Madness...

[phoenixfeather36 at aol.com]

Amber:
> Unfortunately, though, while my dad likes the series he's not crazy
> about it. And the only one of my friends who has tried HP has only 
read
> the first two books and thinks they're "okay". <sigh> So I'm hoping 
my
> mom boards the "HP Is Awesome" train. It'd be nice to have a Real 
Life
> person to talk to who understands the madness.
> 

I know how you feel.  I'm trying to get my friends to read HP too, 
but I doubt that any of them will end up as obsessed as I am.  Last 
year, I persuaded one of my friends to start reading SS.  She told me 
that she read the first chapter and then said, "This is pretty good, 
but what am I doing?  I'm reading a children's book!  It's not worth 
my time."
Now first of all, it's utterly beyond my comprehension how anyone can 
read the first chapter of a book, enjoy it, and then decide not to 
finish the book for no other reason than that it "wasn't worth the 
time."  She had plenty of time!
Hmmm...maybe she was a little wary of my book recommendations, 
though.  I told her to read _Jane Eyre_, which is one of my favorite 
books, and she absolutely HATED it.  She told me that she wished Jane 
had gone to India to die!  She had some choice words for Mr. 
Rochester, as well--and I loved him!  Now really, you may not like a 
book, but there's no need to say things like that to someone who 
loves it.  It literally pained me to hear that.

Wow, this has gotten way off the subject.  Can you guess that my 
friend and I aren't as close now as we were last year?  And that I 
may not be very happy about that?  Anyway, back to what I was trying 
to say...

I don't have anyone in my life to talk with about HP, even though one 
of my other friends wants to borrow my copy of SS.  So that's 
promising.  I do have a friend at school who also likes HP, but she 
lives in California (I'm in Pennsylvania), and I won't see her until 
late August.  She isn't exactly obsessed with the books, either.  But 
we have made plans to see the movie together the day it comes out (2 
days after my birthday, yay!).

But that's why I'm glad I have this list.  There are others like me :)

Devika