a question! and Speed Reading

[batgrl33]

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From: batgrl33
Subject: Re: a question! and Speed Reading
Reply To: [Yahoo! #4304] Re: Hello! And a question!
Date: 7/15/00 1:43 am  (ET)

sage016:
"I think that would depend on your deffinition of "adult". Like someone
like me who is 18 years old, would be borderline. I'm technically an
adult, yet alot of people still view me as a kid."

Hey, this can happen regardless of age - it still does to me! Which
brings me back to Harry and his people - what really hooked me was the
fact that it's not the typical "all adults are evil, kids vs adults"
scenario. Here there are adults who are having just as much fun as the
kids and we get to see that - in how much the teachers at Hogwarts enjoy
Quidditch and the competition with other houses for instance. And it's
not kids vs adults - and the kids aren't always forced to go it alone
and save the world without help - there are understanding adults ready
to pitch in, and sometimes ready to help without being asked. I think
this is what grabs the more adult, er, I guess I should say older readers.

And as for speed reading (someone commented that some of us were reading
the book so quickly, that they felt we should slow down and enjoy it more)
- I would have loooved to read book 4 much slower! It's just that once
I started to get into it I couldn't find a good stopping point! Thought
I'd just find out what SoandSo would do in the next chapter and then I'd
put the book down. And then I wanted to find out how SuchandSuch would get
out of a certain situatios. (Hey, I'm careful, no spoilers!) So I ended up
staying up all night and finishing the darn thing! And now I do have to go
back and reread! But I think I'll enjoy it just as much the second time.

Batgirl