Well, we've read all three (my wife, me, my 8-year old) I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I stayed up until midnight to finish the third one simply because it was the only time I could read it without fighting over who's turn it was with the rest of the family. They are quite well done. Its rather astounding how they work over such a wide age spectrum. My kid can't wait for Halloween....he's already bought an old broom and painted it to look like a FireBolt. George Kramer Ashland, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: Marilyn Harper <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:57 AM Subject: Harry Potter and the . . . > Ilene wrote: > > "Any of you-all read any of the new Harry Potter books? I might feel > silly buying them for myself, but I am curious." > > I read the first one last Christmas three times (feeling like an > idiot, of course). Harry is a cool kid--very 11-year-old, in spite of > the sorcerer stuff, some of the details are really neat, like the > every flavor jelly beans (he really means EVERY flavor), his truly > icky non-sorcerer relatives. And I'm a sucker for those "plucky young > hero defends the world against the forces of evil" books anyhow (the > brain obviously still thinks it's ten, although the rest of the body > is all too clear that that is not the case). > > Haven't read either of the other two--only in hard back with waiting > lists a mile long. Would gladly do so if one drifted by. > > Marilyn >