I know for a fact that I am not the only person who saw the last Harry Potter movie in July and HAD to first reread the books and then watch all of the movies. I am not done reading the books yet. Despite the fact that they are children's books, the later ones are long and there is a lot of detail and I spend a lot of time on them. I like being sucked into the world and I still believe that Hogwarts DOES exist.
I wish that I were reading these again for the first time. When I was 16, I was working at the library and EVERYONE told me that I just HAD to read the Harry Potter books. One of my friends at school was so excited about them that she kept insisting I read them as well. This is not the way to get me to read something. However, one particularly quiet night, I believe it was winter, I pulled this first book off the shelf and hid in a corner with it. By the end of the first chapter, I was hooked.
Book one is all about discovering the world. Rowling is introducing us to the wizarding world at the same time that Harry is being introduced to it and the way she writes it makes you feel that it is REAL. It really is the wand that picks the wizard. Owls really do carry the mail. Unicorn blood is OF COURSE silvery.
If you haven't read HP (the rock you live under must be much larger than mine), do give them a chance. They are fast and fun and so completely engrossing that you'll be waiting for your letter to Hogwarts too!
*As a side note, while I was reading this I picked up a sick in the yard and told my boyfriend that it was my wand. He took it from me and said, "Maple, 9 inches, foxtail." lol. It was perfect!
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