confused if you jump back and forth between so many different "worlds".