"Finished in Two Sittings"

That's what Melissa Dahl, MSNBC.com's intern, said. I, too, finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in that same time-span. I liked it - as I have the other six books - because of the rolicking, detailed emotional ride Rowling sets out before her reader. She understands hooks of all kinds: emotional, visual, chronological, literal. A good read, but I wouldn't want to teach it!