Reading

I had to read this at the speed of light...,
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I recently finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I had gotten the book the night -- morning, I suppose, as midnight technically is -- it came out, but only read a couple of pages. I just picked it up seriously yesterday.

What can I say? It's good. The interesting thing about Rowling, in my opinion, is that she isn't really a particularly distinguishing writer. I mean, she is good, no getting around it, but what she is amazing at is story-telling.

The power of her imagination and story is such that it transcends the page fully. Were she to write in the manner of a writer of higher critical regard, like Henry James, for example, I greatly doubt she would have the mass popularity that she does.

These are just my feelings, of course.