[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Who really killed DD - The real story

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/15/06 3:25:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
justcarol67 at yahoo.com writes:


> > I'm not into LOTR -- Haven't read the books or seen the movie(s) and
> have no desire to. 
> 
> Carol responds:
> 
> Any particular reason? I'm not being critical, just curious. You might
> be pleasantly surprised, as many of us were by the HP books.
> > 
> 

Sandy replies:

It just isn't the kind of thing I like to read. To me, they have more of a 
sci-fi feel to them than fantasy. I hate sci-fi, and, quite frankly, fantasy is 
not something I normally read. I read mostly non-fiction, and the fiction I do 
read is authors like Austen, Bronte, Dickens, Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, 
Anne Perry and the likes. I wound up reading Harry Potter for two reasons. I 
belong to a Nancy Drew list and on that list we are allowed to discuss any and 
all childrens/adolescents series books. When HP first came out, and with each 
subsequent book, the list members just went on and on about how good they 
were. Since I love the Worst Witch series of books and HP was so highly 
recommended I bought the first three books in 1999. I did not get around to reading SS 
until December 2004, and the rest is history. My brother is a big LOTR fan and 
has the entire series, but despite so many people telling me how good they are 
and that if I like HP I will like LOTR I just simply am not interested in 
them. Reading and then re-rereading HP in the past two years has put me way 
behind in my *regular* reading. I have close to 50 books sitting around my 
apartment, and there are more that I want to get, that I haven't read yet and want to 
read, so I am not going to waste my time reading something I am not interested 
in. 

Sandy


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