Newbie, difficulty getting into OoP

[Krista Freimuth]

No: HPFGUIDX 146677

"Sherry" <ladyluck41 at y...> wrote:
> Thanks to my daughter's urgings, I finally started reading the HP
> series and I am now starting Book 5...I read 1-4 in 2 weeks as I
> could not put them down.  I am finding, however, that I am having
> a difficult time getting into this book...I wonder why.  Any
> suggestions?


I have been reading HP since book 3 came out & devoured the first three in
an 8 hr trip out & back over Thanksgiving that year.  Since then, I've
eagerly anticipated the new books.  However, when OOTP came out, I also had
a really hard time getting into the book.  What I figured out was that it
was depressing - it was like nothing good was happening to Harry until close
to the end.  When I read it a second time, again I had a problem getting
through it quickly - it wasn't as depressing the second time around though.
Just keep plodding through it - it does get better! And HBP is well worth
the wait!
Krista