How I Became Hooked to HP

[Brenda]

Hi, my name is Brenda and I just wanted to share my start of HP-
obssession with you guys (this was originally a reply for a post..)

> I knew ABSOLUTELY nothing about HArry Potter until I saw the 
> preview/trailer of "America's Sweethearts" (starring Catherine Zeta-
> Jones, Julia Roberts and John Cusack, do you remember that?).. One 
of 
> the scene from the TV trailer: Kiki (Julia) was arguing with her 
> famous celebrity sister Gwen (played by Cath Zeta) "You've never 
even 
> read a novel in your life!"  and her sister responds, in 
> disbelief/disgust, "I HAVE! Harry Potter!"
> 
> and although I didn't remember specifically WHAT HArry Potter 
exactly 
> was (what a laughing matter, now that i think about it) I knew that 
I 
> had heard of it somewhere, though couldn't remember where/how.  And 
> then I saw my friend reading one, but didn't find it interesting.  
> Then I came to university, living in residence, and saw quite a few 
> people reading the series.  I was turned off by all the buzz, 
> dismissed it saying "I'm not into witchcraft CRAP", but at the same 
> time asking around, 'so what's the story of HP anyways?' and 
> downloaded the first 2 movies using HIGH-speed res-net connection 
> (this was my defence - how can you EVER refuse +1MB/s ?!?!).  Then 
my 
> other friend very highly recommended it, telling me that she used 
to 
> hold the exact same view, that the books are soo imaginative, and 
> that CostCo has the paperback versions for REALLY cheap.  So i 
bought 
> it, and then haven't been able to let go ever since.
> 
> Sorry, that was a long rant.
> 
> Brenda