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How Did Harry Change Your Life? by Joanna G.

Jun 11, 2007 | rating: 8 | comments: 68

Rich F., Borders U.S. Jun 20, 2007, 12:22am EDT

Deborah - love your note. Warm wishes and best of luck to you.
Nicholas - I dig your story a lot, too. Love to hear inspirational stories like yours. Excellent stuff.

As for me, I remember sitting down to read the first book while on a family vacation years ago. Started reading in the evening and didn't stop til I finished at 6 AM the next morning. Have been a huge fan ever since.

Working at Borders, my life has changed a lot because of Harry. Each book becomes a bigger and bigger event for Borders, with hundredstof thousands (maybe more!) now coming through our stores to buy the book over the course of one weekend. The planning and preparation starts more than a year in advance, before the book is even officially announced. Every stir, every buzzworthy moment generates activity on our customer front, with the HP train steadily picking up steam until the big weekend explodes onto the scene with midnight parties and hundreds of thousands of happy Borders Harry Potter customers heading home for a long weekend of reading deep into the night.

Is a special time we're part of, a time when the world pauses, for just a moment, to think, talk, and get excited about a book. That's what I'll miss most.

Cheers
Rich

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Borders Harry Potter Book Club Video! by Joanna G.

Jun 11, 2007 | rating: 10 | comments: 4

Rich F., Borders U.S. Jun 18, 2007, 11:28am EDT

Hey there Alyson -

Thanks so much for being part of the Harry Potter book club discussion. I love how it turned out and am thrilled with the response so far. You guys were great. Lots of very funny moments in there. And I found myself getting a little sad thinking about the end of the line. Is clear to me though that the Harry Potter fandom will not slow down with Book 7 release.

Thanks again for participating - was fun for all of us -
Cheers
rich

FAQs: "Times Mom Stood Up For Me" Writing Competition by Rich F., Borders U.S.

Apr 11, 2007 | rating: 5.5 | comments: 7

Rich F., Borders U.S. Apr 13, 2007, 6:52pm EDT

This is the FAQ page. The main contest announcement is here.

All you need to do is:

1) Join the borders group at http://borders.gather.com/
2) Create an article and publish it to the group. Be sure and include "mom" as a Tag on your article

The link above will give you specific details on the instructions above. Hope this is helpful.

A Review of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, by Scott Smith by Rich F., Borders U.S.

Mar 28, 2007 | rating: 7.5 | comments: 7

Rich F., Borders U.S. Apr 9, 2007, 5:30pm EDT

Gil and Patry - couldn't agree more about this book. Difficult to work through, but moving and thought-provoking. Very heavy read for Oprah's readers.

Col. Hal C. Justus, teacher extraordinaire! by Fran T.

Mar 15, 2007 | comments: 1

Rich F., Borders U.S. Mar 15, 2007, 6:52am EDT

quite wonderful. Love this story, and this teacher.
Bravo Fran.

Shopaholic writes a Limerick by LA R.

Mar 14, 2007 | rating: 10 | comments: 13

Rich F., Borders U.S. Mar 14, 2007, 11:12pm EDT

Lauren - love the limerick. Best of the bunch!

The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A New Classic for Young Readers by Rich F., Borders U.S.

Feb 3, 2007 | rating: 8.8 | comments: 8

Rich F., Borders U.S. Feb 5, 2007, 12:24pm EST

Hello Bonnie Jeanne -

First off - yes, this book is a fabulous read. Wonderfu for all ages. I was immediately drawn into the story and read it in one sitting. Is intimidating in size, but includes hundreds of beautiful illustrations. My oldest child is 10 and is no longer daunted by large books, thanks to Harry Potter. He read it in a couple of days as well.

As for my formatting challenges, well that's all on me. I simply published too quickly, cutting from HTML website directly into Gather template.

I'll clean up and update as soon as I'm able. Thanks for feedback.

Hope you love Hugo Cabret as much as I did.

Cheers.
Rich

Severus Snape: Friend or Foe? (Comments 1-550) by Rich F., Borders U.S.

Jan 3, 2007 | rating: 8.4 | comments: 595

Rich F., Borders U.S. Feb 1, 2007, 6:09pm EST

Due to the overwhelming response to this topic, we are continuing the conversation here.

Severus Snape: Friend or Foe? (Comments 1-550) by Rich F., Borders U.S.

Jan 3, 2007 | rating: 8.4 | comments: 595

Rich F., Borders U.S. Feb 1, 2007, 5:22pm EST

Due to the overwhelming response to this topic, we are continuing the conversation here.

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