Why Read Series?

People have been asking me why I like the Harry Potter books so much. Well, first, they are well written. The characters and story line are interesting. For some very good reason, they started to release the movies shortly after we in the US read the first few books. All of a sudden, the characters had faces and visible personalities. So when you read the next book, you can picture the characters more vividly. And you become more involved in their lives than you would otherwise. And you want to know what happens to them. What comes next becomes a huge driving factor. How will each story line end. That's why the last book was so great. Even when it ended badly for a loved character, you learned what happens next.

That's why I enjoy the Feathering mysteries by Simon Brett. They are pretty silly, I don't know why I read the first one. It's about two English ladies who get involved with murders. I think they kind of remind me of Karen and I, but loosely. One woman, Carol, is very serious and does things right. That's Karen. She's more hidebound than my dear sister, but she works hard to do the right thing. The other is Jude and is more loosey goosey. Hummm, wonder who that is. She approaches things slightly unprepared but often manages to hit the right path. Carol pulls the right answer out of her sense of what is right as often as loosey-goosey Jude does, so it isn't about one knowing the better path.

I look for these books because I want to know what else happens in their lives. It isn't as compulsive at the Potter books, but the hype is far less. Carol's son got married in the last book, what's happening with him? Jude has a sick friend, will we hear more about him? The Stabbing in the Stables is the lastest story. Pretty light weight, but advanced my agenda. I know how their lives are progressing. They solve a mystery (big secret.) And everybody lives happily ever after (no secret.)

And now I will finish the mystery of how sulfur came to save our lives.