I liked them quite a bit, it was a whole lot of reading for a lil' tike like me to do though. I've never been into or read the Harry Potter books though, so I can't compare. Read The Hobbit, it's a small book, if you don't like it then don't read the rest of the series. All I know is Timmy has been spouting off about how HP books rock and :blah::ghey:
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