Thank you so much for the welcome. :) At last, I have a place to talk to others that feel the same as I do! I can't even tell you how relieved I am.

I think the biggest problem with LKH's stories is that there is no central goal in them. There is nothing to strive towards. With LoTR, obviously we know the destruction of the one ring is the goal and the story centers around that, with neat little side plots added. With Harry Potter, the goal is to defeat Voldemort. There is no goal in Anita Blake, just whispers of evil things to come, that never do materialise. *sigh*