[Sundae]

I haven't preordered for the first time since Prisoner of Azkaban (my local bookshop put that to one side for me because the hype was beginning to gather momentum). I thought I'd be in London by June, so no point in ordering a copy in Leicester. However the way things are going I'll still be here - might pop into town and place an order this weekend.

Even if someone revealed the end to me, it wouldn't spoil the book. After all it's the journey, not a quick denouement that I read for. Looking forward to it though.

I'm hoping for a twist, where it turns out Dumbledore was right about Snape, and Snape was - with great pain and difficulty - only following Dumbledore's own express orders to kill him under certain circumstances. What? I like Snape - he represents all the "evil" teachers and parents that you realise weren't all that bad when viewed in hindsight. It would be a shame if the know-it-all kids were right about him all along.