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... The Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass, Stardust, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Water Horse, the Harry Potter movies, the first Pirates of the Carribean and even Eragon were all (to varying degrees) good movies. (Okay, Eragon in particular might be pushing ... ... a good counterpoint to Tom Sawyer. I do think it's odd that he sees them in some sort of "competition" with Twilight and Harry Potter -- kids who like to read are likely to read anything they can get their hands on, in my experience -- and for kids who don't read so much, any or all of those ... I'm definitively a re-reader, but usually only do so to the books I really love and enjoy. I read the entire Harry Potter series once a year, this usually happens, for some reason, in november-december each year. I'll also re-read series before a new book in a series is released. Another book I ... ... opposed to teaching contemporary literature in high school, but I don't necesarily think it should be things like Harry Potter, Twilight, and Eragon which may have dubious literary value* and, as has been mentioned, are well known to the age group.
What I'm getting at is I don't ... ... kills the images I have in my head of the characters and settings and whatnot. The most extreme example is probably the Harry Potter series - I don't remember anymore what the characters looked like in my head at first. I tend to agree with you--many kids already know they like Harry Potter, but they probably won't know they like The Great Gatsby or other classics if they're not made to read them. Plus, reading at least some of the classics is part of being educated!! There was a boy at my high school whose ... ... 50 times each.
Also:
Lord of the Rings
the Redwall series (Mostly Redwall, Mariel, and Mossflower)
Harry Potter.
P.S.- Hello! I have been sticking my head in at the Dragon for a few weeks now, and decided this was as good a time as any to actually say hello, so Hello! PS--I hate Harry Potter and anything remotely involved with the franchise. I wrote a wee manifesto about it in a comment in my anti-HP LibraryThing group, Harry Potter Resistance Movement (Party of One). ...
Beauty: A retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast by Robin McKinley
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
The Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien
The Blue Castle by L. M. ... ... Down by Richard Adams
The Xanth Series by Piers Anthony
The Unicorn Creed by Elizabeth Scarborough
The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
Ransom by Lee Rowan
The Nightrunner series by L ... Little shocked that Goblet of Fire is the only HP book on the list. If only one could be on there, I would have gone with Half-Blood Prince or Deathly Hollows. ... "objectionable" content.
I work in a bookstore and have encountered several customers who are all up in arms about Harry Potter or The Golden Compass or Twilight or The Da Vinci Code, and I've always wanted to ask them why, if their beliefs are strong and they've raised their ... ... do myself. I've gotten very upset and not wanted to continue reading many times, though.
I have to strongly agree about Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows. A couple of other books for me include The Onion Girl and Hurt Go Happy. I remember as a teen that rereading V.C. Andrews' D ... ... about. It provokes a strong emotional reaction. I liked the book, but might not reread it because of that.
Also . . . Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I love that book, and certainly will read it again, but the first time I read it I was overwhelmed by everything that ... ... series by Diana Gabaldon
Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Eight by Katherine Neville
Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
... time for reading, I'm cataloging boxes full of books.
Two little visits to bookstores this week and I got home with:
Harry Potter og halvblodsprinsen, Rowling, J.K.
Mister Pip, Jones, Lloyd
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Haddon, Mark
A Spot of Bother, Haddon, Ma ... ... definite theme to the list of Most Commonly Shared Books on the main group page. It seems that most of us are fantasy fans! Harry Potter (all seven!), The Hobbit, and then a couple of historical "romances" (Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice).
I haven't read the last two, but the first ... ... ;)
Als ich diese Bücher las, war ich richtig SÜCHTIG danach... so etwas hatte ich noch nie...noch nicht mal bei Harry Potter :P ... happens. :( I probably sound like a whiny brat right now, but it's not fair! I'm losing all of my best series! First it's Harry Potter, now Twilight, next thing I know it will be Percy Jackson! ... it is absolutely fascinating. You will never look at an ad or a commercial the same way again.
Right now, I'm rereading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and at the rate I'm going, I should finish it in a few days. ... Blatty (appropriate given your line of work and good, too) ;)
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King was excellent.
The Harry Potter books are OK for listening, too. ... by Brian Selznick (2007, 533 pp.)
49. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (2003, 896 pp.)
50. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (2005, 652 pp.)
51. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (2007, 759 pp.)
52. Daughters of the No ... whoopsie - double-post. ... ability to make safe choices on their own.
Series are very popular amongst YA - Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Gossip Girl, etc. You'd also put Black Beauty, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Treasure ... ... really vary for me. I can read some books (like Harry Potter) really quickly. I read each of the books in a day each, even The Halfblood Prince.
On the other hand, I've been reading The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters for a week, and after about 5 hours of reading, I'm only up to page 170. ... ... all of their books alphabetically by Author's last name then alphabetical by title of the book unless it's a Series like Harry Potter, The Dark Tower, Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, Tales Of The New Vampires,or the C.S. Lewis Narnia Series, Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, ... ... of Ember (curiousity - I haven't read it yet), the release of 10th anniversary edition of Sorcerer's Stone, and seeing Half-Blood Prince (11/21) and Twilight (12/12?). ... "coerced into reading" and, well, let's say they look familiar. I had to read Confessions of St. Augustine, Utopia, and The Prince for Humanities 201 (a "great texts" course). The book of Margery Kempe was on the reading list for a course I signed up for this summer, but dropped (because I ... ... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0747584680.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg">
Just finished reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the Hogwarts Express group read. I was able to keep myself to just five chapters a week and did comments on many of them. The ... ... this month, Careless in Red. James Rollins or Douglas Preston are great with action/thrillers. Then there is the Harry Potter series which is good for adults or kids. You won't have to wait between books either since all seven have been released. There are so many more. Just ask me. ... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling ... of the Sisterhood
Any place at any time. If you are thinking of me, you can be sure that I am thinking of you."
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
"And now, Harry, let us step out into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure."
Okay, I think those are the most ... ... buy Breaking Dawn pretty soon after it comes out). Of course, I'm excited about the November 21 release of the movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but that seems a long way off. ... going to happen in 2038....
.... live in a dorm with 6 other girls of varying degrees of sanity.
... read the last Harry Potter book and kind of believe my favorite character is going to be ok.
.... eat anything from Chipotle. Ever. Okay, she wasn't "fired for not recommending" Harry Potter. Her suit says she was suspended without pay because she would not work a "Harry Potter Night" the library was having, and that thereafter her hours were reduced and she was reassigned and effectively demoted. She claims she had ... ... s..
The Prince of Beverly Hills by Stuart Woods
Chiefs by Stuart Woods
Prince Charming by Julie Garwood
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Playboy Prince by Nora Roberts
oops, I only did half of the task. I don't know what they are in ... ... mind are that Grendel is a modern retelling of Beowulf, that Barry Trotter and the unauthorized parody is a parody of Harry Potter, and that Walbank's A historical commentary on Polybius is a historical commentary on Polybius' Histories (The rise of the Roman Empire being the Penguinifi ... I just finished Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince for the second time. it was really good!!!! (duh) now i'm going to have to read the seventh one again. ... of overlap with YA. Its hard to remember a talked about popular sf or fantasy book that wasn't YA -- and i don't just mean Harry Potter but more recently, maybe, the Uglies.
Mostly, though, I just like YA. ... Look Club.
Still slowing slogging through A Wrinkle in Time with the kids, and I haven't touched Skeleton Crew or The Prince
Finished 27 ... Bhagavad Ghita
The Aeneid
The Pillow Book
Beowulf
The Rubaiyat
The Divine Comedy
The Caterbury Tales
The Prince
Don Quixote
Pilgrim's Progress
Second Treatise of Government
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Robinson Crusoe
Gulliver's Travels
Candide
T ... ... people aren't going to have tastes that exactly parallel mine. I have friends who wouldn't get a joke about HBP meaning Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince to me, rather than High blood pressure. But these same friends can make Twain and Austen jokes.
Now, the (really really cocky) Lit ... ... and am trying to figure out what the heck my problem was when I first tried reading it...
I did the same with the first Harry Potter book. I can't imagine having completely abandoned Harry Potter!
Currently I have Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke on hiatus. I ... ...
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't deny it's a hit)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mein Ka ... ...
Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling (you can't deny it's a hit)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mein Ka ... ... month were all about the same to me, and share "honorable mention" status. They are Girl with a Pearl Earring, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Opera and the Morbidity of Music**.
* Started April 20, finished May 4.
** Started March 27, mostly finished A ... ... Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus
15. Eldest, Christopher Paolini
Paperbacks
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
2. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, James Patterson
3. Dora's World Adventure!, Suzanne Nimm, ... Ah, fluff reading. The guiltiest of guilty pleasures.
For me it would be the Cat Who books, the Discworld series, Harry Potter, Bridget Jones, a small sampling of other chick lit, and anything by Poppy Z. Brite.
Growing up it was always Francine Pascal. So bad and yet so ... ... the house, heating it up to a horrid 90 degrees, surrounded by frozen strawberries and a few selections for reading such as Half-Blood Prince (chapters 1-8) and Blue is for Nightmares. ... and I'm not excited about the third one. But you're right, the fangirls are already out there. I just have flashbacks of Harry Potter is all. Fangirls of HP was easier to handle WAY before the movies erupted -shivers-
I'll be seeing Caspian tonight! I'm excited. I just started the book ... ... (especially the gardens and L'Orangerie)
Finished chapter 2 in Wrinkle, and haven't touched Skeleton Crew or The Prince.
25 Halfway... Woo-hoo!!! ... by us as of May 13:
16 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
14 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
14 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
14 - The Hobbit
13 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
13 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
13 - The Da Vinci C ... ... Stuart Woods, Diana Gabaldon and probably some more that I can't think of now. I enjoy J.R.R. Tolkien and of course, Harry Potter. I have read Five People You Meet in Heaven and Outlander multiple times. Still working on The Constant Princess but I also started the Half Blood Prince reread this weekend. ... got very far.
Now I am going to start two rereads for book groups: Northanger Abbey for the Jane Austen group, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for the Hogwarts express group. I am going to try to read HP five chapters a week like the rest of the group. I need to try to finish ... ... great books I haven't read yet!
Have just had a week look a the Queen of Attolia - I've read very little fantasy (does harry potter count?!) but it sounds great.
Meg, glad you got Mansfield Park and it's cool to be mooching a book from Iran too. ... and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling*
10. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling
11. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
13. Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen Kin ... ... do this. I also need to reread Prince Caspian but she has my copy of that right now. And of course I'll be starting Half Blood Prince this weekend.
Does anyone know if they're doing midnight showings for Prince Caspian? I went to the midnight opening of The Lion, the Witch and the ... ... also a great thread for any concluding thoughts on the book as a whole. Next week begins our discussion of chapters 1-5 of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince! I think I am going to make this week a week of finishing. Finish Gun Runner, finish Skeleton Crew, finish Prince, and read my ER book, Best Girlfriends Getaways Worldwide.
With the whole family, we are starting A Wrinkle in Time. We finished The Giver on Thursday, and we've taken a ... Oh, perhaps I should post what I'm reading! I finished listening to Half-Blood Prince today. *sigh* So sad, but I love it! I started listening to Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. I like it so far. I've been meaning to read it for a long time. And I'm trying to get back on track with my LotR reread, ... ... the chapters and then adding whatever I think of when I read the thread.
Adding to the confusion, I've been listening to Half-Blood Prince in the car. I'm at the intense part near the end (the scene in the cave) so it makes it hard to shift gears to the intense part at the end of OotP -- but ... ... my oldest daughter is determined to buy it back. For that, I liked this book.
Still same spot in Skeleton Crew and in The Prince.
I've thought about Mick Harte Was Here, and, though I wasn't going to count the books I read with the kids (i.e. Junie B., Lucy Rose, etc...) I'm ... ... The Killing Ground by Jack Higgins; Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, plus 2 books for church/Sunday School. Will update as I can. Am currently reading The Scarlet Letter by Natha ... ... after that. And, in the end, he died a few weeks after his 100th birthday.
Still the same spot in Skeleton Crew, and The Prince... but in my defense it's only been a couple days since the last post... George didn't take very long.
I've already started on the next book: AnnaClaire in 50 Book Challenge : AnnaClaire throws her hat into the ring (Apr 23, 2008, 10:03am) ... the Morbidity of Music.
I then sped through:
11. Girl with a Pearl Earring, and
12. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
...Before returning to my regularly-scheduled reading interests:
13. Nancy Goldstone's Four Queens: The Provenc ... ... Plum Lucky to the appointments.
I'm gonna have to finished The Prince soon, or I'll have to count him as an abandoned book...
Finished 20... Woo-Hoo!! ...
I'm still working on Skeleton Crew. Word Processor of the Gods is the next story in the book.
Haven't touched The Prince.
Finished 19 ... under Most commonly shared books (weighted) the statistic is "None."
Not even 1984, the DaVinci Code or the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
I think this may account for the variety of answers in the "How ... ... Geese ****½
8. Brazil - The Alchemist **
Extra Credit: Speculative Fiction {complete}
1. The complete Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling **½
2. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis *
3. Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami ***
4. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman *½
5. I Am ... ... the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling *
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling *
Emily of New Moon by L.M. M ... ... few weeks. I'm not a musician or a musicologist, so some of the denser bits were starting to annoy me a bit.
I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this weekend; until I did so, I occasionally said that the movies had cought up with my reading.
Just started Four Queens: ... ... of Hugo Cabret at the library, so I'm reading Duma after Hugo.
Still working on Skeleton Crew and haven't touched The Prince.
Finished 17... Pbbblt Prince. ... on Harry's quidditch team! ;-)
The only hint I can really think to give is that these characters were mentioned in Half-Blood Prince -- don't have chapter numbers or titles in front of me right now, but the chapter about Quidditch trials, or any of the chapters mentioning Quidditch, ... ... I'm kind of waiting for a good story in there; haven't really had a good one since "The Mist."
Haven't even touched The Prince since the last post.
Now, onto I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. I hope it's a real page turner...
Finished 16... whatever about Princey ... (11)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (11)
"Harry Potter and the deathly hallows" by JK Rowling (11)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (11)
Finished #4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and #5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I am now working on The Geographer's Library. ... doesn't want to hear any of the stoies in that book. She covers my mouth when I read it out loud.
Haven't touched The Prince, and I'm rereading The Giver, this time with the whole family.
Finished 15 ... Nay on Shazdeh (Farsi for "Prince"... Since I DID just finish ... reading Cassandra's Sister by Veronica Bennett, and rereading Talking to Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede.
Listening to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Looking forward to Swindle by Gordon Korman. I listened to the first four discs of Half-Blood Prince today -- about the only useful thing I did, really. Grump, grump, grumble.
#211 -- The Somnambulist is reminding me of the Series of Unfortunate Events, except for adults, if that makes sense. So far, we have a narrator who seems to ... ... TBR list!
Deep Survival Lawrence Gonzales
The Canterbury Tales Chaucer
On the Beaten Path Robert Alden Rubin
The Prince Nicholo Machiavelli
Pilgrim's Progrss John Bunyan
Beowulf
Heart of Darkness and some other short stories by Joseph Conrad
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