I bought it Saturday. Not at midnight like our friends. Tim and I were visiting Bob and Tom in Lowell, Indiana. I saw the book in the Alco Discount Store. No line, and still $10.00 off. How could I resist.

I was so strong, glancing at the book from time to time over the weekend and during the week. Ignoring the begging of my Potter-head friends in Atlanta to get started. I resisted the urges. Wednesday, I thought I heard the book whisper to me.

Early Thursday morning I finished Grave Peril by Jim Butter. I started reading it before Harry Potter and was determined not to set it aside. I was strong that morning, keeping clear of the Deathly Hallows.

I’m not sure how it happened. My aching bladder snapped me out of the fog. I was on page 43.

By god, I am under the influence.