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Post by empertgrinson on Nov 23, 2009 17:41:24 GMT -5
GUESS WHAT BOOK IS THE TOP BOOK OF THE DECADE?.. .... ...... HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by JK Rowling
Bloomsbury, 2007 £8.99
If you don’t know what a Muggle is by now, you’re either Rip van Winkle or enormously stubborn. This is the seventh and final instalment in Rowling’s record-breaking series about Harry Potter, the world’s most famous lightning-scarred boy wizard and his tribulations with Lord Voldemort. We’ve seen Harry grow from a spindly, messy-haired 11-year-old into a heroic young adult. Children have grown up with him, finding in his battles metaphors for their own. This volume alone sold 15 million copies in the first 24 hours after it was published. Whether wickedly skewering suburbia, or bringing Harry, Ron and Hermione into mortal danger, Rowling is never less than absorbing. Some may sneer at her books, but they are triumphant sagas about the defeat of evil that tap into our basic hunger for stories. Most importantly, she makes reading a 700-page book seem easy. This one even has a quotation from Aeschylus as its epigraph. It stands as a cornerstone of the decade, a melding of high and low culture that appeals to all ages and nations. Sauc ye: www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/6554803/100-books-that-defined-the-noughties.htmlCongrats, Jo! This is - by far - my favourite book. Ever.
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Post by ~Katie~ on Nov 23, 2009 18:06:16 GMT -5
WoW! ...... Me likey. And this is what counts. Not some fangirl screams or high numbers because someone have seen the movie 10 times in 2 days.
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Post by empertgrinson on Nov 23, 2009 18:10:08 GMT -5
^ Exacly! And not only do I love this series sfm, but I think Jo deserves it. She's such a giving and lovely woman. Deathly Hallows was brilliantly written!
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Post by *Jess* on Nov 23, 2009 21:58:43 GMT -5
Wow! There are some amazing books pretty high up on this list, so it is really brilliant that Deathly Hallows took the top spot. I really think that within the next 10 to 20 years, these books will be considered classics. Some schools are already starting to study SS/PS. Awesome.
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Post by Simba on Nov 24, 2009 5:52:38 GMT -5
Yay! ;D There was never a doubt about it. Jo deserves it more than anyone else.
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Post by millas on Nov 24, 2009 6:35:42 GMT -5
Congrats to Jo! Harry Potter is epic.
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Post by Hepburn Addict on Nov 24, 2009 13:02:29 GMT -5
That's really awesome! Jo totally deserves such an honour! ;D Looks like the snobs were out in full force and critical of HP being number 1. Whatever. They should be glad that Twilight wasn't number one. NOW that would be tragic.
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Post by empertgrinson on Nov 25, 2009 14:00:34 GMT -5
^ Yeah, Twilight was 30 something. lol! loserss
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Post by ~Katie~ on Nov 25, 2009 15:26:31 GMT -5
^^ Twilight was on the list? O.o
Lmao! ;D
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Post by empertgrinson on Nov 25, 2009 15:41:29 GMT -5
^ Yep, sadly. But HP is number one, so we can braaaag!
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