7 I disagree on two points, really. I didn't dislike 6 (though I did dislike the chest monster xD), and I don't think she's an amazing novelist. I've read better, and I've read worse, and that doesn't keep me from loving the books, but I've just never understood all the worship her writing gets from some people.

8 God, I've got days when I agree with you on that one. I know there's an unhealthy element to enjoying living vicariously through fiction so much, but fiction wouldn't be so popular if we didn't enjoy watching unreal people do things we can't or won't.