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Marshall S Thomas
Awareness Member
Post Number:
22
Registered: 07-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 08:31 am: |   |
Hi All,
I don't know if this subject has been raised before, but I recently started reading the Harry Potter series and I love it! I had thought these books were just for kids, but my 14-year old insisted that I read the latest volume (Book 5, over 800 pages!) and I did. I thought it was wonderful - an amazing fantasy world, populated by people that you quickly come to know and care about. It was very well-done, very complex, and the author knows how to hook the reader. Some of the political maneuvering and back-stabbing underway in the Ministry of Magic bureaucracy was scarily reminiscent of the U.S. Government. After the last book I quickly went back and read Book One, and I'm now into Book Two.
If anyone has the time, I'd recommend borrowing these books from your kids and reading them - but start with Book 1! J.K. Rowling is a very skilled writer and it's fascinating to see how she ties all the threads of her stories together into a glorious whole. Getting the readers to care about the characters is an important skill every writer should have, and J.K. knows how to so it. Also, anybody who can get a computer-addicted 14 year old to read an 800-page book is doing something right! I'm sure we can learn from her!
Juts thought I'd mention this since I liked the stories so much.
Regards to all, Marshall |
Nancy Marie
Unity Member
Post Number:
1615
Registered: 08-2001
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 09:46 am: | |
Hi Marshall,
I've read the entire series, and seen the movies, and yes they are GREAT!!
Kitty |
Harry Simenon
Awareness Member
Post Number:
1
Registered: 10-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 12:58 pm: | |
I haven't read them myself, but two of my friends (both beyond 30,) love the books as well. Probably stories are for all ages! |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2324
Registered: 01-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 01:16 pm: | |
My situation is that I have so many books piled up for review, I don't have time to read anything else.....or do my own writing anymore. I had never considered reading Harry Potter.
You have a most imaginative website Harry. I checked it out, read part of your first chapter, and got a smile from what you said about your "most intellectual face."  Welcome. |
Harry Simenon
Awareness Member
Post Number:
4
Registered: 10-2003
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 02:05 pm: | |
Thank you Laurel,
Next time you visit, you should click on the picture, you will see my real face!
I still have to remove the PA links... |
Laurel Johnson
Unity Member
Post Number:
2326
Registered: 01-2002
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 05, 2003 - 02:34 pm: | |
hahahahaha. Good one, Harry. Very imaginative. |
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