[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: What are you planning to read after HP

[OctobersChild48 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/19/07 5:31:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
justcarol67 at yahoo.com writes:


> Carol again:
> No, no! Don't skip OoP. I'm currently rereading it, and parts of it
> are wonderful (all the Occlumency scenes, for example, and Snape vs.
> Sirius Black at 12 GP. The DoM battle is also intriguing, but hard to
> follow. I like figuring out which DE is which, but I'm weird that
> way). "Mansfield Park" is possibly not the best of the Austen novels
> (a matter of taste, of course), and it shouldn't take all that long to
> read. Certainly, you should have time for it *and* the fifth and sixth
> HP books. I grit my teeth when I read some of the Umbridge scenes, and
> you might want to skip or skim them if you feel the same way, but OoP
> was long for a reason; I think we'll find that parts of it that seemed
> unimportant at the time fall into place when we read DH.
> 
> Carol, who loved GoF and found OoP disappointing on a first reading
> but thinks it improves with time
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  

Sandy responds:

Since I am not enamored with Snape, don't like him at all in fact, I can live 
without all of that. I totally agree about the battle at the DoM, very 
confusing and hard to follow. I couldn't visualize it at all, and I visualize fairly 
well. I am quite enjoying "Mansfield Park" although I will admit that it 
isn't "Pride and Prejudice". Unfortunately, I don't have as much time to read as I 
would like, and the older I get the slower I read. Actually, more than my 
age; I was critically injured in an accident 3 1/2 years ago and suffered a 
pretty serious head injury, and my memory and ability to absorb things has been 
affected by it. It has slowed my ability to read considerably, which I just hate 
because I have always been such a bookworm. Yes, when I am reading Umbridge, 
my teeth clench and my stomach knots and it gets to the point where I just 
can't take it anymore. Since she is in 2/3 of the book it is a little hard to skim 
over her. I have no objection to the length of OOP, it's the contents I don't 
like. I hope DH is every bit as long as OOP.

Sandy, who hated OOP the first time I read it, swore I would never read it 
again, read it again anyway, and didn't like it any better. But, if I have time, 
I will read it again before DH, and will definitely read HBP.



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