HALLPPPP!

[hjsnapepm]

I've got it into my head to reread the Harry Potter books. It doesn't sound like too big of a deal, I mean, people reread (and reread and reread) them all the time. However, I've barely been able to bring myself to touch the darned things since July '07, let alone read them. (What, me traumatized? ;P) So, for me, this is a big thing, as far as my obsession and weirdness goes. To ratchet up the obsession and weirdness, I've also got it into my head that, if I'm going to reread the books, I want to read the British versions. The adult edition British versions. I don't have the adult edition British versions.* And I'm driving myself batty looking for them. Does anyone, anywhere know how I could get my hands on all seven adult paperbacks, used, abused, I don't care, for less than $70 shipped to the Boston area? Or even a real live bookstore around here that may carry them? I'm out of my ever-loving mind, I tell you. Out. Of. My. Mind.


*My brother has a few of the British children's versions and the hardcover Order of the Phoenix adult edition. If you ever caught a glimpse of my Potter books, you'd understand why I don't want to borrow his (and why he'd probably not want to lend them). Post-it City. Seriously.

Comments

[captivebird.livejournal.com]

Check out Amazon.co.uk. New boxed sets of adult paperback editions for £41.99 – around $60 – but see also used sets for much less, and shipping rates are probably pretty reasonable. Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-Adult-Paperback-Boxed/dp/0747595844/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238418769&sr=1-1

Might be worth checking out ebay.co.uk also. Must admit, I'd like a nice set of these myself sometime instead of my kids' messed up copies!! :-))

[hjsnapepm.livejournal.com]

They won't let me ship the used sets to the US. :( I tried that last night. And with shipping, the new one is about $73. Thank you, though.

This site comes to about $70 with shipping: http://www.eruditor.com/books/item/9780747595847.html.en

[captivebird.livejournal.com]

If Eruditor.com will send a nice shiny new boxed set perhaps you should treat yourself! :-)) Collecting the individual volumes even second hand from ebay could end up costing almost as much with all the separate postal charges. :-/

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do have a very diverse set of books indeed :)

Two of them were sent by a friend from the US, so they are the big-sized US edition, one I bought for myself in Brussels, it's another hardback, children's I believe and still another is the dark-covered adult hardback.

As for the first three, I haven't even bought them yet, I nicked them online and printed them out in one 'volume' and had them bound. Formatting was the most fun of all. %)

[kehlen-crow.livejournal.com]

Try not to reread but listen to them (if the audiobooks are available)? I haven't yet, but I have been told Stephen Fry reads them and he's awesome.