A question

[mary_j_59]

I've noticed that some of my posts get no response at all, while others get lots of comments. To give two examples, NOBODY responded to my post about Green Knowe. And those books are, in my opinion, really beautiful - possibly among the best fantasies ever written, and I'd be happy to talk about them. No one responded to the clip of Michelle Paver and the wolves. And that, too, is a very well-written series, in which the teen protagonists grow in believable ways. I had one response to the news that Megan Whalen Turner's fourth Attolia book is actually coming out. Then I put up a post about how unhappy I am with Harry Potter these days, and suddenly there's an intense discussion about Snape and his character going on. Okay, it's true, I love Snape. But at this point, two years after the last book, no one's mind is going to be changed about him. At least, I don't think so.

Is it the case that people visit here only for my posts on Snape? Just wondering.

Comments

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

Yes - unfortunately, those of us who were mostly here for the Harry Potter fandom, and who then found that DH ruined Harry Potter entirely, will have less reason to hang out on livejournal. But I do follow some political blogs, so I'll certainly keep an eye on yours still, if it's still active.

BTW, I'm doing a brief follow-up post so people can see what on earth I'm talking about. It's true you and I have different tastes in literature - I love good fantasy for children, and have since I was a child. But, if there is one thing I'd like you to understand, it's that the Potter books are not good fantasy. Not good children's fantasy - not any kind of good fantasy. It would be a shame to be turned off of an entire branch of literature just because of these books.

The Attolia books aren't fantasy, anyway. They could be seen as alternate history/political intrigue, set in a country very like Renaissance Greece. As for Paver, take a look at this link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30965518/ns/today-today_books/

It's the first few pages of Wolf Brother, and if any reader, after reading them, didn't feel for this kid and want to know what would happen to him, I'd be really surprised.

Wolf Brother

[terri-testing.livejournal.com]

Seeing is believing, yes