The Bookshelf on JKR's Website and a Request for Help

[tinglinger]

No: HPFGUIDX 127627


A writer's reading list can provide valuable insight into their 
thinking and plotting, and I strongly believe that a writer's
style and plotting never varies too far from their reading roots.

Over the next week or two. I will be posting some theories and
comments based on two of the books on the bookshelf on JKR's
website. (click on the pen on her desk to go to the Links page)

Two books I have read and have some insight into are

The Little White Horse by Elizabth Goudge 

and

Manxmouse by Paul Gallico

I will have TLWH or MANX in the subject line so that I don't
ruin the story lines for those who havent read them yet and
do not want to know anything about their contents.
A spoiler splitter will also be provided within each post
so that the plot points relating to the Potter series will
be above the split and the supporting "canon" from the TLWH
and MANX will be below.

I also request for comments from anyone who has read the
Jane Austen or Dorothy Sayers books to post their comments 
as to how plot elements from these books parallel the 
Potter series. 

Thanks for your help and your readership.

tinglinger