Harry Potter Series Vs Twilight Saga

Well for me, I think there is no reason for comparison for the two series has its own different types of genre, themes, settings and concept.

Harry Potter series as we all know is categorized as a children's books but for me the book is for all ages. It is more of an adventure than of a love story. Although it is concentrated on the main character which is Harry Potter and we see the story from the character's points of view, it also shows some scenes from the other characters points of view and sometimes scenes that doesn't include Harry Potter himself which frequently happens at the first chapter of the book. The book tackles about the lives, struggles and adventures of Harry Potter. Most of the settings in the story (except book 7) are inside the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.

Twilight saga is categorized as suspense thriller and love story. I think it is more of a love story than of an adventure. The story revolves on one of the main characters which is Isabella Swan and we hear the story all the time from that characters point of view although there is an exception in the last chapter of book 2 and the second part of book 4 which is I think for some obvious reason, when Bella was bed ridden, the author cannot write much about her since Bella is just stationed in one place. The book tackles about the love story of two very different people and the conflicts that it includes. Most of the settings are inside the whole town of Forks and only a few scenes happen inside the school.

But for me the two authors are both excellent writers in their own field. They give justice to their characters and they can really affect your emotions while reading their books. They make you feel like you are the character in that book and you're experiencing the same situations because you can really feel the intensity of their emotions. They give every single thread of details that even you can't describe what its like.

So if you're a kind of reader who likes more of an adventure, then I think you will like Harry Potter series better. And if you are more type of a romance reader who likes more of a love story, then, you will like the Twilight saga better.

So I think it's unfair to compare these two book series and please stop making fuss about it, okay, both the book series are beautiful and are really fun to read.

How about you, which do you think is better, Harry Potter or Twilight?

The Wheel of Time Series - Fantasy at Its Best!

You have heard of the Lord of the Rings. You have heard of Harry Potter. You have heard of the Chronicles of Narnia. The aforementioned are not only popular books, but also now popular movies. Now whether or not you have heard of the Wheel of Time series, it is simply the best when it comes to fantasy.

The Wheel of Time series was started by Robert Jordan back in 1990. In this epic tale Jordan weaves a fantastic world full of magic and wonder, strange creatures and a variety of cultures with a myriad of characters who live in a time when the world is about to enter a new age one way or another. The Dark One though bound for millennia is on the verge of breaking free from his prison. It is up to the one that the Light has chosen, the one called the Dragon Reborn, to prepare the world for facing the Enemy, and indeed to prepare himself to lead the last battle.

This world Jordan created is full of intrigue. In it, there are people who are gifted with the ability to channel the One Power, which has a male half and a female half. Those who can channel are able to do extraordinary feats, such as healing the wounded, blasting balls of fire conjured from thin air, making gateways that lead to far off places and so much more. The very concept of this kind of magic which Jordan introduces is for the most part unlike what is seen in the popular tales of magic. But things are not so straightforward, as the male half of the source has been tainted by the Dark One in a previous age, thousands of years before, when he was sealed by the man called the Dragon, Lews Therin. Now any man who channels is destined to go mad, unless the source can be cleansed in time. However, the female channelers, Aes Sedai, have already established a routine over the ages, to in effect destroy any man who shows the ability to channel. Yet, it is known that the one who has been prophesied to come, the Dragon Reborn, will himself be a channeler.

It is in this world that the Dragon Reborn appears. He must deal with the antagonism that has been built up over the centuries towards any man who can channel while at the same time deal with the many who would exploit him for personal and evil ambitions, not to mention his own struggle with maintaining sanity having to use the tainted source. He must face the many friends of the Dark, who are not obviously known. He must contend with the Forsaken, 12 powerful channels who lived during the Age of Legends, who were also sealed with the Dark One. The Dragon Reborn must unite a much divided world before the last battle to ensure victory to the Light.

In the first book of this saga, The Eye of the World, 3 youngsters and good friends from the same village, destined to be heroes, one the Dragon Reborn himself, are forced to flee their home town and reluctantly fulfill their destiny. As they travel, they learn more about themselves and the prophecies of the end which tie them together and make each necessary to defeat the Dark One, Shaitan. On their way they face minions of the Evil one, and friends of the Dark who seek to destroy them before they can fulfill the prophecies.

The world of the Wheel of Time is one of magic, sword fights, strange creatures, mystery, intrigue, politics, rich cultures which all culminate to produce one of the finest stories in the fantasy genre. Unfortunately, Robert Jordan died in 2007 while writing book 12, which was supposed to be the final book. However, before he passed, he revealed the ending to a few, and a new author, Brandon Sanderson was selected to complete the tale. Sanderson has just released the next book in the series, which unfortunately is not the last as Jordan had intended. However, Sanderson has promised to complete the story in two more books. He assures readers that he did his best to put everything in one book, but it would have been too big.

So long as we have the ending Jordan intended, we will have a truly masterpiece fantasy epic, that will surely rank as one of the best if not the best.