I'm just going to ignore everyone's rude remarks about Harry Potter, because otherwise this post would take a very long time, no one would read it because it was so long, and I don't want to argue.

Twilight: I know I don't really have the right to tear this apart since I haven't actually read it, but it is sitting next to my bed waiting to be read just so I can form my own opinion. I will share what I think about it once I've read it.

To reply to other's dislikes:

Divergent: I didn't think it was so bad. It just wasn't really my taste. I'm not a big fan of overly violent novels. And also, *Spoiler alert* I've heard about the series incredibly depressing ending. *Spoiler ends*

The Hunger Games: I was very hesitant going into these books, but I was somewhat surprised. The first book is not NEARLY as violent I thought it would be. Once again, not really my style, but I did like it. The second book was a little bit more violent the first, but still good. Now, I can't really say that I liked Mockingjay. It was so depressing. A lot of people you care about die and Katniss spends about half the book sitting in the hospital addicted to morphling. But overall, I liked the books, much more that I thought I would before I read them. I know that everyone had their opinions, and I have been somewhat hasty to judge books before I read them too, but I'm starting to try and read something before I badmouth it (Twilight), or don't bad mouth it at all. Who knows, maybe it's different than you thought it would be and you end up liking it.

The Heroes of Olympus: I definitely get where some of you guys are coming from. I still like the books and intend to finish reading them, but they don't hold a candle to the Percy Jackson books. I feel like they are being pumped out too quickly, without much thought. Reading the PJ series felt like magic, I could re-read any of those books multiple times. It was so much more engaging to read them through Percy's eyes, hearing his thoughts. There are way too many narrators of HoO. When I'm reading it, I don't get the feeling of savoring every word, dying to know what happens next. Also, some of the characters in HoO are soooo one dimensional. *Hint, hint* Miss boring Piper, and Mr Perfect Jason.

Like I said earlier, everyone deserves their own opinions, but these are mine.

I get where you are coming from with Harry Potter. I only read the first three, but they all just didn't have enough adventure and action in them for me. Hardly any violence and hardly any battles, just not my cup a tea. But I did like them! Just not the best. . . . 

Now with HoO, I don't get it at all. I actually liked them a little better then PJ. I loved the different view points and that they are a lot moe intense then PJ. PJ annoyed me at times, because RR had to hold back because it was for younger readers, but in HoO it is for older reader, so he didn't have to hold back. He let it all out and I just LOVED it! It actually reminded me a little of my own writing, so that mad me happy.

I haven't really read many other 'popular' books. But really, I like every single book I read. There hasn't been a single I can remember that I hated. Each book has a something in it I absolutly LOVE!!!  

Regarding Harry Potter, I actually liked it quite a bit, more for the wry British humor and interesting characters than for the actual killing Voldemort plot. Because you always knew Harry was going to win, so thinking about that too much seemed silly. What I liked least about it, though, was how Rowling, for all her entertaining writing, had to include a Deus ex Machina in order to tie up the story. I wish the Peverels had been introduced earlier, so the Wand and Stone didn't seem so inserted for Harry's use. I also hated how Sirius, Lupin and Tonks had to be killed.

I don't really read "popular books," but that said, I don't because nothing sounds interesting. Twilight sounds too romance-y, Hunger Games waaaay too violent, and Divergent too much of a knock-off. Heroes of Olympus could be better. The characters' "voices" sound too similar; only Percy and Annabeth seem most authentic, and that's because I loved them so much in the first series. 

I agree! Harry Potter= ):

I have a strange distast for Harry Potter for a reason unknown to me. I used to love it.... but then I didn't. So there you go.

Popular books. I guess that's another reason the October 8th thing frustrated me. I feel like at this point Rick Riodian just needs to stop writing. I know what it's like to get attached to a character, but he needs to calm down. Heros of Olympus is just because he can't give up on writing his characters, I guess. Or something like that. I sort of feel like he could write something horrible and the whole world would read it, while (going back to Oct. 8th) Matthew Cody could write something wonderful and only a few people would read it.

That's not true, but it's kind of how I feel about the Hero's of Olympus.

The missing serise. Margret Peterson Haddix. Read her book TURNABOUT or THE SHADOW CHILDREN serise and you will understand why I can't stand it. SHE CAN DO BETTER!  

And Ender's Shadow. I don't like Ender's Shadow. Bean is an unpleasent, introverted loner. I dislike him. He was better in Ender's Game.