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08-03-2003, 06:20 PM | #42 (permalink) |
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I love the books. I've fallen in love with the series. The movies, too. It's all just captured my imagination. It could have something to do witht the fact that my husband reads them out loud to me to.
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08-04-2003, 02:31 PM | #45 (permalink) |
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I find the harry potter books to be a nice pleasure read. Very easy to get through and entertaining. Fairly 'fluff' but they get kids reading and are fun.
Thanks for the link Madprophet. Neat to see.
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08-06-2003, 02:54 PM | #48 (permalink) |
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Haven't read the books, haven't seen the movies but i'm guessing i wouldn't like them.
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08-07-2003, 06:29 AM | #52 (permalink) |
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I am halfway through book #4 - The Goblet of Fire - and it's really good. I really like these books. The author has a LOT of imagination, and comes up with really good plots with great twists and surprises. I don't agree with the argument that they are teaching witchcraft to our kids, though. People seem to have forgotten The Sword in the Stone, Lord of the Rings, and ALL the fairy tales they heard growing up.
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08-07-2003, 11:02 AM | #54 (permalink) |
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Nah, just for the fact that I would never read a 900+ pg book. I was totally against seeing the movie, but ended up watching more of it than I thought when my mom and sis were watching it. But that was the first and last time I see a HP movie.
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08-12-2003, 07:58 PM | #59 (permalink) |
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Yay, all the way.
I never would have tried them but a business partner and friend bought me the first 4 all at once and guilted me into reading them. 2 weeks later after I finished them all I was glad. Its not high literature by any means but its simple fun entertainment. It has a real page turned feeling to it. I hated having to go to bed at night, I always wanted to read one more chapter. |
08-12-2003, 08:14 PM | #60 (permalink) |
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Eh. Right between yeah and nah.. I don't want to waste my time reading those books when I could be reading... Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman or even Catch 22. But, I do like the movies.. only after monthes and monthes of friends hassling.. it came down to 2 choices on a saturday night when I was home sick.. Watch Harry Potter or watch Freddy got Fingered... God Bless Harry Potter... so I live seen both movies now, and will probably go see the 3rd opening week, there is no way I'm sitting in a theater full of kids on opening weekend.
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08-13-2003, 08:38 AM | #61 (permalink) |
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I Love Harry Potter: A Very Short Essay By Cedar
I am a librarian, so my very livelihood depends on people reading. Unlike any book before it, Harry Potter is causing people (not just kids, in fact, I do NOT think this is a children's book series) to put down their video games and read. It has accomplished things no other book has done. The first printing of Order of the Phoenix had 8.5 MILLION copies. By contrast, a book by John Grisham usually gets about 1.5 million copies in a first printing. Parents, children, librarians, teachers...everyone is reading this book together. It's not just a literary experience, it's something that encourages families to discuss books. J.K. Rowling is not J.R.R. Tolkien or Diana Wynne Jones, but nor does she ever pretend to be. Her wit and clean writing style attract people like myself who normally wouldn't touch a fantasy book with a 10-foot pole. There are many jokes that adults can understand that don't detract from a young adult's enjoyment of the book. Harry is a very human character, and there are peripheral characters that all of us can relate to. I'm sad that Scholastic is marketing this terrific young adult series as a children's book, because it definitely is not, but other than that my quibbles are few. Is it worth the hype? Who cares? The point is, people are excited over a BOOK. It shows that in an age of television and the internet, the printed word and reading for pleasure are still valued. That, I think, is more important than the specific title of the book.
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08-13-2003, 01:25 PM | #62 (permalink) |
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Listen. I use the books to try to relate to teens. She captures every age she is writing with extreme clarity. Very impressive. My father in his pediatrics practice has used the 5th book as a reference for frustrated parents of mid teens. The Angst is perfectly displayed in that book. All while writing some great intrigue.
Like shingles on a house, she layers intriguing bits on each other so when you are over one, there is another one that started in the background that makes you want to read on. She is really good that way. It is not kiddy stuff, just has a wide audience. Kind of like the hobbit and LOTR, you can read it as a kid, but you get the most out of it as an adult. this one just sets its sights a bit lower, you just have to be a late teen to get it all... |
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