I say the ending should have been something like this: [hide=Ending. Spoilers.]Centaurs swarm the school, killing everyone. Dumbledore comes back and reveals he's a transvestite. And then marries Voldemort. And they have snake children. And then unicorns impale the children. And Voldemort and Dumbledore combine to destroy Delaware, striking a vicious blow at America.

 

 

 

Oh, wait. It's Delaware.[/hide]

Eragon series

 

Golden Compass series

 

cirque de Freak series

 

Harry Potter series

 

Sea of Trolls series

 

 

 

Read them all last school year and loved them.

Definitely the Eragon series. Waiting on the third book coming next month. I still haven't watched the movie, and don't play to, as not to ruin how I imagine everything. :

Ok people who thought the last Harry Potter book was rubbish please reply with reason.

 

 

 

I just got back from holiday and during that 1 week I read it twice. I thought it was brilliant and I intend to read Half Blood Prince so I remember what the film will be like once it comes out.

 

 

 

Although it did get a bit slow at times with all the planning and camping around at times, I loved it and cant understand why some people who have read the series dont like it. Even with the 19 Years Later part, that was good and completely needed as without it there would of been far to many thing left hanging, like the endings of the realtionships.

 

 

 

Also got my The Tales of Beedle the Bard on pre order =]

I agree with fatbill that you guys take hating Deathly Hallows too far without giving a legit reason.

 

 

 

Personally I loved the book. However, I do have gripes. The main one is the final fight with Voldemort. Now, JKR spent a good amount of time building up to the fact that Harry was going to have to eventually kill Voldemort, losing his much-vaunted purity in the process. This was really a great move, as it would have been the ultimate sacrifice in order to save the wizarding world. But then we get this near-deus ex machina where Harry can't be hurt by the Elder Wand and uses Expelliarmus to bounce Voldy's curse back at him. He is still pure, never having committed "the one great act of evil" by killing Voldemort directly. Frankly, it was a disappointment.

 

 

 

Then there was the hundred or so pages of them wandering around in the woods, which was pointless and boring. And the epilogue, which reads like fanfiction and was just in general blegh. But besides those, I liked DH. Please, if you liked it less than I did, provide some justification.

My favorite series was Series of Unfortunate events. Too bad it ended.... :cry:

 

 

 

Although my favorite genre is anime.

The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker the books are Black, Red, White. All the books he writes are all linked together somehow. I really suggest reading them.

The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. So far I'm only half way through the first one lol, but I'm loving it.

 

Harry Potter is decent but my brother made me hate it by reading it 24/7 and ignoring me.

Its fair that you want a reason.

 

 

 

The ending, explained by Anor, was a disappointment. I expected the battle to be more epic, I liked the rest of the book, just not the ending. If the epilogue counted as the book, instead of a side-story, it would be bad enough to bring the book down. I would of enjoyed the ending more if Rowling made it longer, more epic and tense, with losses and wins'.

 

 

 

On another note I went to Barnes & Noble to get Breaking Dawn.

 

 

 

I may start the Twilight series.

I may start the Twilight series.

 

 

 

Dear God don't. If you value your sanity, don't. Breaking Dawn is the worst of them all too.

It's that bad?

Do comics count? I like Calvin and Hobbes.

 

 

 

Here's one of my favorites: http://www.transmogrifier.org/ch-img/ch940109.gif

I hate comics... too short and too many ads in them :|

I used to get into them when i was young but there is something about the books that feature children saving the day, especially young children (i.e. golden compass, narnia, harry potter and to a lesser extent (excuse the pun) lord of the rings). Its nice to read them when you are young but to me now it just seems like they are unbelievable, and that a fully grown person could do a much better and more efficient job. This grinds my gears especially when they all ahve to use their individual skills to save the day.

 

 

 

anyhoo thats just my opinion. OT im surprised at how most people seem to just read the cuurent literature. When i was growing up (im 22) i read alot of ernest hemingway, asimov, arthur c clarke and john wyndham. plus heaps of other science fiction.

So I take I'm particularly well-read and have an interest in writing...Because I really got pissed off at her style.Its very little plot,more day-to-day things.If I wanted that,I'd read a damn diary!Really,it got worse after Azkaban (Goblet onwards,really disliked) and the final nail for the coffin was the last half of Hallows.It was just a bit stupid that after 7 books coincidentally you realise the cloak is a (Hallow?).No mention about how long cloaks last till then.At all.

 

 

 

I studied literature at university, both General/Comparative and English Literature, and HP is a well-known study subject that interests both students and professors. So I'm not sure if it has a lot to do with being well-read or knowing how to write. Merely its huge popularity and resonance make the books interesting, apart from generic studies (fantasy, bildungsroman,...), linguistic/sociological/... studies. Then again, I know people who wrote their masters about Harry Potter fanfiction, so yeah :P.

 

 

 

Quite frankly, I enjoyed the series, and I've read most of the canonised masterpieces of the English literature. That's precisely why it's so much fun to study the series, to find out why we love it so much, while it may very well be forgotten in a century or two. I agree some parts of book 7 were sloppy, though. I simply hated the epilogue, the most disappointing final pages of any book I've ever read. But I understand why it was hard for her to resist writing them. I guess it was closure for her as well, apart from the huge responsibility she must have felt towards her fans, and her bosses.

I think I would agree with you two Anor and IeatWindex, that the points that you made with the huge build up then short follow though but still thought it was a good book and ending.

 

 

 

Just read the first Gossip Girl book as well, ive heard good and bad things about it but found it to be quite good and funny in seeing the difference between the book and tv series.

Robin Hobb.

 

 

 

The Realm of the Elderlings.

 

The Farseer Trilogy.

 

Liveship Traders Trilogy.

 

The Tawny Man.

 

Soldier Son Trilogy.

 

 

 

Probably the best books I've ever read.

Pretty much only read the star wars books, the stuff in the story line that isn't in the movies, mostly the stuff after episode 6.

 

 

 

The Harry Potter series was good too.

Book:Stormbreaker

 

Book series:Alex Rider Series

 

Genre:Fiction

Favourite book series: DragonLance series by Margaret Wies and Tracy Hickman.

 

Favourite book: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien.

 

Favourite genre: Fantasy.

Look's like it's Fantasy genre ftw.

I just began reading A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. I'm halfway through the first book and I'm already in love.

 

 

 

I must warn the young reader, though, it can be pretty . . . erm . . . lewd.

 

 

 

 

 

Finally got the chance to read Superior Saturday and was throroughly disappointed. Too short, and right when the action was building it suddenly cut off in a huge cliffhanger. The last two books have been pretty disappointing. Lord Sunday had better make up for it, or the series officially ends at Sir Thursday.

My favorite series was Series of Unfortunate events. Too bad it ended.... :cry:

 

 

 

Although my favorite genre is anime.

 

 

 

What I hated about the series was that Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler, whoever you want to call him, was so desperate to have exactly 13 books for the unluckiness that he left tons of questions unanswered. We had to resort to the speculations for some decent answers.

My favorite series was Series of Unfortunate events. Too bad it ended.... :cry:

 

 

 

Although my favorite genre is anime.

 

 

 

What I hated about the series was that Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler, whoever you want to call him, was so desperate to have exactly 13 books for the unluckiness that he left tons of questions unanswered. We had to resort to the speculations for some decent answers.

 

That problem could of easily been solved with a bigger book.

My favorite series was Series of Unfortunate events. Too bad it ended.... :cry:

 

 

 

Although my favorite genre is anime.

 

 

 

What I hated about the series was that Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler, whoever you want to call him, was so desperate to have exactly 13 books for the unluckiness that he left tons of questions unanswered. We had to resort to the speculations for some decent answers.

 

That problem could of easily been solved with a bigger book.

 

I'm pretty sure he also wanted 13 chapters each book though... :roll: (Longer chapters? 13 epilogues?)

 

By the way, I'm into Stone of Tears now. Wizard's First Rule was good I guess, didn't have me keep reading like some other books did, but good nonetheless.