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 Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:40 am
My roommate is reading it for the first time and is getting super into it. She's on the goblet of fire. I've warned her that s**t starts getting real near the end. She's also one of those people that gets super into things and makes little aww and oh no noises when something big happens. It's kind of adorable.
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 10:43 am
I haven't read them in a while, but I'm still more of a Tolkien fan. Hobbit FTW talk2hand
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Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:00 am
I've... never read the hobbit, or the LotR trilogy. emo
Funny enough, I have read the Simarilion and the lost tales of Numenor and loved them, so I probably would like the others if I got going with them.
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:43 am
Harry Potter was best around The Order of the Phoenix, when it was all dark and angsty. They were a quick read, though.
I'm apparently of the same camp though. Tolkein > Rowling.
I enjoyed Silmarillion, even though it was a heavy read. I only started it because of the Hobbit etc, though; background info is cool. Speaking of which, totally seeing the Hobbit today. razz
Totally never heard of Pottermore.Now I'm looking at it, I find it interesting in the same way I find most newer forms of media interesting. I may have to play with it.
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Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 9:12 am
I poked around pottermore just so I could get sorted, but I lost interest before that happened and never came back sweatdrop
I am such a huge worldbuilding nerd that I had to like the Simarillion. All that delicious fake history.
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:54 am
To answer your question, I'll point you towards my 'London' thread where I have photos from the Harry Potter studio tour. rofl I think I took over 300 photos that day... Having said that, I've always loved the books far, far more than the movies.
I read LOTR and the Hobbit in primary school, when I was first getting into fantasy novels. Perhaps I was too young, but I just found them a bit long winded and I've never been tempted to give them a second shot. I've tried watching the first movie about three times and never made it past the first half hour, much to Kav's disgust! So yes, definitely firmly in the Potter camp on this one!
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:46 pm
Not reading the LOTR books should be a crime punishable by death blaugh just kidding but seriously.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 7:52 am
Oooh, lucky roommate. Sometimes I wish I could erase the HP books from my memory so I read them for the first time again. There's nothing quite like reading a book series through for the first time.
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Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:51 am
adesto, will you suspend my sentence if I promise to read them in the future?
l3roken5oul, I know how you feel. There's nothing like reading a great book for the very first time.
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 2:21 am
The best authors are the ones that manage to make a book feel new when you read them again. ^.^ I love Terry Pratchett and Jasper Fforde, because every time I pick up one of their books I notice a reference or joke that I didn't realise the first time around.
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Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:20 pm
Lea Fealith adesto, will you suspend my sentence if I promise to read them in the future? l3roken5oul, I know how you feel. There's nothing like reading a great book for the very first time. The council of Elrond will withhold judgement if you agree to correct this blasphemy xD
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Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 5:32 pm
Lea Fealith She's also one of those people that gets super into things and makes little aww and oh no noises when something big happens. It's kind of adorable. My favorite book was the 3rd book. I loved the Marauder's Map and the story behind the whole Messrs crew, I really want a prequel book or series about that group. Never read Tolkien, hated the LotR movies and generally don't get along with people who get a hardon over LotR sweatdrop Just an observation I've made. I also really liked the Artemis Fowl books. 3nodding The ones after Eternity Code kinda lose steam though, imo. :C
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Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:58 am
Artimis Fowl was one of those books I always knew about but never read. Back when I worked at the book store they were very popular with the kids.
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:58 am
I've read them all and enjoyed them (fave: Prisoner of Azkaban), but don't think they're top level stuff. I prefer Dianna Wynne Jones any day (e.g. Howl's Moving Castle, Hexwood, Archer's Goon). However I enjoyed them way more than Tolkien - I read the first two LoTR books and was very bored sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 7:07 am
Alini I've read them all and enjoyed them (fave: Prisoner of Azkaban), but don't think they're top level stuff. I prefer Dianna Wynne Jones any day (e.g. Howl's Moving Castle, Hexwood, Archer's Goon). However I enjoyed them way more than Tolkien - I read the first two LoTR books and was very bored sweatdrop Yeah, they are fun, but they aren't even my favorite children's fantasy books. Those are the Dealing With Dragon series. The main character becomes essentially an archivist for a dragon and I think that's why I am an archivist now. sweatdrop I read the arabesque DWJ book, with the flying carpet etc, but I don't remember any of it, so I can't say it had much of an effect on me. Maybe if I had read it when I was younger I would have enjoyed it more. I like the movie version of Howl's though.
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