Sab:Books for under 18s for over 18s..

[sandra87b]

Sabrina" <bree4378 at y...> wrote:
> 
> I looked up Odessa Stone on amazon.com and nothing came up.  Can you 
> tell me who the author is?  
> Does this mean you do not like the HP books?  Or is it just Order of 
> the Phoenix that you found long and slow? Or is it that you found it 
> too long and slow as a book to read to your grandchild?  I love the 
> HP series, but I did find OoP a bit disappointing after Goblet of 
> Fire which is my favorite book in the series, thus far.  I am hoping 
> that book 6 will make up for it.  Are you planning to give book 6 a 
> chance or have you given up on the series?
> 
> "bree4378"

Hi Sabrina,

I think you need to look at the amazon.co.uk site instead - maybe it's not out 
in America? Depending on where you are in the States, you might love the 
other book, The Guardian Of Time. Quite a lot of that happens in America, for 
example, New York in the summer of 1927, Arizona when it joined the union, 
and on board The America in the 1950s. I really enjoyed that - how I would 
love to have been a flapper! And the memories of awkward first love... ahhh, 
they all came back....  :0)    Oh, and the author is C C Chambers.

The Harry Potter series is okay, but I just thought the OoP was too grim, slow 
and unfriendly - there didn't seem to be any warmth between the characters, 
and that's important to me. That's why I became so lost in The Odessa Stone 
- there's so much friendship and love between Linda and Avalon, and they  
bring out each others strengths through their own vulnerability - without ever 
quite realising that they're doing so. It's hard to explain, but it reached me.

I won't give up on the HP series, but I will if JKR throws out another one full of 
shouting, bad tempers and adults who are flawed to the point of being plain 
stupid (Dumbledore was unbelievable in the OoP). I'm going to take the next 
one out of the library first, before buying it. And if she starts messing about 
with the Time Turner again... oh, don't get me started....

Happy reading, Sabrina!

Sandra (who doesn't have any grandchildren, or even children yet! One day, 
though!)