tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post2007252654475443079..comments2024-03-01T09:58:03.858-08:00Comments on READING FOR SANITY BOOK REVIEWS: Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone - J.K. RowlingMindySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-35163908599051865422009-05-22T14:24:56.833-07:002009-05-22T14:24:56.833-07:00Everyone needs to at least read the first book. I ...Everyone needs to at least read the first book. I have never enjoyed fantasy, and put down The Sorcerer's Stone after the first chapter because it seemed silly. I picked it up again a week later because I had nothing else to read and within a few hours had started a decade long bromance with Harry Potter. Even if you don't like the genre, the characters and world she has created will suck you in. People lump it in with the likes of Lord of the Rings, but I have never enjoyed Tolkien and feel like HP is in a class of its own. <br /><br />I will also have my kids read the series, but I am going to try and make sure they do not watch the movies first. Hogwarts and the rest of the wizarding world she creates is too robust for film, and I regret ever watching them. My own imagination of what books 1-4 contained (I was lucky enough to read them before the WB movie deal) have been replaced by CGI and oftentimes poorly cast actors (e.g. Remus Lupin, a hero in the book, looks like a used car salesman in the movies). I think the creation of this world is better left to the author and the individual.Marlyse and Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13829800812701328063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-15761169921335329222009-05-18T11:12:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:12:00.000-07:00Kim. U. R. Crazy. I think you would really like ...Kim. U. R. Crazy. I think you would really like them. You could always try just ONE. I really don't think you'll be disappointed.MindySuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-47754595429805558262009-05-18T09:06:00.000-07:002009-05-18T09:06:00.000-07:00Ok. I am one of those have not read these books ye...Ok. I am one of those have not read these books yet. Not for any of the mentioned reasons. I just didn't think they looked like something I would enjoy.....However..... I have begun to collect the series, because, like you, I know that I will want to read them to my kids one day. I may wait until then to read them, how neat to all experience it together, for the first time. Glad to get your insights into the series!Kim R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07559723072849271422noreply@blogger.com