{"id":188,"date":"2009-08-29T14:40:36","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T14:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williamjcobb.wordpress.com\/?p=188"},"modified":"2009-08-29T14:40:36","modified_gmt":"2009-08-29T14:40:36","slug":"harry-potter-and-the-dark-lord-of-arrested-adolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williamjcobb.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/08\/29\/harry-potter-and-the-dark-lord-of-arrested-adolescence\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter and the Dark Lord of Arrested Adolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a gem from Sunday’s NY Times “Inside the List” piece in the Book Review:
\nHARRY POTTER, YEAR ZERO:<\/span> Speaking of Harry, here are the 10 titles grown-ups were reading when \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone,\u201d the first book in the series, made its debut (at No. 16) on the adult hardcover fiction best-seller list, on Dec. 27, 1998. Note that there is only one vampire novel on the list.
\n1) \u201cA Man in Full,\u201d by Tom Wolfe<\/a>.
\n2) \u201cBag of Bones,\u201d by Stephen King.
\n3) \u201cThe Simple Truth,\u201d by David Baldacci.
\n4) \u201cMirror Image,\u201d by Danielle Steel.
\n5) \u201cRainbow Six,\u201d by Tom Clancy<\/a>.
\n6) \u201cThe Poisonwood Bible,\u201d by Barbara Kingsolver<\/a>.
\n7) \u201cWhen the Wind Blows,\u201d by James Patterson.
\n8) \u201cAll Through the Night,\u201d by Mary \t Higgins Clark<\/a>.
\n9) \u201cThe Vampire Armand,\u201d by Anne Rice<\/a>.
\n10) \u201cMemoirs of a Geisha,\u201d by Arthur Golden.
\nOn this Sunday’s list, four titles fit the fantasy-genre category. I think. I’m not really sure what a “werepanther” is (DEAD AND GONE<\/a><\/span>, by Charlaine Harris. (Ace, $25.95.) “Sookie Stackhouse searches for the killer of a werepanther”), but it sounds like you don’t want to stand in your yard and try to coax it to a bowl of milk, calling, “Kitty kitty kitty.” Also, three titles in ’98 would (loosely) fit the ‘literary’ category (Golden, Kingsolver, Woolf); today that number appears to be one (Russo). I’m not sure. With many of these writers, I’m only working with the brief description, which can be deceptive. Memoirs of a Geisha<\/em>, by the way, is a terrific read. The movie was pretty, but missed the power of the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a gem from Sunday’s NY Times “Inside the List” piece in the Book Review: HARRY POTTER, YEAR ZERO: Speaking of Harry, here are the 10 titles grown-ups were reading when \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone,\u201d the first book … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t