Fair exchange?

[Bombadillo]

I've been trying to talk my little brother into reading th Hobbit, but so far he refuses. I'm pretty sure he's just being spitefull, but he wants me to read Harry Potter and The Scorcerer's Stone, and in return, he /claims/ he will read the Hobbit.
However, I plan to read The Silmarillion, from which I don't want to distract myself. I also very much do not want to read any Harry Potter.

So I want to hear it from you. Is it worth it? Should I read the Scorerer's Stone so he'll read the Hobbit? What do the rounded readers think?

[gollum9630]

the harry potter books are pretty good, but i wouldnt read the sorcerers stone, read the philosophers stone, its much better:p

[Sheeana]

It's a fair exchange. Reading the whole series will take you as long as it will for him to read the Hobbit. Besides which, the books are good reads.

[Sween]

Originally posted by Bombadillo
I've been trying to talk my little brother into reading th Hobbit, but so far he refuses. I'm pretty sure he's just being spitefull, but he wants me to read Harry Potter and The Scorcerer's Stone, and in return, he /claims/ he will read the Hobbit.
However, I plan to read The Silmarillion, from which I don't want to distract myself. I also very much do not want to read any Harry Potter.

So I want to hear it from you. Is it worth it? Should I read the Scorerer's Stone so he'll read the Hobbit? What do the rounded readers think?

it takes less than a day to read the first Harry Potter and its a very good read

[galadriel]

Originally posted by gollum9630
the harry potter books are pretty good, but i wouldnt read the sorcerers stone, read the philosophers stone, its much better:p
Oh, come on... is there really *that* much of a difference? :rolleyes:

[gollum9630]

Originally posted by galadriel
Oh, come on... is there really *that* much of a difference? :rolleyes:

it was a joke, but if i had known people would not see it as a joke, even though i used this :p , i would not of posted it

[muhanga44]

You should definatley read harry potter!! this book is amazing it takes you into a whole world! ive never gotten into a book as much as i have with harry potter! i swear, you cannot put the book down after u start it. fair exchange?? DEFINATLEY!!

[Varda Oiolosseo]

Yeah it is deffinately a fair exchange!
The Harry Potter books are really good to read and are alot better than the movies (if they have put you off reading the books) Give it a try but if you really don't get into it (which i doubt :P) there is nothing stopping you putting it down and not carrying on, at least you've given it ago. :D

[Salquënòrëwen]

Eh...It's kinda fair...though I would prefer LotR over HP...but think of it this way: You are exsposing another young mind to LotR, which is a very good thing!! :)

[galadriel]

Originally posted by gollum9630
it was a joke, but if i had known people would not see it as a joke, even though i used this :p , i would not of posted it Hehe... I thought it was pretty funny, actually, serious or not... and I'm glad *you* thought it was funny too!

[durin's bane]

It's a good read, though it doesn't get really interesting until Prisoner of Azkaban.

[Ornelírë Mistë]

I'd give it a try. You may like it, and it would be worth having your brother read the Hobbit. It might turn him onto the rest of Tolkien's books.

[littleCat]

Harry potter is a good exchange, and well, in my opinion, a tad more interesting than the Silmarillion(aka in my mind 'The Elven bible')

[gollum9630]

Originally posted by galadriel
Hehe... I thought it was pretty funny, actually, serious or not... and I'm glad *you* thought it was funny too!

i am glad someone likes my humor:p

Harry potter is a good exchange, and well, in my opinion, a tad more interesting than the Silmarillion(aka in my mind 'The Elven bible')

Blasphemy (sp) :p, just read the sil and it is the best book i have read, harry potter comes no where close to the sil in my mind

[Rána Eressëa]

It is very much a fair exchange. If you liked The Hobbit, you would most likely enjoy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone. I loved both books.

[cee2lee2]

It's a fair exchange. Besides, you'd be getting him hooked on Tolkien ;)


So, what did you decide? did you read Harry Potter?

[turtlelover]

well, i'd say it was pretty fair, if he was acually gonna read the hobbit, but when you finish the Silmarillion you should read them anyway, i mean the HP books are pretty good but even combined they couldn't measure up to the hobbit, that was an extreemly good book!