hi . . . a bit late.

[Odile]

No: HPFGUIDX 5901

Hi,

     Perhaps I am a bit late in introducing myself.  I realized it 
must have been a bit rude to throw in some posts before ever 
introducing myself.  My name is Odile Alburquerqure, and I live in 
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  I am 21 years old, and I am 
currently studying Communications (mostly Advertising). Hope to 
graduate in April. 
     
     I bought my first Harry Potter book (Harry Potter and the 
Sorcerer's Stone) in April, at an airport in New York, while
waiting 
for my connecting flight to DC (I'd never heard of Harry 
potter). To 
be honest, I bought it because it had an interesting  cover (I've 
never bought for it's cover before).  When I met my friend in DC,
she 
thought I was crazy, buying what was obviously  a "kid's"
book. I  
ame back home, and it sat on my shelf for 3  months, while I 
devoured  all the other books I'd bought (I like to  read, I want
to 
be an editor).  Anyways, I had told a friend of mine  that I bought  
the book, and he told me that it was really famous.  Surprise  
surprise.  I lent the book (I still hadn't read it) to  another  
friend, and she loved it.  Her exact words were "I'm a bit 
ashamed 
to say that I really enjoyed a kid's book." Just so you
understand, 
she studies Biology/Sociology/Environmental Science at  Wesleyan.  
So, encouraged, I read it. Then, I was having what I like to 
all `Harry Withdrawal'.  I loved the book so much that I need
to 
read the other ones, and I was sure that it wasn't sold here
(there 
was only one bookshop here that sold books in English). Until one of 
my friends told me they did, at this new bookshop. I went, and they  
were horribly overpriced, but I bought the second one. Then the  
third, and finally, the fourth. That was in August. Now, it's  
November, and I have to wait two years until JK Rowling publishes  
book 5.  

     So anyways, after I finished reading all the books, I looked up 
everything I could find on the net about Harry Potter: sites,  
reviews, collectibles (I haven't bought any), clubs, anything.  I
 
found this one, and I really like it.  I even go around, scouting  
people who are reading any of these books, anyone, anywhere, and  
encourage them, telling them how great the books are. 

    Just so you know, I've been reading them all again, because I
learned some time ago, that if you go back and reread the book after 
a while, you always learn new stuff. 

                Anyways, that's me, Odile.  Bye.