New member introduction

[Charlie Jones]

Hello. I've just joined the main "Harry Potter for Grownups" list and 
thought it would be a good idea to sign up with this one, too, as I 
enjoy off-topic chatter. :-)

For those curious, my name is Charlie, I'm 21, female and from Kent, 
England. I've been a fan of the HP books since shortly after the 
release of GoF. Originally I snubbed the novels, because a lot of the 
time I get very turned off by too much advertising and over-hype when 
it comes to products. Luckily, I saw the light and dedided to give 
the books a read, though, just because *everyone* seemed to like 
them. I figured if they were THAT popular, they couldn't be too bad. 
So I started with PS, then read the others in the correct order. I 
became hooked from the first page of PS, blown away by JKR's 
storytelling ability and shocked at how witty, clever, complex and 
fascinating HP was for something I'd thought was a children's book. 

Over the last four years or so I have been drifitng between HP and 
other things, but with the release of HPB only 25 days away, I've 
found myself back into HP fan mode. I'm bursting with excitment 
waiting, to the point where I keep having dreams about HPB. :p

Aside from HP, my other fandoms include Buffy/Angel, Batman, 
Desperate Housewives, and Les Miserables. I enjoy reading, writing, 
the internet, and music. I love animals, cats being my favourite, and 
come September I'll be studying for my English GCSE in night classes 
at the local college. 

Well, I've kept you long enough. I'll end by saying that I'm very 
happy to be here and to look out for me chiming in when I have 
something to say on the main HPFGU mailing list. Thanks for 
reading. :-)

Take care,
Charlie.