Harry Potter at Last
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Taggart, read the Harry Potter books for sure; they are very well-written. There's a part of me that wishes these books were out when I was younger; they must be even more affecting to kids and teens, not just this grandmama.
Funny story: The ending of the Half-Blood Prince is very tragic and sad. As my husband and I like to read books aloud to each other, I was getting very into the story. I had my kleenex nearby and began to weep as I read (my hubby is used to such phenomena, bless his heart). We got a knock on the door and it was our neighbor, checking to see if everything was OK. Hubby explained I was just reading Harry Potter, and all was well. We could hear our neighbor trying to control her laughter all the way home. Ah, perspective!
So, I'm not trying to warn anyone away from the books; normal (?) folk will enjoy the books just as much. There is alot of clever writing to be enjoyed, and lots of laughs as well.
Funny story: The ending of the Half-Blood Prince is very tragic and sad. As my husband and I like to read books aloud to each other, I was getting very into the story. I had my kleenex nearby and began to weep as I read (my hubby is used to such phenomena, bless his heart). We got a knock on the door and it was our neighbor, checking to see if everything was OK. Hubby explained I was just reading Harry Potter, and all was well. We could hear our neighbor trying to control her laughter all the way home. Ah, perspective!
So, I'm not trying to warn anyone away from the books; normal (?) folk will enjoy the books just as much. There is alot of clever writing to be enjoyed, and lots of laughs as well.
I'm one of those that could really care less, lol. I never got into the books and although I have seen the first couple ones because of the kids wanting to, they're still just not really my kind of thing. I'll eventually watch the rest of the movies, I'm sure, but I'm not all riled up over a new one being released, hehe.
You aren’t the only ones that are not reading the “Harry Potter” books. I think that I would want to see it as a movie then to read it because reading is giving me some headache.
We had a wonderful neighbor who passed away a few years ago in her mid-eighties and she pre-ordered the Harry Potter books. We inherited a couple of her Harry Potter movies, which have her name written on the case, making them even more of a keepsake.
I think that one of the actors in the new movie died in a knife attack, didn't he?
I have to put my vote in on the "could care less" section.
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The books are pleasant diversions, and like most fables, they have some messages in them that serve to inspire courage, loyalty and curiosity. Most kids I know who have read them told me the stories spoke to them in subtle ways about the sense of isolation that middle-schoolers and high schoolers can go through at that age.
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