I'm a Sucker
Shannon spent two successive nights up until 3:00 AM and finished the book on Sunday.
Last night I stayed up until 3:00 AM -- yes, reading Harry Potter as well.
Rowling has a damnable tendency to use chapter resolutions as jumping-off-points. After 2:00 I was desperate to find a stopping place, but no, she had to keep doing interesting s-word.
Speaking of interesting s-word, the Reduced Shakespeare Company did a hysterical two-minute abridgement of all the Great Books of Human Literature on last week's Weekend Edition Sunday on NPR. (There's no direct link; just scroll down the page.)