harry potter 6, c'mon, own up, who's reading it?

sundance · Jul 2005

i am. i'm up to chapter 22 and both my sisters are already finished. man, rowling's really been playing with people in this one. there's a hell of a lot more romance stuff in it and at one point it seems like ron's the one to die.

ElysiumGX · Jul 2005

my gf is almost finished with it. and she may have been late for work since she couldn't put it down.

Slipstream · Jul 2005

I'm still waiting for a library copy to free up. I'm 74/288
Only a couple more weeks to go ^^

Mishra · Jul 2005

i hear chewbacca kills arwen in this one is that true

palm · Jul 2005

My girlfriend just started reading it, so I guess Ill
have it by tomorrow.=)
Dont tell anyone.;)

PfhorRunner · Jul 2005

We were supposed to read that?

snemmy · Jul 2005

kahlan is reading it now so ill have to wait for her to finish. we were going to go to a harry potter release party at a local bookstore last night but were both dead tired after work so we didnt make it. they were supposed to have themed beverages, polyjuice potion and butterbeer and other things.

killingpeople · Jul 2005

they're making harry potter books now?

BoBo_the_seal · Jul 2005

My wife and I got our copy 7 AM this morning! She's starting in on it so I have to wait my turn

- BoBo

b1ll · Jul 2005

AHAH KP, U FOOL

Ya I got up early and got my copy, HEYYAAAA
As of now, its pretty fucking good, Ill take some time tommorow and finish it, EEEEHYA!

b1ll

pogonip · Jul 2005

I got it this morning but I had to work all day so have not been able to read it ...can't wait though !

Asherr · Jul 2005

got my copy at around 10:30am, finished it at around 8:30pm. best of the series

Cannon · Jul 2005

got my copy at 2 am, so far on page 106..was too tired to really read it

sal_manilla · Jul 2005

I enjoy the movies, thoroughly.

Ruz · Jul 2005

nope , never read any of them. can't see the fasciantion personally.
Films were ok though

MoP · Jul 2005

Ruz: Can't see the fascination with something you've never read? You must have a lot of insight!

When my sister started reading the books when they just came out, I was pretty skeptical, but then I picked one up and read it, and it was actually a pretty gripping read.

I'll probably read the new one once my sister buys and finishes it...

sundance · Jul 2005

heh, got to agree with mopper, i couldn't see the interest, my sister had them, borrowed the first when i had nothing else to read and enjoyed it.

really good. finished it this morning.

Mishra · Jul 2005

really because i didnt see any interest than read the first aned still didnt see the interest. : /

Ruz · Jul 2005

'Ruz: Can't see the fascination with something you've never read? You must have a lot of insight!'

well, I meant I could n't see the fascination with the whole harry potter 'thing', not just the books.

It's more for the bairns really:)

sundance · Jul 2005

actually, it is rather grown up. the first one is a bit enid blyton-ish to start with, but the books get more mature as they go on and there's plenty of death n carnage...

KDR_11k · Jul 2005

I read only the third one but didn't like it enough to want to read another book from the series. Never mind I read that around the time I was introduced to Terry Pratchett whose books are a tad more interesting. Douglas Adams is still the best but he has one major drawback. He's kinda dead.

Ruz · Jul 2005

I prefer sci fi, rob grant/harry harrison/Douglas adams, stuff like that

Fair play to the author though, she must be very rich er I mean happy

Paul Jaquays · Jul 2005

I had mine delivered to my work address, not bothering to check that the 16th was a Saturday. Office doesn't get mail on Saturdays.

My son picked it up at Grocery store for the same price I paid, but didn't have to pay shipping.

jzero · Jul 2005

Jessica and I got our hands on it at the hospital yesterday, and I read through about 3/4 thru chapter 2 on my own. She fell asleep at the end of chapter 1, but then we probably shouldn't have watched 'Totoro' beforehand.

After five books my kids fully expect me to do my half-assed acting out of all the characters, and I love doing British accents, so more fun for me. I wish I could do Alan Rickman more justice, though.

Really glad to see that Cornelius Fudge has been sacked! I don't trust his twisted behind, however, and I am suspicious of how easily he yielded to Scrimgeour (and I still don't know how to pronounce that name). Fudge still has something up his sleeve, for sure.

Love it.

/jzero

Josh_Singh · Jul 2005

Dude I just Finished it. I must have the 7th book now! So good.

b1ll · Jul 2005

ya, I finished it an hour or so ago, FUCK, GImme more!!!

Asherr · Jul 2005

jzero: sk-rim-gow-er (gow is like cow but with a g)

is how i pronounce it but i tend to be horrible at reading something and geting the pronounciation right.

sundance · Jul 2005

asherr, that was how i read it, scrim-gower too...

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

I read 2 of them. I hated the first one I read, then decided to give another one a go later. I got about halfway through and just didn't see what the fuss is about. I think the woman has pulled the wool over a lot of peoples eyes regarding her talent but anything that encourages a child to read is good.

Marine · Jul 2005

read it, but like all the harry potter books, nothing ever seems to happen until the last 100 pages or so.

jzero · Jul 2005

Rick, whom do you prefer as a more talented writer?

I've personally had to sluff through quite a few lousy juvenile writers in the past few years (reading out loud is an institution at our house), and Rowling does a mighty fine job of being just high enough on the scale that my thoughtful (if sometimes clueless) kids can wrap their heads around it with ease. And she's damn fast with the action, something good happens in every chapter, and it's always packed with atomsphere. Marine, WTF do you define as 'things happening'?

Recently we had Cornelia Funke's Inkheart recommended, and after reading it, I can say that it had nice ideas, but it was bland, impossibly slow and ultimately boring. I got tired of reading it. JK Rowling could have done in 20 chapters what Funke did in 60 (!!!).

After reading CS Lewis in close proximity, I think Rowling compares very well to him in style, substance, and resonance. Lewis resonates at a much higher level, of course, but Rowling comes close.

Thanks Asherr, but do you really pronounce the 'sk' in Scrimgoeur as a separate syllable?

/jzero

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

If you want a book series that was written for kids (but evolved into something else, then "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman is an astounding trilogy.

A more Talented writer? How long have you got?
Ian Banks
Ian McEwan
Harper Lee
John Steinbeck
Gregory David Roberts
Jack Kerouac
Roddy Doyle
James Joyce
Dumas

Marine · Jul 2005

jzero: the much publicised death, the revelation of who the half blood prince is, harry going off to do something about voldemort, revealing what draco is up to, all happened towards the end of the book.

Jes · Jul 2005

I can happily announce that I haven't read neither the 5th book nor this one...

I can wait.

No, seriously, try seeing some teen girl, who was the first to get the book at some store in the UK, proclaiming to the news: "I love it like my little baby"...

Somehow, I doubt she'll ever be able to manage a REAL baby...

skrubbles · Jul 2005

Got my overpriced audiobook so I can listen to it at work

Tully · Jul 2005

I'm planning to read the Harry Potter books once the hype dies down. I'm anticipating that it will be between 2 and 10 years after the last book comes out. I might wait longer just to make sure I've entirely forgotten the movies.

I used to teach an art class for kids. I've had too many of them try to educate me about how Harry Potter is the pinnacle of western literature. It's kinda soured me to the books.

pogonip · Jul 2005

That's ridicules ... like saying just because everyone likes Lord of the Rings your not going to read them or see the movies ...god I hate people who try and act cool by NOT doing what's mainstream ...

Seriously if you can't enjoy a Harry Potter book I really feel sorry for yah ....

Joshua Stubbles · Jul 2005

Haven't read the books, but seen 2 of the movies. Honestly, it's mildly entertaining at best.

Asherr · Jul 2005

jzero: nah just put it as a sepreate part to emphasis

sundance · Jul 2005

the movies suck donkey balls

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

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Seriously if you can't enjoy a Harry Potter book I really feel sorry for yah ....

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Really? Care to explain why you feel sorry for me because I don't think they are very good?

Asherr · Jul 2005

you're such a Muggle Rick.

Jes · Jul 2005

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...god I hate people who try and act cool by NOT doing what's mainstream ...

[/ QUOTE ]And spending 3 days in front of a store in order to buy A BOOK is better than saving money by getting THE BOOK later on?

While the "Non-mainstream coolness" term might fit kids, I prefer to have a wallet that's not empty 24/7.
I don't see the coolness in seeing SW Ep3 3 weeks later, but at least I saw it for 1/3rd the price.

Oh, and btw, I've seen all the LOTR movies and read all the books as well...

So please tell me - how am I trying to be cool? By saving money? Or by being "non-mainstream", as in NOT being overhyped and camping in front of stores ready to pay top-price?

I'll let you decide...

b1ll · Jul 2005

Yo, u bunch of fucking retard, Can we discuss the book, not if u like, or dont like harry potter, or If u read or dont read it. Honestly, we dont realy give a fuck,
Lets just discuss the friken book, the other Fuck off, RETARDS!
THANK U!

b1ll

Josh_Singh · Jul 2005

b1ll, You bring a tear to my eye. hahahah. Man I feel like I read it too fast. I think Im gonna re-read it this weekend. But for real, I don't want to spoil anything, But I can't belive the ending. It made my heart hurt. :tear:

Dukester · Jul 2005

y'all are making me want to go back and reread Harriet the Spy

jzero · Jul 2005

Rick, okay, okay, badly phrased question...
"a better writer -- that I can read out loud to my kids."

I don't think my 11-year old son would get much out of Banks' "Complicity". Come to think of it, I wouldn't have gotten as much out of it if I'd read it earlier in life...

/jzero

KDR_11k · Jul 2005

Perhaps Rick doesn't see a need to limit his own reading preferences to what he could safely read to his kids?

Rick Stirling · Jul 2005

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If you want a book series that was written for kids (but evolved into something else, then "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman is an astounding trilogy.

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harry potter 6, c'mon, own up, who's reading it?

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