From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:28:42 -0500

Thanks, Robin, for your insightful and spoiler-free comments. Not having had the time nor the impetus you did to finish this weekend, I am not too far into the book yet myself, though I am glad to hear the pace picks up after the first 340 pages, as I am finding it rather slow-going. But then I have always felt that way with each book before Harry gets to Hogwarts; it just seems that with each volume, it takes him longer and longer to get there. There do seem to be a lot of unnecessary, although interesting, details that slow down the pace considerably. Ah, the luxury of having a captive audience!

When will Warner Brothers issue a portable Harry Potter dictionary stand so we have a convenient way to hold the book while reading? It would be nice if they would come up with some truly useful merchandise.

KT

Kathleen T. Horning, Director Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706

horning at education.wisc.edu Voice: 608&3721 Fax: 608&2I33 www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/
Received on Mon 23 Jun 2003 11:28:42 AM CDT