In thinking that adults who are over excited by Harry Potter need to get a life?

[booge]

well?

I remember great children's books from my childhood and I'm looking forward to reading with my children but there are too many books that speak to me and challenge me as a adult that I don't find the time to read.

so what if it's not great writing? so what if it's a kids book? so what if numerous other authors write better/more imaganitive/darker/more adult books?

who cares really? if people( and i very much coumt myself in that) enjoy them and get a bit of fun out of it and look forward to knowing what happens next-then what's the harm?

in the great scheme of things-does it matter?

i just don't get all the supercilious bitching done about these books.

Any encouragement of reading is good news.
What is not so good is the cheap selling of the book in Tesco at the detriment of the rest of the book selling world.
But that isn't JK's fault, that's the fault of bloomsbury shooting it's own trade in the back.

My problem is that I found Prisoner of Azkaban the best of all of them, inc bks 4 5, so I've stopped bothering.

My loss I'm sure!

I have Friends who love this

I assume it is basically a sexual thing with Daniel Radcliffe

Am I wrong?

Prisoner of Azkaban is the only one I've read as a friend lent it to me and I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about.

mp - erm not really

Nooooooo

Snape. I'd happily have some wand work with old Alan.

And kenneth Branagh

and the bloke that plays Luceous Malfoy.

well if you have only read book 3 of a series of 6 books{so far} no wonder you don't get it.

he looked hot in a play recently. Not in any of the films so far
And you don't get the impression he is hot in the books either.

I work in a secondary school and most teens/pre-teens are turned off by anything longer than 100 pages.

So anything that gets them reading is good IMO. I've even learned to curb my opinions of Jacqueline Wilson.

I will read the new HP book, but we'll only buy one copy, and ds1 will read it first.

I got it ok, just didn't rate it.

sorry to quote this, yet again but it does make me

From "Is it just me or is everythign shit?" by Steve Lowe & Alan Mcarthur

Adult editions of children's books

If you must follow the adventures of a public school conjuror, even though you are a) notionally a grown adult, and b) have probably been to university or at least to 'big school, why attempt to conceal the fact behind a different cover, as if fellow passengers will assume after a casual glance that you're actually reading Thomas Mann in the original German?

Just because the train on the front is black and white rather than bright red, it doesn't suddenly become a harrowing Booker prize-winner called Harry Potter and the Genocide in Rwanda.

How do the dinner party conversations go?

"What are you reading at the moment?"
"It's called The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It's about a caterpillar who gets really hungry - he just has to keep on eating stuff."
"Ive read it. Marvellous."
"Oh, don't tell me how it ends!"
"No, I wouldn't. But it's ... well, it's pretty moving. Oh look, I'm hogging all the Hula Hoops..."

I think anything that gets kids reading is great, I'm only talking about adults.

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I like that too.

im wiht ya b

HP is great

Nicholas Lizard is very ill-favoured

What, me? No, I've read 1-5, but when 4 & 5 didn't match up to 3 (IMHO) I didn't bother with 6.

Oh sorry mmj, you meant booge

pmsl headtwig

that is very funny

screw all that. i like to read what my dd and subsequently ds's will read.. I like to be able to discuss the books with them. I may well be using my children as an excuse to revel in some ( much needed) escapism. so what? the day i start caring about what someone else is reading is the day i turn up my toes.

books are wonderful, amazing. I had very few friends as a child and totally emersed myself in anything i could get my hands on. books never judge you or try and better you - they are constant friends who understand you when no one else does.

I'm glad my children read vociferously. I want to share their imagination and adventures with them, what the hell is wrong with that?

expelliarmus, muggle!

LOL ps

But a very good point. One of the ncie things about children is they make you do things you wouldn't normally. I would never ever have read Harry Potter if I'd not had children, because it's a children's book.

And it is a lovely extra thing to share with DS and really enter into the excitement with him. I just can't do that with Dr Who.

I want my kids to enjoy reading too as I read voraciously as a child - but I think HP being read by adults (used to see them on the tube etc. all the time) is sad - unless you are reading them to your dc's.

I borrowed no. 2 can't remember the title lol - from my nephew (too find out what the fuss was about)and found it very irritating couldn't get through it.

On the other hand - loved 'His Dark Materials' trilogy - and occasionally reread Margaret Mahy's 'The Changeover' which I adored as a romantic teen

So maybe it comes down to literary tastes rather than sneering at adults reading childrens books. I just find HP lame and boring does not float my boat - sorry

Dr Who - on the other hand - totally get that but as oldest dc is yet to turn 3 - can't share who or Harry with either of the lo's!