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'USA Today' picks 'Deathly Hallows' as book of the year 
DECEMBER 26, 2007 at 10:24 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: USA Today via Yahoo! News
With 2007 slowly coming to a close, the last book in the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows, has been chosen
by USA Today as their book of the year.
According to the newspaper:
This year's choice had to be the final Harry Potter book. The reasons are as varied as the different wizards' wands found in Diagon Alley. There were the numbers: Hallows sold a record-breaking 11.5 million copies in the USA during its first 10 days on sale in July. Then there was the pre-publication hysteria: Would Harry die? Could the world's children - and a lot of adults - handle it? Was an early version posted on the Web the real thing? (Yes.) Months after the book's publication, Rowling triggered controversy by revealing that Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore was gay. The blogosphere went wild. But none of that matters. Hallows is the book of the year because Rowling gave her story an ending that was as graceful, unpredictable and satisfying as the series itself. She reaffirmed that magic can exist when someone opens a great book and enters a world created from words on paper. She made us believe that the imagination - like her own little wizard, now all grown up - still lives.
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Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1655
hufflepuff_babe says:
Yep. Pretty much nothing could destroy the magic of Harry Potter. Even thought some people were so terrible to put the book on-line real fans still were able to enjoy this book.
Posted Jan 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM EST
Squib
Points: 117
sweetvanillamint01 says:
Of course it's Book of the Year!! :) What a great way to end the entire series. Congrats to Jo for writing an awesome, unforgettable book and series. :)
Posted Feb 2, 2008 at 8:22 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 320
whynotcuse says:
I was so happy to hear that HPDH was chosen for the book of the year! Jo really deserved that honour! for me as a fan I'm so happy to hear that Jo is being rewarded for her extreamly hard work. now if only we could get the NY Times to put HP on the adult book sales chart... now that would be great!
Love From,
Whynotcuse:)
Posted Feb 6, 2008 at 6:47 PM EST
Witch
Points: 637
Stage Violence says:
Not that I want to underplay what USA Today said, but I did not find the book all that enjoyable. It was jumpy, didn't answer all of my questions, and the ending was far from satisfying.
Posted Feb 18, 2008 at 1:32 PM EST
Wizard
Points: 943
George_and_Fred says:
DH rocks! What you can't say that, DH ROCKS Go harry, Go Harry, Sweet ending. Ron and Hermione, Ginny and Harry
Posted Feb 24, 2008 at 9:36 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 40
kikipotter103 says:
I love the ending. It's amazing! I glad that book won. GO DEATHLY HALLOWS!
Posted May 22, 2008 at 3:39 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1484
bonniewrightrulz says:
As if any other book had a chance of competing against the best of them all:harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!Ha!Obviously DH was going to win this one.No surprises there!
Posted Jun 18, 2008 at 8:54 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1484
bonniewrightrulz says:
Hallows is the book of the year because Rowling gave her story an ending that was as graceful, unpredictable and satisfying as the series itself. She reaffirmed that magic can exist when someone opens a great book and enters a world created from words on paper. She made us believe that the imagination - like her own little wizard, now all grown up - still lives.
God,that's so true.
Posted Jul 22, 2008 at 4:56 PM EST
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