Leave it to
sherbertlemons to start the thread
If any of you are in New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut, you should know that there's going to be a Harry Potter meetup on June 20. Actually, there are going to be meetups all over the country, and you can subscribe to the update site at
http://www.muari.org and pick your local meeting spot in about 10 days. Scholastic is buying out the big lightup billboard in Times Square at 12:01 am on June 21, and they'll run a ad for OotP. I am going to be there doing the happy dance, then I'm going to head off to the nearest bookstore to buy my copy, unless I get picked to review it for Bookreporter, in which case I'll already have a copy (oh, the perks of my job!).
For those who can't wait, there's always fanfiction...