Harry Potter

[mrspunkysmom]

Ah, taken out of context. Don't you just love that?

So I'm wondering how many people here read Harry Potter? For my first poll, I thought I'd ask if you read the series.

Please, feel free to comment on the books.

I love them. I've also done some researching, but mainly I read the Unofficial Guide and save myself the trouble.

I've never considered reading a book to be trouble.

Neither have I. But when you've read books (for my job) by authors that write only to impress themselves, it is nice to read something easy and straightforward. Of course, JKR's writing is not straightforward, which takes us back to the quoted post. JKR uses literary and historical references in her nomenclature to directly impart or hint at information about a character, event, object, or place. Either you know it or you have to research it. So I use the Unofficial Guides as a starting place. Saves a lot of time.

You can get the gist of the story from the unofficial guide but that's it. It would not be any fun reading the guide and not read the books.