May I ask you guys to do something 4

[potterpotty]

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From: potterpotty
Subject: Re: May I ask you guys to do something 4
Reply To: [Yahoo! #197] May I ask you guys to do something 4 me?
Date: 8/12/00 9:25 am  (ET)

Hi, I'm a new member from Singapore and I've been going through various
messages posted in this club. I guess this response may not be relevant
now as it was months ago that this request was posted but I thought you
might be interested to know a little about the reaction to HP books in
this part of the world.

Harry Potter books are selling extremely well here in Singapore. In fact,
they are about the best selling books listed in the "Children's Books"
category. All four books have been on the best selling list for weeks
and weeks in the major bookstores, particularly after the launch of GoF.

The books have received alot of publicity and it is interesting to note
that so far, I have read of one negative report in the papers. Just
today in fact (12 Aug 2000), it was reported that a principal from
a well known school here has banned the books from the school and is
strongly recommending that the books should not even be read at home,
because of the sorcery theme!

As for myself, I am an adult in my 30s and I thorougly enjoy the entire
series which I have re-read a couple of times. I only started with it
because another adult friend recommended it and once I did get started, I
couldn't stop. I read the first 3 books continuously over 3 days, before
GoF was released. It was as if I were watching a movie in my mind as I
read. The descriptions were vivid, the plots exciting and importantly
not predictable, and the characters, endearing. I'm not even basically a
fiction reader or do I normally read books of such genre. Yet, the books
captured my imagination like none other. I wait in eager anticipation
for Book 5 and will indeed be sorry when Book 7 is finally released.

As I have yet to go through all the various messages, I wonder if anyone
has started speculating about the plot of Book 5 ? It would be interesting
to see how our members' opinions match up to the actual plot which we
will only know in a year's time.

Cheers