'Deathly Hallows' release date announced: July 21, 2007

The book 7 release date will July 21, 2007. Whoopee!

Book 7 Title Revealed

I know what the title is! I know what the title is! HT: HPANA, but there's a way to find out from JKR's site so I won't ruin it -- you can do it by clicking on the eraser. All the instructions are in that HPANA article. I'm too lazy to figure it all out myself.

Cubeland Mystic Joins MM

I'd like to extend a massive, mythopoeic Muggle Matters welcome to the Cubeland Mystic who just joined us. Cubeland Mystic has several blogs, most notably The Immaculate Direction. Cube -- as I, being a lazy typist, like to call him for short -- is an ardent fan of Lord of the Rings even though he's new to the world of Harry. He has many good insights like this one, "Who are you?", on his blog asking which character from LotR readers relate to the most. Excerpt: This post has been in the works for quite awhile, so I have given this idea a lot of thought. At first I really thought I identified with Sam, since we share a love of gardening. I love Sam, he is a great character. Sam is Joe six pack. It is not difficult to imagine Sam tailgating, wearing his Steelers jersey, working a barbecue full of brats with a beer in his hand. Sam would lead his parish’s Knights of Columbus council. But as much as I tried to make this fit, it just did not work. He goes on to say that he relates best to... well, I'll let you go read for yourself. But maybe we could talk about which Harry Potter character we identify with the most in the comments here. Welcome again, Cube, and feel free to post on any of the great mythopoeic literature that we celebrate here.