CoS irrelevant?

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No: HPFGUIDX 60669

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Laura <metslvr19 at y...>" 
<metslvr19 at y...> wrote:
 
> Am I missing some major plotline, or is CoS fairly irrelevant?  
> Throughout the series, we see rising action and climax throughout 
the individual books, and rising action in the series as a whole.
> 
> But CoS?  Unless I'm missing something, it seems sort of out in 
the middle of nowhere.  Any thoughts?

Ravenclaw Bookworm responds:
I agree with the other replies that CoS brings out some important 
information, and seems to give us a lot of foreshadowing.  Also, I 
think I remember JKR saying in an interview - on the CoS DVD? - that 
CoS is her favorite book.  Hummmmm...

"Ravenclaw Bookworm"