Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
The world has gone crazy over the Harry Potter stories. Am I the only person, I wonder, who has never read any of those books nor seen any of the films? It is the same with Lord of the Rings: admittedly, I did TRY to read one of those books (still have it somewhere) but I just could not get into it - and I have not seen the films!
Somebody said Tolkien was "hobbit forming" and it seems Harry Potter is too. I too have never read any of the books but I have seen a couple of the films which seemed fairly entertaining. The author seemingly wrote the books while living a hand to mouth existence as a single mum in Edinburgh. She won't have to worry about paying the rent now though!