my friend jenn has posted about harry potter and the upcoming book by jk rowling, so i have decided to do the same. she has some interesting theories and questions, so be sure to check it out...

ok, my predictions:

1. harry's love life. harry will have a romance, jo has promised us one. the question is: with whom? i'm pretty sure it's NOT cho. goodness. and i would rule out luna. mainly because i think she has a thing for ron (and if anything, that will make ron and hermione 'out' themselves, or in other words, ron will tell hermione that he likes her and no one else. when that happens, i don't know--book six or book seven--though it wouldn't surprise me if it's book six). so who? i once speculated susan bones. could it be someone we hardly hear about? how about hannah the hufflepuff? what about that girl who told on the DA. (hey, she could come up to harry and apologize and he could forgive her and...oh, who am i kidding?) now, most of us fans want it to be ginny (cheering for the underdog) but if it happens, it might not be until the end of the book. and if someone close to harry dies, it could put a damper on the relationship. hmmmm, who could it be? well, i'm banking on susan bones. good luck susan!!

2. the half-blood prince. whoosh, what a hard one! thanks jo for making us guess and driving us crazy for months!!!! who could it possibly be? well, i don't think it's hagrid. or snape. or even firenze. jenn and i were talking about it on the phone last night (we are such nerds) and her point about it being someone mentioned in passing--some wizard or muggle that harry has either briefly met or heard about--makes sense to me. why introduce someone important (and if he's not important, then why is he the title of the book??) so, my prediction: colonel fubster. he was mentioned three times by aunt marge in aunt marge's big mistake (PoA) and then basically never mentioned again. by anyone. aunt marge is mentioned in PS and OoTP so we have her in mind. and if we remember her, we might remember her friend. who is recently retired. who has nothing to do. i see it as something similar to mrs. figg: close to harry to keep an eye but under the radar. of course, the colonel is no where near harry, and maybe it's going a bit too far to think that aunt marge talks about her brother's charge, but....what if? what if she laughed about ripper chasing that runt up a tree....what good that does colonel fubster i don't know, but we don't know the half-blood prince. and it just could be anyone...

3. deaths. i agree with jenn on this one. probably peter. i won't be surprised if dumbledore dies, but i doubt he will. i'm not even sure he'll die at all, but a lot of people think he will....

4. other romances. yeah, when will ron and hermione admit they like each other? maybe in six, maybe in seven. i can't really call this one.

5. ministry of magic. i also think madame bones for the position. just because she seems to be in a high power position and seems to think fairly and level-headed...ly. *blush* well, you know.

questions i want answered:

oh, there are loads of questions. i should wait until the series is finished, though. but i want to know why harry and hermione can do the lumos spell without getting caught (PoA and GoF). if i think of more i'll write them up. hahaha...