From: Terrie Dorio <Terrie.Dorio>
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 18:02:13 -0700

Like others in public libraries, I haven't seen any lessening of the Harry Potter phenomena. We had our party last Saturday to tie in with Harry's birthday, and also to give everyone a chance to read the book. Ages ranged from 6 on up, and all were well versed in Harry's world, yelling their answers to the trivia questions I asked and generally just enthralled with the books. One change I have noticed is the number of adults who are reserving and reading the book from my library - it seems to increase with each volume in the series. And, as someone else has mentioned, Jim Dale has a large following that wants to hear the book too, and were asking if we had ordered the recorded version before the book came out.




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The kids I have talked to have all loved the Half-Blood Prince, but they also have commented on how sad the book is - they don't seem upset by the ending, just saddened. And that seems to be the first thing they say about the book when we start to discuss it. Now, if Harry, Ron or Hermione had died (or Neville or Fred or George), I think the reaction would have been much stronger. Is it because Dumbledore is old? Or that he gave his life for Harry? Or that they have been expecting it?


Terrie Dorio Santa Monica Public Library Santa Monica, CA terrie.dorio at smgov.net
Received on Thu 04 Aug 2005 08:02:13 PM CDT