Hmmm. What's your favorite *now*?

[Jerri/Dan Chase]

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One thing I find interesting as we discuss which of the HP books are 
our personal favorites, is that some people are talking about which 
books are "best".  Am I alone in seeing a major difference?  I would 
not consider ranking one of these books as "better" or "worse" than 
another.  I have my personal favorite, and the one that gives me the 
most dissatisfaction.  But I won't say that PoA is "better" than DH. 
PoA appeals more to me, but that doesn't mean that I consider DH to be 
a "bad" book.

And, in fact, the series is more like one monster story divided into 
seven volumes.  The first books are necessary parts.

It's sort of like a house.  I spend a lot more time in the top floor 
of my house than I do in the foundations, but the foundations aren't 
bad, without them the rest of the house, including the top floor 
wouldn't be worth much!

I would never consider advising anyone to read the later books without 
reading the earlier ones.  I suppose that someone who has seen the 
movies could start with PoA or there abouts and get something out of 
the later books.  But to me SS/PS and CoS are necessary building 
blocks to the entire series.

My interpretation, and obviously not that of others.

Jerri