Well, I sat and read the whole thing yesterdayafternnon and evening, only taking a break to go to the loo, eat and rake the lawn. This is definitley not a childrens book and I am going to have to re read the last few chapters again. So, om MOnday morning when my students ay 'Have you read the new Harry Potter?' I can say yes and have a decent last day of term conversation with them. Plus I have enjoyed them immensley