[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP withdrawal remedies

[Sherry Gomes]

If you like children's literature and want a break from magic in your
fantasy, try the Princess Diaries series.  They are hilarious!  They are not
anything like Cinderella stories.  There are five or six in the series right
now.  They are told from the point of view of the 14 year old, who has just
discovered she is a princess to some far off country.  She's a normal
teenage girl in New York City and is not happy to have her life disrupted
with this whole thing.  The move was good, but nowhere near as funny and
refreshing s the books are.  give them a try, if you want something to make
you laugh.  I am in my 40's, and I don't enjoy princess stories anymore, so
that might be a help in knowing how much I truly enjoy the series.

Yes, I still enjoy kids books too.  I suppose I'd be considered too old to
buy hem, but I don't care.  And I do most of my book buying these days from
audible.com, so only the computer here and the servers at audible see what
read.  Whew, good thing too, with my crazy variety of book buying!

I almost forgot.  The Princess Diaries are by Meg Cabbott.  Excellent fun
reads.

Sherry


-----Original Message-----
From: werebearloony [mailto:Erthena at aol.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 5:35 PM
To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: HP withdrawal remedies




> Becca asked:
> To prevent the development of a full blown obsession brought on by 
> rereading the series over and over again (I'm currently a graduate 
> student in clinical psychology, so I didn't think that was a good 
> idea!), does anyone have any recommendations for novels to read 
> until the greatly anticipated date of July 16th? 

I wouldn't dream of preventing a full blown obsession from forming 
but because you asked so nicely:
 I'd first like to second The Princess Bride, Hitchhiker's Guide to 
the Galaxy, Aubrey/Maturin Novels, and Lloyd Alexander, all of which 
I've really enjoyed.
Also I am a huge children's Literature Fan (and I'm still young 
enough to get away with going into the kids section at bookstores) So 
I'd like to recommend anything by Gail Carson Levine, but especially 
Ella Enchanted.  I enjoy The Series of Unfortunate Events, but 
recommend reading the second book first, it moves much better.  
Although I know from personal experience that reading five books in 
three days will make them seem very repetitive.  Then I also enjoyed 
The Artemis Fowl books and another by the same author called The Wish 
List.  Besides that I have a new hobby of reading some of those pesky 
classics everyone thinks is so impressive and my favorites by far are 
Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice.  I've gone on for awhile so 
that'll be enough for now.

Don't let the muggles get you down!

~~loony







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