Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling

This was the first time in 2 years that I've read this book. After my marathon 24-hour reading of it the day it was released, I couldn't bring myself to pick the book up. It was such a tragic, but terrific ending (in my opinion) to the Harry Potter series. I just couldn't bring myself to read it again, as if re-reading it would truly make it the end of the series.

One thing I love about these books is that every time I re-read them I notice some little detail I never noticed the first time around. For example, in The Order of the Phoenix, when Aunt Petunia says she heard that "awful boy" telling Lily about Dementors, I always assumed she meant James, it wasn't until I book 7 the second time around that I realized she was talking about Snape. I don't know how I missed that the first time, but I did.

The Deathly Hallows was definitely just as good, if not better the second time around. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie version. As I was reading I was trying to determine where the story was going to be split; my theory is that the first movie will end when Ron deserts Harry and Hermione, as that is near the middle of the book. It'll be interesting to see where it really is divided.