Confessions

[Road_Element]

I recently read a young adult book series that sorta makes fun of Harry potter...and it made me laugh really hard, when the kid in the book is dropped off at his foster parents home by his grandpa, and told the kid he would be back soon.

...so the kid gets all sad since he doesn't like his foster parents, and his grandpa comes back five minutes later to pick him up. and the kid goes, "how come you came back so fast?" and the grandpa replies, "Why would I leave you at a place where you don't like to stay, you don't like the people who take care of you, you are seperated from the people that do like you, and the enemy knows right where you live? Gosh, I thought you were a smart kid!"


...it made me laugh...you know, since they leave harry at his aunt and uncles all the time.

I've always been amused by the extraordinary lengths to which Rowling goes to explain that in the later books.

Which book are you describing, by the way?

Absolutely superior to Harry Potter in every way, even if it is much more light hearted. I loved this book and read it in one sit down, absolutely hilarious. There is even a special page devoted to people who skip ahead to see how it ends (the author hates it when people do that).

how old are you?
I ask because its odd that an adult would get enjoyment out of a book for kids that is marketed as a book that insults a book for even younger kids.

I'm 19, and yes it is marketed for early junior high kids. But seriously, this book was hilarious. Just like many animaniacs episodes and other kids shows...some of them have humor in them intended for adults. But you don't have to read it, if you want to have your precious books geared for adults, you can have them.

To tell turth im way older then 19 and i love Animaniacs. Not to mention Pinky and the Brain. This just might be me. But i dont think you have to be a kid to love shows, books, that are made for kids.  Of course when Animaniacs first came out i was about 15 years old and i have to admit that some kid shows nowadays isnt as good as the used to be. 

[Scrivener]

Better get on it! The second book in the series is coming out...this one actually....

HEY!!!  Tell that juvenile delinquent to leave my skeleton alone!

That's it.  I'm on the librarians' side.

[d3bjorn]

...just so you know...all the heroes are named after famous prisons.

Hey! Just like in Cube. Now there's a movie that should be riffed...