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Merri · 01-03-2003, 12:24 PM

Well, I managed to convert me. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Let me explain.

I've been obsessed with Harry Potter since Middle School (I'm a Junior now), and last year, when the first movies came out, I read an article in Time magazine saying something about how Lord of the Rings was better than HP. I got extremely indignant, thinking, What little upsmart journalist thinks that LOTR is better than HP? And I decided that I'd better see what all the fuss was about. So, I read the Hobbit (I've had a copy gathering dust in my bookshelf since third grade), and loved it. I made my mom buy me the other three books, and I finished them in a week. At the end, I thought, Well, you know, that journalist does know what he's talking about, and I felt much more amiable towards him after that [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

All my friends are already LOTR-fans and anti-Harry Potter, so I was the only one left to 'convert' [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]

[ January 03, 2003: Message edited by: Merri ]

01-03-2003, 12:24 PM	#18
Merri Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Shire Posts: 221	Well, I managed to convert me. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Let me explain. I've been obsessed with Harry Potter since Middle School (I'm a Junior now), and last year, when the first movies came out, I read an article in Time magazine saying something about how Lord of the Rings was better than HP. I got extremely indignant, thinking, What little upsmart journalist thinks that LOTR is better than HP? And I decided that I'd better see what all the fuss was about. So, I read the Hobbit (I've had a copy gathering dust in my bookshelf since third grade), and loved it. I made my mom buy me the other three books, and I finished them in a week. At the end, I thought, Well, you know, that journalist does know what he's talking about, and I felt much more amiable towards him after that [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] All my friends are already LOTR-fans and anti-Harry Potter, so I was the only one left to 'convert' [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img] [ January 03, 2003: Message edited by: Merri ] __________________ Knowledge is just opinion that you trust enough to act upon. -Children of the Mind, by Orson Scott Card.