HARRY POTTER love.

October 21, 2009 stuva17

I was thirteen when I read Harry Potter for the first time and this was the book that changed my life. In case you don’t know anything about Harry Potter it is a fiction book about a boy with magical powers. When he finds out he is a wizard he gets a letter that tells him he can attend Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Once at this school, Harry and his friends get into all sorts of trouble and have lots of fun adventures.

This was the book that got me interested in reading, and it is reason that I am reading FOR FUN today. This was the first book that grabbed my attention and took my eyes away from the television. I was so captivated by the story line, and I was so in love with the magical qualities that I refused to put the book down. I had never even heard of anything like this book before, I was mesmerized by the power and intensity of the book.

When I read these books I would lock myself in my room for hours with nothing but the book and maybe a bottle of water, I was completely consumed by the phenomenon.

I had heard about Harry Potter from ALL of my friends, I was convinced I was the last person in the world to have read this book. My friends would tell me all the time that Harry Potter was “sooooooooo goooooooooood” that I HAD to read it because it was the only thing they wanted to talk about.

So obviously the NEXT DAY I had my mom go out and buy me the book so I couldn’t be left out of the conversations any longer.

To this day I am the biggest Harry Potter fan that I know. I have intense conversations with my friends and family about what happened in the book, (or the movie because some of my family has refused to read the books) and what are favorite parts are.

For example, I have also read the final Harry Potter book and I do not think it was as well constructed as J.K. Rowling’s other books. I did not like that she elaborated on certain parts of the story and had much less detail on parts of the story that I felt were more important.

And what made me even ANGRIER about this novel was that the epilogue was not its own book. I personally feel that she rushed through this book and did not put enough effort in; that she was working more with a deadline for her fans then making the best book that she could.

As you can see I am very passionate about these books, they will always be my favorite and have a special place in my life.

Reading this series has had a very interesting impact on the types of books I read now. I am more prone to reading novels in series, because I do not like the fact that the book ends when I reach the back cover. And I am also more inclined to picking fiction novels because of how I relate to the characters because Harry Potter was my first novel. I also feel like can picture the stories better if they haven’t actually happened in real life.

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