Why we like the books so much (was: Wondering)

[Carol]

"cindersla" <cinders at ...> wrote:
>
> I have to admit that I am amazed at the "answers". What I'm amazed
at is how every subject, no matter what it is, is turned back around
to the gay issue. I think only 2 posts actually answered the original
 question. The rest have been about the gay thing. How can it be THAT
important of an issue to ruin the rest of what the books are? How can
that be the only thing that everyone has on their minds? On the main
list they were talking about how JK's books are of acceptance so I
asked what about the "fat lady". I, myself, found it offensive that
she never had a name. It was just "the fat lady". I think I only got
one post on the actual subject and the rest for two days now have been
all about the gay issue again. Anyway, I find it sort of fascinating
as well as somewhat disturbing in some way.
> 
> Carol (the new one)
>
Carol responds:
Hi, other Carol. :-) I'm sorry you didn't get responses to your
question. I thought I had explained upthread why I like the books so
much, but I can't find my detailed response. (It had to do with liking
literary analysis and having a PhD in English and being fascinated by
Snape.) Maybe I accidentally offlisted it? I can try to answer the
question again, but right now, I'm wondering who or what ate my post.

You just happened to join at a time immediately after JKR had made her
revelation about DD (Dumbledore), so you've caught us at a time when
we're not our usual selves--a bad hair day, or bad hair week. Since I
know we've discussed this topic before, I did a site search on both
groups using search terms such as "I like the HP books" and didn't
come up with much, but I did find this one for the main list using "I
like the books" (in quotes as a phrase) as my search term:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/162639

The thread starts with the linked post, which asks for reponses to a
survey for a college research paper on "literary value and fan
interaction" in relation to the HP books. Most of the responses give
reasons why a particular poster enjoys the books.

Or maybe you could just ask your question again, in a new thread with
a subject line indicating such as "Why do you like the HP books?" (no
quotes), which would indicate clearly what you want to talk about. 

But this is the OT forum; if you want to talk about the books
themselves, you might have better luck on the main list.

Carol, who put a lot of time into her response to the other Carol's
question and wants to know what happened to it!