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I’d been trying to stay away from the Internet so I could discover the ending of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” on my own. I even plugged my ears whenever the kids would bring up the latest rumors from the Web.

But after all of the reports of the photos of the actual pages of the actual book, I could feel my fingers tingling whenever I went online to check my e-mail.

Then the New York Times came out with a review of “Deathly Hallows” after a New York bookstore put it on sale prematurely. The Baltimore Sun got an early look, too.

I knew they wouldn’t divulge the ending, so I read them, and they piqued my interest.

And then I couldn’t help myself.  It was like I was under the Imperious Curse.

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