I think it's great that the kids love it though, anything that gets them reading instead of vegging in front of reality TV is a good thing.
On 7/20/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then why read 'em? For me, a good story cannot carry a poorly written > > book....that's why i can always read Stephen King. Even when his story > is > > weak, his writing is always good. > > indeed. Why read them? > > i dunno. It's a strange thing. I slogged through the first 3 of the HP > books. Didn't care for the style, the prose, etc. and i was not > impressed at Rowling's skills for pilfering other, better writer's > ideas. > > I decided to give up on them. I read the end of Half Blood Prince and > in discussing the book with people who _had_ read the whole thing > found that I had read the most interesting bit. > > My son (who just turned 13) loves the books. > > FWIW this article's take on spoilers is pretty close to how I feel about > it too: > > http://www.businessweek.com/careers/content/jul2007/ca20070718_121031.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily > > > > -- > will > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > and that would just be unacceptable." > - Carrie Fisher > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238724 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
