Harry Potter etc

[purple]

Thank you, @badwolf321. That was a fabulous tribute.

@gryffindor24, I love Madeleine L'Engel, although her books aren't all that easy to find over here.

There are several other writers I admire whom I think Harry Potter fans would enjoy. Diana Wynne Jones and Robin McKinley are the first two who come to mind. Joan Aiken is wonderful, and Eva Ibbotson wrote about a magical train station before HP was published. The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix is also worth investigating, and so is Ursula le Guin's Earthsea sequence.

[bookninja]

HP nerd here! Lol, if I had all the time I've spent reading (and writing, for a brief time) Harry Potter fanfic... I could have accomplished something. I don't know what, but something!
I liked Luna and Sirius, but my favorite character will always be Harry himself.
I'm jealous! I really want to go to a HP theme park some day! I'm already planning my solo trip to the movies for Fantastic Beasts.

[griffindor24]

It looks like Wyatt is going to be a Potterhead too! He just fell asleep digging through our DVDs and this was in his hands.

[gigi3126]

Jan 15, 2016 22:55:05 GMT -5 griffindor24 said:

Jan 15, 2016 12:13:18 GMT -5 purple said:

It seems that quite a few of us are keen on Harry Potter. I thought it might be fun to have a chat about what we like about the books and possibly recommendations of other writers, and - well, anything you want, really.

I find Rowling's style very readable and I really enjoy all the plays on words. I also like the fact that she's telling a story on many different levels.

I do have a question that I've always wondered about. Why was the title of the first book changed? Rowling didn't invent the concept of the Philosopher's Stone. For hundreds of years many educated people believed it was only a matter of time before it would be found. The Sorceror's Stone, on the other hand, doesn't exist outside the American edition of the first book. It just seems like an odd change to make.

You asked about books that are comparable to HP also and I just thought of some. They are probably my second favorite sort-of children's books. Madeline L'Engles Time Quintet series is great along with all her other books! Start with A Wrinkle in Time and go from there if you want to give them a try!

Love the Madeline L'Engle books! I really wanted to name our dog "fort", but H nixed it. Hater.
There's a book called "The Dark is Rising" that is part of a series too. I don't remember the author, but it has a similar vibe to HP.

[purple]

Jan 16, 2016 18:47:51 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

Jan 15, 2016 22:55:05 GMT -5 griffindor24 said:

You asked about books that are comparable to HP also and I just thought of some. They are probably my second favorite sort-of children's books. Madeline L'Engles Time Quintet series is great along with all her other books! Start with A Wrinkle in Time and go from there if you want to give them a try!

Love the Madeline L'Engle books! I really wanted to name our dog "fort", but H nixed it. Hater.
There's a book called "The Dark is Rising" that is part of a series too. I don't remember the author, but it has a similar vibe to HP.

The series is called The Dark is Rising and I meant to mention it, so thanks! It's by Susan Cooper and the sequence is: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree.

[jessila]

Someone mentioned Garth Nix and I've read his Keys to the Kingdom series which did a decent job creating a parallel universe.

[Bluedaisy]

I apologize in advance for Zombieing this thread. Buuuuttt I finally finished the books and now only have the last couple of movies to watch.

I will admit I loved Ron's character and think the whole "Harry and Hermione should have ended up together" is bs. Even early on in the books Rowling was really playing at the Ron and Hermione chemistry. I think one of my favourite scenes is where she tells him he has the emotional depth of a teaspoon. But I think Ron is just sort of a boy that age who's a little immature and totally doesn't get the social complexities yet.

I LOVED the first two movies. I haven't watched the last two yet but felt like movies 3,4, and 5 really went downhill quickly.

+1 for loving Madeliene L'Engle. I must have read my copy of "Ring of Endless Light" a hundred times. I was also a huge Bruce Coville fan, especially "Goblins in the Castle".

purple, are you going to see the new play??

[jessila]

Bluedaisy I got excited when I saw the thread pop back up bc I've a Potter problem.
I'm currently listening to the 5th book and Hermione recently said the teaspoon quote. It's one of my favorites in the whole series.

I also find it interesting that you like the first 2 movies more than the rest thus far. I'm of the other mind where I prefer the later movies.

Also, my BFF is finally reading the books but had already seend the movies. She said something to me about not knowing Neville's parents were alive. I thought I clearly remembered the St. Mungo's scene in the 5th movie. Apparently my imagination is just awesome and I thought I had seen it.

[Bluedaisy]

jessila, I just hate how much they cut!! DH was saying it would have been awesome if they did extended editions for the blueray so they could have put everything back in.

[jessila]

Feb 27, 2016 11:38:36 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

jessila, I just hate how much they cut!! DH was saying it would have been awesome if they did extended editions for the blueray so they could have put everything back in.

I would give them all my monies for that!!

[gigi3126]

Feb 27, 2016 9:37:28 GMT -5 jessila said:

Bluedaisy I got excited when I saw the thread pop back up bc I've a Potter problem.
I'm currently listening to the 5th book and Hermione recently said the teaspoon quote. It's one of my favorites in the whole series.

I also find it interesting that you like the first 2 movies more than the rest thus far. I'm of the other mind where I prefer the later movies.

Also, my BFF is finally reading the books but had already seend the movies. She said something to me about not knowing Neville's parents were alive. I thought I clearly remembered the St. Mungo's scene in the 5th movie. Apparently my imagination is just awesome and I thought I had seen it.

I have this problem too. I'm always surprised when I'm rewatching the movies and distinctly remember seeing a scene that they cut. H and I will nerd-argue about which scenes are actually in the movies and which we just imagined.