Why did we start reading the books?

[Emma Moniz]

No: HPFGUIDX 22357

My Mum works for the library, and in the fall of '00, she brought 
home SS/PS for me to read.  I've always been a fan of fantasy, and 
Mum wanted a young person's opinion on Harry.  Granted, I was 17 at 
the time, so I suppose I qualified.  I got about half way through the 
first chapter, snapped the book shut, announced I hated it, and 
didn't give Harry another thought.  I was not a happy camper that 
day, I daresay.

Fastforward to Christmas '01.  I'd just raced home from college to 
beat out a snowstorm coming out of the mountains, and had gotten 
snowed in.  The only thing on television was Emma with Gweneth 
Paltrow which I had seen a million times before, being a Jane Austen 
fan.  Mum comes back to my room, SS/PS in hand, and suggests I read 
it again.  By this point, I had no memory of ever reading Harry 
Potter, so I settled down, willing to humour my Mum, if nothing 
else.  Well, I stayed up almost all night reading.  I finished it 
off, and when the roads were cleared, Mum brought home the rest, 
which I devoured within a weekend, and I've been an addict ever since.

~Emma
Gryffindor
8" mahogany, unicorn hair
Most like: Remus Lupin