the department of mysteries (3 Viewers)

[eLmo]

I finished reading Irresistible Poison!!

I'm gonna give this fanfic a plug - Its very very good
http://rhysenn.morethanart.org/ip/

It sorta kept me mesmerised...
..now I can concentrate on studying argh!

 

[Mini]

i read riley's pawn to queen - i had never read fanfic b4 and i thought this was awesome.
will get around to reading irresistable poison - but i have to get through exams first!!!

 

[Sarah168]

:mad1: Can we steer this thread back to the REAL harry potter books?

 

[eLmo]

Originally posted by Sarah168
:mad1: Can we steer this thread back to the REAL harry potter books?

well you can start steering us away from the fanfic conversation- we will follow your lead....

 

[rumour]

Originally posted by Sarah168
:mad1: Can we steer this thread back to the REAL harry potter books?

Yes, please!!!!

 

[Lundy]

I've started re-reading the books from the beginning. That's like my holiday time-waster plan.

 

[rumour]

Originally posted by Lundy
I've started re-reading the books from the beginning. That's like my holiday time-waster plan.

I want to read OoP again, but I don't have the time

 

[Sarah168]

Just read the best bits. skip the OOTP HQ and go straight to the action at the end!

 

[Lundy]

I'm almost through the first one, which I haven't read for like 3 years. Compared with the last few books, it's like so, young, or something. It seems much more aimed at children than the later ones. If HP hadn't had been so hyped up, I probably wouldn't have read past the first book.

Wow, that makes me sound like such a bandwagon-jumper-on-erer

 

[eLmo]

i re-read PoA before i saw the movie - and i'm reading it again (after seeing the movie) .. I'll probably re-read all 5 again during the hols

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by eLmo
i re-read PoA before i saw the movie

I planned to read PoA before I saw it but assessments just caught up with me

 

[toryn]

Yah, like many others, I've been planning to reread the whole series again. I don't it'll take that long, though, since I don't do homework or assignments or study...

By the way, I recommend NOT reading OotP 3 times in 2-3 weeks, or even in the same term. It just gets more and more painful. I really didn't find OotP all that fantastic. I can't judge the last two books until J. K. actually writes and releases them, but books 4 and 5 were a bit of a let-down for me. I hope that doesn't indicate a decrease in quality as the series ties up...

And (I've heard the argument before) don't say it's because I'm some weakling who can't read long books: my pet book is Magician by Raymond E. Feist (approx. 850pgs), and the average length of books I read is generally around 500-600 pages, I suppose.

Besides, short books are cool.

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by toryn
I really didn't find OotP all that fantastic.

oh come on! the 4th book is a let down but the 5th book was MAD!

 

[bubz :D]

Originally posted by eLmo
i re-read PoA before i saw the movie - and i'm reading it again (after seeing the movie) .. I'll probably re-read all 5 again during the hols

hahah i was reading PoA up til the minute the ads came on before the movie!

all the other books... last year, i had all of them scattered next to my bed, and whenever i got bored i'd pick a random one up and start reading from a random page.

i was (am) obsessed. o__O

Originally posted by Sarah168
oh come on! the 4th book is a let down but the 5th book was MAD!

!

i love book four!!

 

[toryn]

Originally posted by Sarah168
oh come on! the 4th book is a let down but the 5th book was MAD!

I still think book three is the best. Book 5 felt a bit... fake to me. Rowling seemed to be trying to hard to grind the story out, and the characters gain new depths of annoying-ness.

If you enjoyed it, that's fine. Read it a couple more times and tell me what you think.

 

[Sarah168]

I know now why I love Book 5 more than Book 4!!!

Book 4 didnt really let out secrets, if you know what I mean. Yeah, there was the Triwizard Cup but nothing new was really revealed about Harry's world. Book 5 was just so exciting, with all these secrets being unveiled all over the place. Mrs Figg, Harry's fate, the Ministry of Magic, Thestrals, Department of Mysteries!!

 

[Lexicographer]

I came into this thread expecting interesting discussion about literature.

Instead I got Harry Potter.

 

[pc_wizz]

i have started to reread the books ... up to the second one ...

COS is kinda dodgy at the beginning ...


pcwizz

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by Lexicographer
I came into this thread expecting interesting discussion about literature.

Instead I got Harry Potter.

OUT!!

 

[Silver Rose]

All the HP books are on my huge list of things to read (or re-read) after the HSC... along with most of the rest of my bookshelf.