[HPforGrownups] Re: Why did you decide to continue reading HP books?

[Laura Lynn Walsh]

No: HPFGUIDX 177915


On 2007, Oct 11, , at 19:54, Lynda Cordova wrote:

> I was hooked from my first reading of SS.  Hands down. If I had  
> found the
> latter books lacking I would have quit reading them. There are  
> simply too
> many books written that I do enjoy reading for me to use my reading  
> time on
> something I don't enjoy. For example: I do not read the Lemony Snicket
> books.  Tried the first one, hated it. I don't read Philip  
> Pullman.  Tried
> it. Didn't like.  Dean Koontz is my favorite writer, but I won't  
> touch the
> Odd Thomas books with a ten foot pole.  Tried Anne Rice.  Didn't  
> work for
> me. But HP did.  Just like Susan Cooper's books, TA Barron's books,  
> Jim
> Butcher's, and nearly all of Koontz's stuff. Along with many others!
>
> Lynda

I remember clearly when SS first appeared at my favorite
book store.  The book store has sales people who really
know the books - they actually READ a lot of the books in
their section of the store and can talk about them intelligently.
So, there was this sizable display of the book.  I looked at it
and thought the cover looked rather silly, so I bought something
else.  But on a return trip, I was in the mood for something like
it, so I bought it.  I was hooked from the start.

I also got hooked on the British versions of the story and the
audios and the German translations.  I tried the Spanish and
the French translations, but I am not proficient enough in
those languages.  Sigh.

Laura
PS, I agree about Lemony Snicket and Philip Pullman.
-- 
Laura Lynn Walsh    lwalsh at acsalaska.net
http://llwcontemplations.blogspot.com



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