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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
As one who could be judged guilty of 'ageism'  I presume with respect to my comments about Harry Potter (the first book in the series) being a good choice for discussion let me clarify and defend myself. I did comment that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was the only book of the series that I have read. To be fair to myself and others who either have not read any of the series or only this one book it is that book that is a potential selection. Discussion of subsequent books in the series would to my mind not be within the scope of this discussion. That's a problem with any book series, even if the book in question is the first in the series as here. That said I guess that I am an ageist in that having read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone it does seem to me that there is not much to talk about there. However, that's just my opinion, and my motivation in casting my vote. Let everyone vote for what they would like to win and whatever wins let it be so I say.   |
While I seem to have hit a nerve, at no point do I single you out, nor was it my intention. I would have responded to you directly (via quotation) were that the case.
I was responding to what I felt was the overall "mood of the room" as well as other comments I'd heard in general about the Potter series by those who have not read it. It is the reason I stated "The Issue with the Potter books..." as in, I recognize it as a known issue by those of us who have read the entire series!!