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hehe that's good then 3nodding I don't like books that involve science..if science comes into it I just put it down sweatdrop

yeah, just because I think the stories had more depth and it was more theological science..the science I don't like reading about is the modern mumbo jumbo...protons and electrons and physics or anything that is related to chemistry...the CSI type stuff

lol yeah exactly xp
Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" was a bit like that at the beginning but once you read past it it got alot better..it was more about art 3nodding

ah right, I didn't know how old you were. I'm 18. I've never really liked Teen books to be honest, even when I was 13-15 sweatdrop Even though the Dan Brown books are written for adults it's really not difficult language...you could easily read them I think...he's not very good at writing to be honest, I've come across better authors linguistically.

dunno if I mentioned this before but have you ever read Terry Pratchett's books about the Discworld?

I've actually read all of the Harry Potter books believe it or not...they're enjoyable but I'm not REALLY into them...I think she gets far too much credit for her books...she just happened to be around at the right time to get children reading again..I think authors like Phillip Pullman are much better writers technically and linguistically...plus they have original ideas..most of J.K.Rowling's ideas are taken from elsewhere...like trolls and three-headed dogs and the whole wizard school thing was taken from books called The Worst Witch which was about a young girl who goes to witch school..which were written before Rowling wrote hers...

I do like the books..they're enjoyable..and the whole thing about Snape in the last book, got me wanting to read the next asap...but...I think she gets too much credit for what they are..and the whole merchandise thing really annoys me...

wahey someone agrees with me! usually people start defending harry potter. I like the books yeah but it is overated. Other people write better and don't get as much credit for it and I think it's unfair. But that's how the world works.
I mean, you can basically buy anything with Harry Potter on it...and it's so over the top. It's one think to like Harry Potter and another to buy curtains, mugs and even mobile phone covers with harry potter on... sweatdrop I know it earns alot of money but if I wrote a book I don't think I'd sign a contract to let them make merchandise like that.

yeah, there's a difference between having a film and having some merchandise and having it over the top. For instance, the Discworld series by Terry Pratchetter has been made into animated cartoons, and they sell figurines of the characters..but that's about it really...it's not over the top poorly made toys. Also, even though the da vinci code is huge, they don't have merchandise for that. I suppose people take advantage of kids books because they know they can sell toys. I wouldn't mind if the toys were decent but they're really pathetic, even though kids like them.

And it's true that when people think of harry potter the first thing they think of is the films...they should think of the books..since they came first. It's probably the same with lord of the rings, except that's a classic and so people do remember it's a book.
And I certainly agree that Daniel Radcliffe can't act. Whoever chose to have him as the lead role was dumb. He's so wooden...and I can't understand how young kiddies even think he's sexy?! sweatdrop The girl who plays Hermione is great...and Ron is ok too..but harry...not for me.

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