Who's into Harry Potter?

[badgermark]

In the words of Jesse 'the Body' Ventura from Predator:

Blain: Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here.


Next adult I see reading Harry Potter on a bus is getting smacked with my copy of War and Peace. Or possibly Catch-22, any adult fiction i can get my hands on.

[WezV]

Next adult I see reading Harry Potter on a bus is getting smacked with my copy of War and Peace. Or possibly Catch-22, any adult fiction i can get my hands on.

go with war and peace - it will do a lot more damage!!!

[noodleplugerine]

Next adult I see reading Harry Potter on a bus is getting smacked with my copy of War and Peace. Or possibly Catch-22, any adult fiction i can get my hands on.

go with war and peace - it will do a lot more damage!!!

+1000

Amazing book that btw...

[Philly Q]

Next adult I see reading Harry Potter on a bus is getting smacked with my copy of War and Peace. Or possibly Catch-22, any adult fiction i can get my hands on.

Crime And Punishment might be more appropriate.

I've never read any of the Harry Potters and don't particularly want to.  Even if I did want to, I probably never will, because (I'm sorry to say) I'm a literary snob of sorts - I will not be seen reading "those" books which even people who don't normally read have read.  So no Harry Potter, no Captain bloody Corelli and no DaVinci Code.

[badgermark]

Crime and Punishment was a good read, went through a russian classics phase recently, read C&P and the Idiot after War and Peace.

Seriously, Harry Potter is a children's book.

[nfe]

Seriously, Harry Potter is a children's book.

And?

[futuregun]

ha finished it th day.was good, satisfyin endin to th series.whats all this tomfollery about it being a childrens book....an th negative conotations that seem to be goin along with that?
tis a good entertainin fun read.will make a great movie too.

though you should check out the trilogy called " his dark materials" those books ALTHOUGH MEANT FOR YOUNGER READERS(or rather that they are able to easily be followed) are still v.good. an sort of stay within th same vibe of th potter series.

[noodleplugerine]

ha finished it th day.was good, satisfyin endin to th series.whats all this tomfollery about it being a childrens book....an th negative conotations that seem to be goin along with that?
tis a good entertainin fun read.will make a great movie too.

though you should check out the trilogy called " his dark materials" those books ALTHOUGH MEANT FOR YOUNGER READERS(or rather that they are able to easily be followed) are still v.good. an sort of stay within th same vibe of th potter series.

Phillip Pullman's books are infinitely better than the Harry Potter books, although am not so sure of the movie which is being made...

[WezV]

the last book of the dark materials trilogy is excellent - well worth reading.  It makes me happy to know that children are being given books to read that challenge them to think about complex philosophical issues.  I know the film will disapoint me but i will go any see it anyway!

With harry potter i suppose if we compare it to films its the same as being able to enjoy very complex and arty subtitled films one night then watch star wars the next!!!   Lifes all about the variety!

[ToneMonkey]

I didn't drink on Friday (well maybe a couple after work), so that I could give my wife a lift to Borders at midnight.  We got their about 11.15 and got out at about 1am.

She started reading it in the car with a torch and then stayed up until 3 in the morning reading it.  Next day she got up at about 11am and finished the book at 8pm.

Still, I bought a guitar book while I was there and now I must be about twice as good on the axe as I was on Friday, so not a complete loss of the weekend.  (Obviously I was cr@p before).

Anyone want to know who dies.................only joking

[Philly Q]

Still, I bought a guitar book while I was there and now I must be about twice as good on the axe as I was on Friday, so not a complete loss of the weekend.  (Obviously I was cr@p before).

I think I need that book!  Which one is it?

[badgermark]

I read the Dark Materials books when I was a young teen, tried again recently but was bored after the first chapter. Think it's a bit too simply written for my tastes these days.

Saw a trailer for the movie though, looks pretty decent. Though the polar bears look cr@ppy.

[deg0ey]

She started reading it in the car with a torch and then stayed up until 3 in the morning reading it.  Next day she got up at about 11am and finished the book at 8pm.

One of the girls I work with went to a 'Harry Potter Party' at waterstones. Apparently her and her friend won the harry potter quiz (loser). They then sold her the book at midnight, and she went home and read for the next 9 hours until she finished it - now that's dedication :lol:

[ToneMonkey]

Still, I bought a guitar book while I was there and now I must be about twice as good on the axe as I was on Friday, so not a complete loss of the weekend.  (Obviously I was cr@p before).

I think I need that book!  Which one is it?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-Guitar-Handbook-Ralph-Denyer/dp/033032750X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/203-4623755-6235936?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185271214&sr=8-1

But keep in mind that I was particularly cr@p before hand  

[Philly Q]

Ah, I already have that book (a very old copy I've had about 20 years, in fact, with Andy Summers' Hamer guitar on the front)!  :lol:

It's very good for theory stuff, I remember, but I didn't learn nearly as much as you did.  And there I was thinking you'd found a magic book that would make me a better player overnight.  Damn and blast!  I guess I'm a lost cause...