The Dark Side
I’ve finally went over to the dark side - I’ve started reading through Harry Potter series. 
I’ve finished the first book so far… thoughts? Standard kid’s affair, and I really don’t understand what the hoopla’s about, but I have to give it to Ms. Rowling for the very interesting world that she creates. Characters are too predictable and flat, and storyline is quite straight forward but the environment in which the characters live is enhanting and charming.
The only other thing that I’ve felt - and this is a serious matter from my view - is that it seems to be missing a heart… Sort of like big hollywood-ized version of your favourite story that doesn’t seem to have captured the feel…
So, my favourite children’s book author continues to be Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Roald Dahl.
L Said,
December 2, 2003 @ 1:41 pm
I never read the Little Prince in English. We read Le Petit Prince in Grade 8 in French Immersion class. Did they ever find out more about the circumstances around Saint-Exupery’s death?
When I was a child I read a lot of Encyclopedia Brown. I think Gordon Korman was my favourite author though. His books were so readable. At an even younger age it would be Robert Munsch. I also liked the upside-down picture books where you read the story one way, and then finished it by turning the book over and reading it upside down.
Daniel Said,
December 2, 2003 @ 6:01 pm
Gordon Korman…. his name rings a bell…
PakG1 Said,
December 2, 2003 @ 6:43 pm
Gordon Korman and Brian Jacques rocked!
L Said,
December 2, 2003 @ 9:38 pm
The books I read from Gordon Korman were
This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall
Go Jump In The Pool
Beware The Fish
I Want To Go Home
Bugs Potter LIVE at Nickaninny
The War With Mr. Wizzle
No Coins Please
AND
Something Fishy At Macdonald Hall
Wow…I used to read a lot back then!
PakG1 Said,
December 6, 2003 @ 9:08 pm
lol, also read
Zucchini Warriors
Who is Bugs Potter?
Life in the Semester of a Garbage Can
McDonald Hall Goes Hollywood
Don’t Care High
And at least two others, can’t remember the titles. One was about a guy at a special arts high school, who ends up campaigning against his dad over corporate expansion. The other was about… I can’t remember anymore. And I’m sure there were more.
He rocked. 