Fifth book anniversary

[lavivi]

Today is the second-year anniversary of the fifth book's birth into bookstores all over the world.  (Or it will be in less than an hour - give me some slack.)  I'll always remember it because eight hours after we picked it up at midnight, my parents were married.  Or actually, that's a lie - five days ago, I just remembered their anniversary because the fifth book's anniversary was coming up, and I had a Yahoo!reminder sent to me.

Anyway.  I am a faithful reader of daily_snitch, and I've read a lot of essays and rants and discussions and things on...a lot of things about the books.  Not necessarily just the fifth book.

But on this anniversary of the fifth book, and as we pass into the final month before the sixth book, I would like to conduct a little survey.  Especially relying on how many of us are re-reading the fifth book, in preparation for New Canon.

What are your favorite passages, quotes, scenes, etc. from the fifth book?  What you liked the best, thought were the most profound, thought were the best written.

*bows out, and goes to put the finishing touches on a certain anniversary gift*

Comments

[lyras.livejournal.com]

Hi, here from the Snitch, and this is a lovely idea :).

My favourite parts/things:

Petunia having all this unexpected knowledge of the wizarding world.
Christmas in the closed ward.
Ginny (even if I have problems reconciling her with her previous incarnation).
Snape's worst memory.
Sirius falling through the veil and Remus diving to stop Harry following him, his voice cracking as he tells Harry it's no good.

I love this book. I know people complain that it needed editing, and about capslock!Harry, but I love all the extra details we get.

[lyras.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, one more, sorry! McGonagall telling Umbridge where she gets off during her "inspection" and the careers advice scene.