We only started reading them because everyone else was doing it and we didn't want to be out of the loop. Also we have grandchildren and they wouldn't grow up not reading them. Some of the books are better than the others (of course) but I won't say which ones I prefer as it might spoil your enjoyment of them.

We finally bought the movie set on Blue Ray because we had lost one of the DVDs and rather than replace it and then buy the latest couple, it made sense to buy the set.

What we didn't realize at the time was that we could also use the Blue Ray player for Netflix which gives us access to thousands of movies and TV shows for a reasonable monthly fee.

I know that some people don't like TV, but it was a real boon when Tree was bedridden for a few months.