I never thought I would, but I'm reading Harry Potter fan fiction, and love it! (even though it's winter reading down here....
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The author is Barb Purdom, and she's written an alternative book 5, and has also done her version of books 6 and 7 in the HP series. These books are seriously well written, and HUGE. If you like the HP books and are sick of waiting for JKR to release her book6, you'd do well to trot over to the Yahoo groups (what's the URL....hmmm, ah here it is:
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Psychic_Serpent)... you won't regret it!
Craig (reading the alternative book 7-HP and the Triangle Prophecy)