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Post by HP fan on Jul 20, 2007 19:41:01 GMT -5
R U a fan 2?
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Post by sms on Jul 20, 2007 22:20:50 GMT -5
I'm a HUGE fan! I'll go tomorrow a.m. and get the book. Hoping will have some time to read it this weekend - but am packing in preparation for a move, so don't know. Ah, well - I'll have something to read in the hotel rooms at night!
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Post by Lina on Jul 21, 2007 22:02:55 GMT -5
We got ours via USPS around noon today and my 13-yr. old devoured it by suppertime. I've started reading it aloud with the younger ones...
In spite of the "darkness" I've loved the whole series. My kids have read and re-read these books like no others.
Thanks, J.K. Rowling, for sharing your imagination with us muggles.
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Post by sms on Jul 21, 2007 23:13:28 GMT -5
I'm done! Went and bought the book this a.m.! I agree - thanks to J.K. Rowling for a fantastic series.
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Post by wanttobewithGod on Jul 22, 2007 2:32:07 GMT -5
I have to admit that, although I'm a avid reader...it's my favorite *alone* pasttime...I never read the Harry Potter series...no, really!!! I have watched and enjoyed a couple of the movies with my son...maybe I should read 'em.... Hmmmm M.
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Post by sms on Jul 22, 2007 10:37:28 GMT -5
Oh, I think you'd really like the series! My SIL is a high-school English teacher, and she really likes it. I really can't say why the book has such a broad appeal, but I have enjoyed it immensely. I read and re-read books - and so I've read the whole series several times (well, not the last one, obviously! LOL.) It's kind-of the "Star Wars" of our generation - in book form!
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Post by wanttobewithGod on Jul 23, 2007 1:02:35 GMT -5
Hrrrrmmmm...well then, I think I will give it a go when I have some time!! Thx M.
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Post by ranman77007 on Jul 23, 2007 2:10:42 GMT -5
i was at my moms, and theres this harry potter book (the first one) sittin there, and i'm bored, and i don't know who the hell harry potter is, but i started reading, and finished that book the next morning... i've read a few of the books, and saw a few of the movies... don't really wanna eat any of them ear wax jelly beans...but i could go for an invisibility cloak) pretty entertaining.... ( and yes i'm posting again, to avoid suspicion)
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Post by Sucks ASS on Jul 26, 2007 4:47:30 GMT -5
Harry Potter Sucks ASS!!!!!!!!!
If you like reading books made for young teens try
Philip Pullmans Dark Materials
No there is a wonderfully written book... Completely enthralling... You have alternate universes, magic, witches, armored bears, angles, strange and wonderful creatures with wheels instead of feet, souls in the form of demons which are creatures on the outside of your body, gypsies, hot air ballons, scepters, holy war, science and computers, dust (you would understand if you read the book), you have everything you can possibly have in a book... Woven together in an amazingly intricate tale...
Not so much a fantasy... But real life truths woven into a fantasy tale.... Wonderful
And an all out war on organized religion and the church.....
Harry Potter can not even compare....
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Post by Oh yeah on Jul 26, 2007 4:48:58 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and they are making a move out of it this December...
By the same director who did the lord of the rings trilogy...
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Post by sms on Jul 26, 2007 12:30:11 GMT -5
Dear Guest:
I had just been given the recommendation for Philip Pullman's series by a friend of mine.
Otherwise - I don't know that I would be interested in reading the series. I can appreciate that you are passionate about your books - but telling me that one of my favorite series "Sucks A**" is hardly the way to persuade me to read a series you don't think "Sucks A**".
But, in any case, now that I know how you feel about Harry Potter - I'm wondering how you feel Philip Pullman's series compares to Robert Jordan's (never-ending) series "The Wheel of Time." (I like this one, too, though haven't read past book 5 - I keep waiting and WAITING for the final installment before I delve in again!).
My friend is not a science fiction gal - and she has not read the Philip Pullman series for herself - so just curious how it compares (in your opinion) to other sci-fi/fantasy books/series.
Thanks
Shawna
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Post by Me on Jul 26, 2007 16:33:08 GMT -5
We got ours via USPS around noon today and my 13-yr. old devoured it by suppertime. I've started reading it aloud with the younger ones... After a quick off the cuff calculation it would appear that your 13 year old would have a sustained reading speed of over 800 words per minute. That is almost 4 times the US adult average. You must be proud.
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Post by Phillip Pullman on Jul 26, 2007 18:23:41 GMT -5
I have never read the "Wheel of Time" But perhaps now that I have just finished reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time" by Mark Haddon... (Another GREAT BOOK) Next time I go to the Library I will pick it up... I just think that even though Phillip Pullman's books are written for children or mid teens, they are very much interesting to adults because buried within the words of a fantasy are real life issues which adults can relate to like religion, homosexuality, love, politics, etc. If I would have to compare it with other fantasy books I have read, I would have to say it is by far one of the best.... But then what a person likes depends on taste... And probably shouldn't of said Harry potter Sucks A, but should of said in MY OPINION... Harry potter sucks A.... When reading harry potter it is VERY Evident that it is written for children. When reading Phillip Pullman you can see how a child would be interested in reading it, but then you can also see how a adult would become enthralled with the hidden messages of what Phillip Pullman is trying to relay in his story.... And they have armored bears... I am sorry, but there is nothing cooler then an armored bear.... Philip Pullman had to be absolutely brilliant to think that one up..... Now I just hope they do not destroy the movie by taking out the parts about religion when they make the movie... Because that would ruin the story... That is the part that makes it sooo interesting and so controversial...
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Post by sms on Jul 26, 2007 20:44:56 GMT -5
Phillip Pullman/Guest: Thanks for the other "recommendation" - I'll put the title you've finished on my list (WOW - it keeps growing and growing!) and check it out. But first will read the Pullman series. My sister has enjoyed "Peter and the Shadow Thieves" - I like Dave Barry as a columnist, but wasn't sure how that skill would translate into a book. I also enjoyed Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl series - though, yeppers, definitely aimed at a much younger audience than myself. But his twist on the fantasy "creatures" (elves, dwarves, leprechauns) can be surprising and humorous. Be forwarned about the Robert Jordan "Wheel of Time" series - it is now 12 MASSIVE novels long - and he's not done yet. And he (the author) is quite ill. But if you can live with the possibility that you'll read all 12 books and maybe never get an ending, it's a pretty good read. Happy reading to you. Thanks again for your suggestions. I'm always looking for a good book!
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Post by Lina on Jul 27, 2007 6:58:15 GMT -5
We got ours via USPS around noon today and my 13-yr. old devoured it by suppertime. I've started reading it aloud with the younger ones... After a quick off the cuff calculation it would appear that your 13 year old would have a sustained reading speed of over 800 words per minute. That is almost 4 times the US adult average. You must be proud. Thanks He had a reading lexile of 1700+ ending the 7th grade. I don't know how that compares to WPM. I'm sure he buzzed through for plot the first time and will read it again (and again and again) for detail. And, no, he's not homeschooled. Kid #2 finished by 4 on Sunday and #3 was done Monday by evening... finally allowing me to pace through, re-reading some chapters aloud to them and be finished Wednesday morning. Great book! I was amazed at all the loose ends that were connected and the levels of character and belief Rowling managed to include without being overtly religious. And... thanks "Phillip Pullman" but I prefer children's literature where I don't have to wade through the "real life issues which adults can relate to like religion, homosexuality, love, politics, etc." to get to the wonderfully woven story underneath.
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Post by no name on Jul 31, 2007 18:17:04 GMT -5
I was anxiously awaiting it, and then the book arrived on July 17 - 4 days early! I was quite astounded, but wasted no time in starting to read the massive book. Then I found out that DeepDiscount was going to be in trouble for delivering the book early (about 1,200 early shipments went out), and Scholastic (the publisher) called me up, asking that I wait to read the book until the 21st. Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiiight!!! I informed the Scholastic representative that I'd already started reading it - she laughed and said that she would have done the same thing. ;D
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Post by Childrens truth on Jul 31, 2007 20:22:34 GMT -5
;D Older brother (age 7) talking with his sister (age 4): Brother: "Meet my new friend -- God." Sister looks around the room, perplexed: "Where? Where is 'im?" Isn't it interesting that the 4 year old instantly grasped the truth of the matter, and like the child in The Emperor's New Clothes, pointed out the obvious that everyone had been ignoring. Now if we could just find a way to have children keep that child-like honesty . . .
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Post by no name on Jul 31, 2007 21:34:08 GMT -5
;D Older brother (age 7) talking with his sister (age 4): Brother: "Meet my new friend -- God." Sister looks around the room, perplexed: "Where? Where is 'im?" Isn't it interesting that the 4 year old instantly grasped the truth of the matter, and like the child in The Emperor's New Clothes, pointed out the obvious that everyone had been ignoring. Now if we could just find a way to have children keep that child-like honesty . . . It's interesting that you interpret it that way.
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Post by sarahjane on Apr 18, 2008 11:31:02 GMT -5
I love Harry Potter books, they are wonderful! And i have the Golden Compass in my queue on Netflix. Can't wait to see it!
Another series that is fun is the Lemony Snicket books. They are definitely written for the younger ones, but quite entertaining! Has anyone else read that series? I'm still a little confused by it, to tell you the truth.
Netflix.com is awesome by the way, I love it love it love it!!!!! (and no, i don't work for them, but am just a HUGE movie nerd!)
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Post by mrleo on Apr 18, 2008 11:41:43 GMT -5
I love the Series of Unfortunate Events - they are written for kids/young adults, but they have a very wry sense of humor to them that appeals to my cynical nature.
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Post by Brick on Apr 19, 2008 12:23:46 GMT -5
Another series that is fun is the Lemony Snicket books. They are definitely written for the younger ones, but quite entertaining! Has anyone else read that series? I'm still a little confused by it, to tell you the truth. Yeah. Same as you. I never did get the whole secret thing figured out. Read the whole series plus the Emily Letters, I think it was. They were pretty strange too. I think the writer is just too obtuse for simple, straight forward folks like me. I like the crime stories where the criminal brags about how he pulled it off, while he is preparing the exquisite death for the sleuth that caught him, who is, unbeknownst to the culprit, pulling a MacGyver. When the bad guy/gal pulls the trigger, it will backfire and annihilate him/her, letting the hero escape with nothing more than a few bruises and scrapes.
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