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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/HP Phenomenon
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From: Megan Schliesman <Schliesman>
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:30:07 -0500
Today we'll begin our discussion of the latest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Please keep in mind as you discuss the book that not everyone in the CCBC-Net community has read it, and some may still be planning to. Therefore, to the extent possible, please avoid giving away key plot elements in your posts. If you can't avoid a spoiler, please clearly label your post: SPOILER.
ANd rather than conjecturing about what might happen next, let's try to keep focused on the book as it is. What did you think was especially effective? What disappointed you or didn't work for you?
In addition to the discussion of the sixth Harry Potter book from those who have read it, we are also interested in what you've observed with the release of book six with regard to the ongoing appeal--or lack thereof--of Harry Potter among young fans. Now that all of the media hype and first?y frenzy has dissipated, do you find the book and series continues to hold their attention? Are they finishing book six and starting it over again? Rereading the prevoius books? Or does the magic seem to be wearing off?
When we first planned this discussion a couple of months ago, among the questions we had were: Are new readers continuing to flock to the series? What about the original youthful readers of HP? They've been aging faster than Harry. Seven years after the first book debuted, have many of them, unlike Harry, left Hogwarts behind? Or does it still hold a place in their imaginations?
I know one of the things I noticed in the midst of all the release parties and media coverage in my community was the number of teen readers eagerly awaiting the release. I was pleased to see kids about to enter college who had been 10 or 11 when the first book was published, as well as those just entering high school. But were the ones I saw on tv or in the newspaper the exception or the rule?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608&2?03 fax: 608&2I33 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 04 Aug 2005 08:30:07 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:30:07 -0500
Today we'll begin our discussion of the latest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Please keep in mind as you discuss the book that not everyone in the CCBC-Net community has read it, and some may still be planning to. Therefore, to the extent possible, please avoid giving away key plot elements in your posts. If you can't avoid a spoiler, please clearly label your post: SPOILER.
ANd rather than conjecturing about what might happen next, let's try to keep focused on the book as it is. What did you think was especially effective? What disappointed you or didn't work for you?
In addition to the discussion of the sixth Harry Potter book from those who have read it, we are also interested in what you've observed with the release of book six with regard to the ongoing appeal--or lack thereof--of Harry Potter among young fans. Now that all of the media hype and first?y frenzy has dissipated, do you find the book and series continues to hold their attention? Are they finishing book six and starting it over again? Rereading the prevoius books? Or does the magic seem to be wearing off?
When we first planned this discussion a couple of months ago, among the questions we had were: Are new readers continuing to flock to the series? What about the original youthful readers of HP? They've been aging faster than Harry. Seven years after the first book debuted, have many of them, unlike Harry, left Hogwarts behind? Or does it still hold a place in their imaginations?
I know one of the things I noticed in the midst of all the release parties and media coverage in my community was the number of teen readers eagerly awaiting the release. I was pleased to see kids about to enter college who had been 10 or 11 when the first book was published, as well as those just entering high school. But were the ones I saw on tv or in the newspaper the exception or the rule?
Megan
Megan Schliesman, Librarian Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education, UW-Madison 600 N. Park St., Room 4290 Madison, WI 53706
ph: 608&2?03 fax: 608&2I33 schliesman at education.wisc.edu
Received on Thu 04 Aug 2005 08:30:07 AM CDT
