Kiith-Somtaaw

I believe you like Marathon. I dont know, its hard to notice.

rawr

Do you get told when someone replies to your comment?

Look, comment spamming is back :D!

Maybe with v4.

*Charges through open field guns blazing*

:dead:

AND STAY OUT

STARCRAFT SUCKS

DO A BARREL ROLL!

Thanks for the comments. :)

I read up to and including the 5th book, the Order of the Phoenix. But that was back when I was 13, so I can barely remember anything. When the 6th book came out in 2005 I had completely lost interest by then.

Just scanning the Wiki page on HP, I see that the critics mostly praise just the writing itself, but this quote makes me think twice: "John Granger...believes the books carry a "mother-lode" of deeper literary and symbolic meaning than meets the eye."

I'll admit I'm probably just jealous (wrong word?) though. A lot of people at work keep talking about Harry Potter.

Oh btw. My definition of a good book is one that: 1) has style and substance to the writing 2) includes concepts and philosophy for the reader to ponder 3) relates to the real world in its concepts and philosophy 4) uses cliche tastefully...I've probably missed some points, but there you go. I guess what I'm trying to say is, like a good movie, the book will go past trying to simply entertain; it needs to make a point. Authors have something they want to say, to throw out to the world, just like everyone else. If whatever they want to say isn't developed enough, then the book will suffer. For example - my definition of a good book isn't developed, so it sounds rushed, stupid, etc.

:P