Got tired to...

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Ninetales" <mob9 at p...> 
wrote:
> > That my mother said that I shouldn't read Harry Potter, because 
I'm
> > too old to do so.(I'm over 18 years old.) 
> > And I even found article from newspaper that women should not read
> > Harry Potter. They should read those cheap novels about romance 
and
> > nothing else... (You know, 'hospital romance'?)
> > So, I decided search community to grown-up Harry Potter-fans 
which 
> is
> > not full of young kids, but matured fans..
> > (Excuse my English.)
> 
> SSSusan:
> Welcome aboard, ninetales!
> 
> I would never let anyone tell me what I shouldn't read something 
> because I'm "too old" for it!  While I'd never agree anyway that 
the 
> HP books are "too young" for adults (and I'm 43), I also still read 
> and enjoy lots of books from my youth [the Betsy-Tacy books, the 
> Little House books, The Narnia series, E.B. White, etc.].  To me, 
> they're like comfort food.  
> 
> Maybe your mom should check out the quality of some of the posts at 
> HPfGU, and she'll be convinced there's a lot of substance to Harry!
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

Geoff:
May I add a welcome too.

I reached the age of becoming a state pensioner in the UK earlier 
this year but, since I have flatly refused to leave my first 
childhood, no one can accuse me of being in my second when they look 
askance at my reading list.

Like Susan, I have the complete Narnia Chronicles plus LOTR and the 
Hobbit and an excellent children's magic duo by Alan Garner- "The 
Weirdstone of Brisingamen" and "The Moon of Gomrath".

I also discovered Winnie-the-Pooh when I was in my twenties....

They're so much better than kitchen sink drama and soaps.