and wiseheart said:

I read Eragon and Eldest but wasn't very fond of them. Eragon I liked in places (rare and far in-between places) because it was what a young boy would write. Eldest I found a rather tenous (sp?) read. I never brought up the effort to even start Brisingr.

But some of my students like them, and hey, if they bring the new generation to reading, then I'm all for it.