Went over to the mail center around 4 yesterday. The book was there, of course. Probably had been for hours -- I didn't have the heart to ask. We ran some errands, and then stopped at Loco Pops. I had the lavender cream 'sicle. Curiously good. Not suffused with lavender, the way say rosewater ice cream tends to taste like hand lotion. But the lavender was definitely present, sort of as an accent not to the overall creaminess. A small pop was just about the right size; I don't know that I'd have wanted to eat a whole large pop of the lavender. But it's definitely worth a try. I'd rank it about with the tamarind -- things I enjoyed but wouldn't necessarily need to have again.
Anyway, we got home around 6 and I spent about 10 of the next 16 hours reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Which puts me well off the pace. But one can only do what one can do. Obviously I won't be talking about any specifics here yet, not while many are still reading the book. Just two little side-notes: I actually caught a typo (early on, "site" where it should be "sight") and did anyone else notice the Monty Python reference? (did I mention that i'm a bit of a comedy geek...)