http://newcritics.disqus.com/the best in web criticismenThu, 05 Apr 2007 11:11:32 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/03/in-search-of-harry-potter/#comment-1374640<p>I like the books, too, but also can never remember them by the time the new one comes out. Or the new movie comes out, which usually leaves me surprised a bit. At this point I'm just too invested in the characters to stop.</p><p>Which of the films did you see? Because I thought the first two were terrible, but the last two were much better, especially the one by Cuarón.</p>ClaireThu, 05 Apr 2007 11:11:32 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/03/in-search-of-harry-potter/#comment-1374639<p>Tom, The Potter books are worth reading. Very, very fun and the plot twists and intrigue would make Dickens proud.</p><p>My wife is a librarian and was several years ago working in the children's department. You can not imagine the impact of these books. Kids who never picked up a book on their own were reading them several times over.</p><p>Each time a new book comes out you almost have to reread all the previous ones to remind yourself and keep up with the story. My wife has read them all at least twice due to this. These books are full of detail and are very well planned out.</p><p>The NY Times was forced to separate children's literature from the best seller's list because nobody could break through. Publishers were pissed. Completely unfair when you consider that adults are as much into the books as kids. What book/s have had such impact?</p><p>Our local library has three branches. When the latest super hot pop-novel is released the library orders about 10 copies per branch. The Potter books get about 60 per branch and the waiting list gets long.</p><p>My wife has disallowed my soon to be 8 year old from seeing the movies until he is old enough to read the books first. (I go along with it but am not as adamant as she is.) Why limit the kid's imagination? The movies do a fair job but like most movies, they can't equal the books.</p><p>As far as I'm concerned, in children's literature, Rowling and Seuss are in a league of their own.</p>SlappyWed, 04 Apr 2007 15:20:21 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/03/in-search-of-harry-potter/#comment-1374638<p>Fixed - thanks!</p>Tom WatsonWed, 04 Apr 2007 09:31:54 -0000http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/04/03/in-search-of-harry-potter/#comment-1374637<p>Tom, a technical note: you've posted an image that's two megabytes. If you've got any readers who don't have broadband, it'll kill 'em.</p>estivTue, 03 Apr 2007 22:48:30 -0000