I was surpised by how much I enjoyed the Harry Potter books. I read the series across about 5 weeks in late summer and loved them.
I should finish Stephen King's The Dark Half this afternoon. After that I don't really know what I'll read. I have a few books I've started but had trouble getting into that I'll probably pick back up. So either "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies", "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell", or Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
I too.
I started watching the movies with my son a couple of years back and fell in love with those. I wanted to read Deathly Hallows before the movie came out (I'm actually taking my son to the midnight showing on Friday). After I had read the Deathly Hallows, and saw how good it was, along with how much more "depth" (can I say that in regards to HP?) I wanted to go back and read them all. I get about an hour a day on the bus to read so its nice I have something "light" to just start the day off with, or wind it down with.
People often shrug them off, but they are great little tales I think.
I bought the first one as something to read on a flight back from Vegas in August. I figured I could read it all in the time of the flight and not worry about finishing the series. But I got hooked. My favorite book was Deathly Hallows and I've already got my midnight showing tickets and am going with a group of friends. I do slightly fear that at least two of my friends may be in costume though.
Ah, I didnt know there was more than 1 Dune book.