J.K. Rowling was on Oprah the other day and said that even though the Harry Potter series is “over”, she could see herself writing an eighth or ninth book. “I think I am done, but you never know.”

I LOVE the Harry Potter series but I think I’m good with it ending. You know the last chapter where they do the “flash forward” and you see who hooks up with who and what they name their kids? That was my least favourite part of the whole series. Instead of a sense of closure that just gave me major eye rolls. And I think if she wrote more books it would be more of that.

Stacey: Harry Potter are my favorite books of all time.  And that is because that at the end, I felt vindicated, I felt good with how it ended.  After all those years, the fighting, the deaths, I was good with it all because the ending felt authentic.  I felt like I could leave Harry and know that he was going to be ok.  Messing with the series would feel forced, I think.  I am good with 7.  I hope she leaves it at that.

And I am with you Tanya, I got a case of the eye rolls at flash forward too.   

(Pic: students.ou.edu.com, source Celebitchy)

I am the first to admit that I was not a Harry Potter fan.  I fought and fought against reading that collection of books because it really isn’t my thing.  And Tanya and my best friend Fionna kept telling me…you have to read them!  Finally, FINALLY, I gave into Harry Potter.  I finished the Sorcerers Stone and am almost finished The Chamber of Secrets.  And they are SO good!  Like, the best books I have ever read.  Really.

And as everyone here knows, I am a Twilight fan.  Loved reading those books.  Well, actually, it was more of a love hate/thing.  Because really, they are terribly written books.  I am not saying they are terrible books, no, as there is clearly something about those books that is enjoyable and great, but are they well written?  That’s debatable.  And truthfully, not even close to being in the same category as Potter.

Which is why this story makes me laugh.

Apparently, people at the Oscars asked JK Rowling (Potter) and Stephanie Meyer (Twilight) to present together.  Of course Steph jumped at the opportunity (of course she would!  This is the same woman that needed to have a cameo in her own damn movie).  But JK declined, stating that the world ““won’t be hearing from me often I am afraid, as pen and paper is my priority at the moment.”

And while I am sure that it wasn’t meant as an insult, I am going to assume that it is.  Because why on earth would JK Rowling want to present anything with Stephanie Meyer.  Rowling who produces literary gold, and Meyer who basically writes romance novels with vampires and werewolves (I’m sorry but its true!).

So lets pretend that JK thinks that Stephanie is beneath her.  Its more fun that way, isn’t it?

Tanya: There is absolutely no debate about the Twilight books being well written. They’re not. They are engaging, but they are not well written. I read the Harry Potter series immediately after reading the Twilight series and I think after every chapter I said “this book is AMAZING!”. Had I read Harry Potter first I probably wouldn’t have made it through the cheesy teen romance novel.

Stacey, you should read the Dead Until Dark series next. It puts Twilight into perspective even more. And it’s a good series