Sucking them in...

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 6406

Hi --

Amanda Lewanski wrote:

> Rejoice with me! My husband has finally started to read the first
> book.
> He's clearly tired of listening to me spouting endless commentary, of
> which he understands one word in four.
>
> Just wondering--how many other "mixed marriages" are on the list, and
> how are you approaching it? Conversion? Immersion? Subliminal reading
> at
> night, a la I Love Lucy?

Ah ..... when I finished SS, I immediately handed it to my spouse with
the words "You *must* read this!"  I think I had gulped down CoS and PoA
before he even picked SS up.  It took endless prodding & pleading, etc.
to get him to read it.  We're talking about someone who simply does not
read for pleasure *at all* (yeah I know -- I wonder sometimes how we
ever got hooked up).  Anyway .... he eventually read SS & CoS and
proclaimed that they were "okay."  He even professed that he "knew" what
was going to happen in each one -- he basically thought they were "good
but juvenile."  Then .... we took PoA to England with us, and he got
very very hooked on that one.  He looked up at one point and said,
"Okay, *this* one is good."  BTW, it's been my experience that men have
enjoyed PoA and GoF much more than the earlier 2 books.

He hasn't yet read GoF, but he did listen to the Jim Dale tapes of it
and says he would like to read it at some point.  He liked the Dale
recordings so much that he has listened to them all once at this point
too.  Those audio-tapes are a life-saver in Houston traffic, believe
me!   We are reading SS to our baby with a fetal microphone each night,
and he's laughing out loud at it.

He will never be an obsessed fan, but he is HP-literate and will
generally speak up on behalf of the wonder of HP at gatherings.  He does
remember to bring me Wall Street Jrnl clippings about HP.
He has drawn the line with fanfic, however.  He read the first few
chapters of PoU, declared it "girlie" and hasn't bothered to even try to
read ASA at all!  Sigh.  Oh well.

I wish he were closer to obsession ... but I'll settle for HP-literate.
:--)

Penny



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