Fringeous Interruptous...

Because of the Fringe it took me awhile to finish J.D. Robb's Strangers in Death. I am done now and I have started Angie Sage's Queste (one of the Septimus Heap books). This is a series that I think should be read more. I find it well written and I like the characters (or don't like them, as you are supposed to). There are many book series out there trying to be the next Harry Potter series. It is hard to understand why some are successful and some are not. What is the allure of the Potter books compared to the Artemis Fowl or Septimus Heap series? Is it the fact that EVERYONE is reading them so there is that 'community of readership'? That is the same reason for Book Clubs. You not only want to read the books, but you want to have the shared experience with other.