Hmmm. What's your favorite *now*?

[grindieloe]

No: HPFGUIDX 182984

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
Now that we're almost a year out from the release 
> of DH and the completion of the series, which of the books has 
become 
> your favorite?
> 
Has your 
> favorite changed over time, or since the series has ended?  Can you 
> explain WHY this book is your favorite?
> 
> *Which is/has become your least favorite book of the series?  
Again, 
> can you express why?
> *Is there a character you find yourself especially fond of now that 
> it's all over?  Any pourquoi to add?
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan,
> in a reflective mood today
>


Hmmm... really like this question... :)

FAVORITES
My favorite book by far for quite a LONG time was PoA.  While I 
really couldn't get enough of Harry after SS and CoS, it was PoA 
where I truly fell in love with his character.  Aside from that, we 
get to meet Lupin and Sirius and find out more about our beloved 
Maurauders.  There was just something about it, and I still think the 
Shrieking Shack scene is one of my all time favorites.

That being said, my favorite then changed over to HBP.  I may have 
read that one more than the others, though only a few times more.  I 
love the Harry/Ginny dynamic and the closeness with DD.

Now that the series is over, I'm really growing to love DH.  After 
reading it so many times, I am beginning to appreciate it more and 
more.  I STILL can't keep myself from crying when Kreacher comes out 
of the kitchens with the locket bouncing on his chest.  It just shows 
that Harry is truly one man in a million who can bring everyone 
together.  Dobby gets me bawling EVERY TIME!  Plus, of course, the 
VERY well done Harry/Tom Riddle showdown.  I can see it so clearly in 
my head sometimes I swear it is real...

LEAST FAVORITES

I have to say that my least favorite started out as CoS, but after 
book 6, that changed dramatically because I enjoyed looking back 
after knowing more about the situations in the book.

OOP is the very hardest for me to get through.  My heart just aches 
for Harry.  It is so difficult for me to see him suffer to the extent 
to which he does in this book.  Everything of value is stripped from 
him - Hagrid, Quidditch, Sirius, Hogwarts as he knows it... just too 
painful.  It's a tough read for me.  


CHARACTERS

I never was a big fan of Snape.  I always believed that he was DD's 
man, and even saw the whole "Snape loves Lilly" thing and the "DD 
planned his death with Snape" stuff coming, but I still wasn't a big 
fan.  After re-reading DH, and seeing exactly where Snape is coming 
from, I do like him now.  I even found myself teary-eyed the last 
time I listened to the book in my car when Snape was dying.  Who'd a 
thunk it??? :)


Harry is still my favorite character.  I think it's because I strive 
to be as brave and noble as he is.  I don't think I'll ever achieve 
it to the extent he does, but I think he can be such a great role 
model in a world where positive role models seem to be hard to come 
by.  

Long Live HP!
grindieloe :)