Costume photojournalism: big poofy skirt

Each piece of this skirt is large enough that I can wrap it around myself like a cross between a bath towel and a floor-length evening dress.

I wasn't kidding when I said the pieces were ( as large as my kitchen floor )

Harry Potter

I was indeed very unsatisfied with Half-Blood Prince; that's certainly not the majority opinion, and perhaps I was expecting more from it than I had the slightest right to expect (not having read the other books in a while).

I will be adding to this as I think of other things to be annoyed by, it seems.

( More. Spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler. )

Inexplicably, fandom seems to have much more faith in JKR than I do, and having read a book's worth of speculation in the last hour or so, I really really want to read the next one. Sigh. Well, just one more book and the silly season will be over and done with, right?