J. K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone

Pros: fun read for people of any age

Cons: adults aren't going to learn much from this book

The Bottom Line: Try reading this book, it will probably surprise you, it is great to share with kids, but not just for them.

Review: When someone at my office recommended that I read Harry Potter, I thought it was funny. I work, take classes at night, and even when I have time to read something on my own, I almost never read fiction. I didn't think it possible that I could like a...

Pros: fun to read, took me off the tv!

Cons: well there is one better Harry Potter book part 3!

Review: Harry Potter is one of the best books I have ever read! I am not a book reader. In the summer I read like 1 book. This book though keeps me reading! There is something about it that makes me want what is happening in the book happen to me. So it...

Pros: You never want to stop reading.

Cons: I don't know of any.

Review: I first heard of Harry Potter when my aunt gave me a book for Christmas. At first I thought it looked kinda stupid but the I started reading it and I fell in love with it. I thought it was interesting how Harry just started to get all these letters...

Pros: Couldn't put it down!

Cons: Couldn't put it down!

Review: Run, Don't Walk! to your nearest book store or library!! This is one for ALL ages!!
I too must admit that I was a little skeptical about reading a children's book at age 27, but none the less, I caved in and bought the first in a series of...

Pros: Fun, easy, entertaining

Cons: Too short, too few

Review: I have to say, I'm prejudiced. I was weaned on Roald Dahl, and every time Rowling is compared to Dahl, I cheer, because it's all true, in fact, if you read some of Dahl's nonsensical self-indulgent work (Willy Wonka and the Great Glass Elevator)...

Pros: Great reading for people of all ages

Cons: Some of the words are hard for younger children

Review: I had never heard of Harry Potter until my 3rd grader started talking about him. She was so excited that she finally got to check a Harry Potter book out at her school library. I looked at the book and saw nothing to special about it at the time, it...

Pros: Engaging Storyline

Cons: Certain Situations May Give Impressionable Youngsters the Wrong Idea

Review: J.K. Rowling?s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer?s Stone (1997) introduced a rare phenomenon into the world of children?s pop culture: a book that was considered to be as cool as the latest cartoon or movie. By allowing the main character to be a...

Pros: very great work, imagination, adventure, magic.

Cons: don't think there are any

Review: Okay, Okay...I originally wasn't going to buy this book.
One day in a store my father was down for a visit and asked me if I had read it. Thinking it would be something neat for both of us to read and share on, that way we could discuss ideas...

Pros: Good guys finish first, gets kids to read

Cons: Too much hype.

Review: This first story of the picked upon orphan boy Harry Potter was a disappointment to me. I had been told about the boy wizard and what great stories they were for so long that I had to buy the book for myself to read it. I guess I was just expecting...

Pros: Full of adventure, mystery, and friendship

Cons: A controversial book that has been banned in some places. Also, new books in the series only come out once a year.

Review: Last year, I picked up the paperback edition of the Sorcerer's Stone because I had heard so much about Harry Potter and I wanted to find out for myself whether the series was worth all the attention it was getting.

Well, I stayed up to read...