Book slut

I freely and openly admit that I am a book slut. Tell me a good story and I'll do almost anything,***** e.g. dress in costume, wait in long lines, stay up all night reading just so no one can ruin the story for me (I had to avert my eyes from Michiko Kakutani's review of Deathly Hallows in the NY Times this morning).

(****Those of you who knew me in college and watched the torturous end of my relationship with a certain green-eyed, lying scum-bag writer, can attest to the truth of this statement.)

In any case, let me make my contribution to the all-Potter-all-the-time media mania.

The mysterious ticking noise