J.K. Rowling's creation Harry Potter sure has cast a spell over everyone, it seems. The current movie "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" topped the box office last week. And the book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is just out, with every network and local news crew setting up shop at the local Barnes & Noble to document the moment when children who should really be in bed are snapping up every available copy.
Before that, there had been plenty of speculation about what was in Rowling's seventh (and apparently final) Potter book: Does Harry live or die? Does anyone else? Other than that, the most important question should be: Is it worth wading through a Michener-esque (for a children's book) 780 pages?
The speculation reached crisis proportions when the details (which had been treated like a state secret. But enough about the Vice-President.) were allegedly leaked to certain Internet sites and the New York Times. Whoever they were, they did a great public service for people who were either too cheap or lazy to fork over 35 dollars for a doorstop.
We must give props to Rowling and Potter because anything to get kids reading is welcome news, in spite of all the distractions (electronic and otherwise) they have these days. After all, there are worse things. They could be reading this blog right now.
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