[ChocChipCookie]

I don’t think any kids should be reading them.

I don't think anyone should be reading them.

Well, I'm reading Book 1 right now. I found it in a used bookstore for five bucks. It's very interesting and very well-written. My kids are only 8 and 5, but I figured someday they might want to read Harry Potter, and I want to have read them first.

[oneamericanvoice]

Good for you. And what you will find, if you haven’t already, are the values that you most probably espouse, like family, friends, loyalty, respect, courage, scholarship, sportsmanship, the triumph of good over evil, and Christmas. Good reading! Enjoy!

[MarkL]

Well, I'm reading Book 1 right now. I found it in a used bookstore for five bucks. It's very interesting and very well-written. My kids are only 8 and 5, but I figured someday they might want to read Harry Potter, and I want to have read them first.

I had no interest in Harry Potter at all. I was "hard core LotR," but one night I was bored, and the first movie was coming on TV, so I figured, "what the heck," and I really enjoyed it. So, I started reading the books, and I was hooked! The movies are good (and the latest movie, "Order of the Phoenix" is, IMHO the closest to the books of any of the movies) but the books are far better. There's a lot of subtle humor in the books that you just can't get in a movie.

Mark