Adult readers who are dismissive about Harry Potter

[holmesclan2002]

Hello! 
    I am Melanie from Texas. My question is: Do any of you get Attitude from literary 
types who "don't do Potter"?  I've been in a ladies book group for 5 years...we're all 
friends. We read all kinds of stuff. There is, however, a real bias against Harry Potter 
books. The best I can tell is that the three most vocal members feel that it is too 
pedestrian for their tastes.  All of us are moms with teenagers. Two of these gals have 
genius progeny who are ging to Yale and MIT respectively. One daughter recently aced 
That's a score of 1600) her SAT test. I think there is a belief that if these books appeal 
to the masses, they must be somehow substandard. We get to choose the discussion 
book on our birthday month. My birthday is in January and I chose Azkaban.  The 
whining is deafening. You probably don't have any answers for me.  Maybe I just 
needed an understanding compatriot to listen. There are 7 members in our group, 
and I'll bet only a couple of them actually read the book. The others will just sit 
around and roll their eyes during discussion. Don"t you just hate it when you can't 
share a wonderful phenomenon like the Potter series with your friends? It feels even 
worse when you begin to realize that they disrespect the whole idea...fans included. 
Well. I guess everyone likes to feel a little bit superior to the next guy about 
something.