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Merri · 01-28-2003, 02:20 PM

I first read The Lord of the Rings the summer before the movies came out. Everybody was saying that LOTR was better than Harry Potter, and I started getting quite irritated, thinking: Those people don't know what they're talking about- nothing can be better than Harry Potter. On second thought, though, I decided that maybe I'd better see what all the fuss was about. I picked up The Hobbit, and was immediately hooked. I finished Lord of the Rings in a week.

Now, I still don't think that Lord of the Rings is better than Harry Potter. They're both very different books, and excellent in their own rights.

Phew. I'm done now.

01-28-2003, 02:20 PM	#14
Merri Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 221	I first read The Lord of the Rings the summer before the movies came out. Everybody was saying that LOTR was better than Harry Potter, and I started getting quite irritated, thinking: Those people don't know what they're talking about- nothing can be better than Harry Potter. On second thought, though, I decided that maybe I'd better see what all the fuss was about. I picked up The Hobbit, and was immediately hooked. I finished Lord of the Rings in a week. Now, I still don't think that Lord of the Rings is better than Harry Potter. They're both very different books, and excellent in their own rights. Phew. I'm done now. __________________ Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon. -Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card.