I'm not ashamed to admit I'm a massive fan of the Harry Potter books. Regretfully I got into them after seeing the
So the last book is a biggy for me. The final piece of the jigsaw. The answers to (most of) the questions. The big reveal.
I'm not pre-ordering it because you can walk into just about any shop that sell books and fall over piles of the buggers once it is out.
But my diary for the 21 and 22 July will be cleared. The phone won't get answered. There will be no batteries in the doorbell. TV, radio and iBook will remain off.
My biggest fear is that I accidentally find out what happens before I've read it for myself or worse still, someone tells me.
When the last book was published some jokers hung a banner across a busy A-road in Wales with the identity of the character who dies written on it. Funny to non-fans I'm sure but incredibly mean in my eyes.
I'm also re-reading all six books, the aim being to finish The Half Blood Prince a few days before the final publication date.
They are such a delight to read and I get completely sucked in half way through the first chapter.
Its fun scouring them for any tiny clues as to what might happen and in particular anything to indicate the identity and locations of the remaining horcruxes.
I really hope JK Rowling doesn't kill Harry off so that no one can persuade her to write any further books. I don't mind if she doesn't write any more but I just think it would be a bit mean after everything the character has gone through.