Exciting ! (was - [HPforGrownups] Re: The Magic Within )

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 172531

 "Katie" <anigrrrl2@> wrote:

> >SNIPPAGE>>>
> > These are classic books, on the level of LotR and Narnia. At
least
> > to me. This is a classic story, and she stuck to the appropriate
> > happy ending.

> > Of course the book wasn't perfect. No book is. But she has
brought
> > magic back into my life, and made me remember the best of myself
at
> > moments when that seemed unlikely, and these books hold a lot
more
> > whimsy AND profundity than most adult novels I can think of.

>>>SNIPPAGE>>>

> Claire:
> Katie, I completely agree with you. They are classics, and the
fact
> they are, perhaps, flawed does not detract from that at all, not
for
> me at least. They are full of magic and not just the kind where
you
> wave a wand or speak a spell to make things happen. They're magic
> because they transport the reader out of her mundane, Muggle life
> into an emotional realm that makes things possible. They
entertain,
> instruct, touch each one of us in different ways. And they have
> brought a disparate group of people together, adults, discussing
> passionately a group of "children's" books. If that's not magic, I
> don't know what is.
>
*****Katie replies:*****

I was trying to explain that very point to my husband the other day.
He is not a Potter fan and also not a big reader, in general. We
actually had an argument, because he felt I was "obsessing" over the
release of the book. I was trying to explain the transportive power
of the books and also the feeling of community amongst the fans. You
managed to put it into words better than I could have.


Kimberly here:
I had the same thing with my husband who "just doesn't get it".   I went 
along happily
to the book release party with my 3 children, friends, their children, etc. 
At one
point on Saturday, my oldest daughter and I were deeply immersed in our 
copies of DH
and something struck me... I became just thrilled with the idea that at that 
moment,
there were MILLIONS of people all over doing just what we were doing, 
pouring
over the pages of a book, curled up on their sofa, bed, etc. experiencing DH 
and all
that the characters were going through..   One woman managed to bring those 
people together !
It just really excited me to think of all the people that were reading along 
at the
same time.   And yes, for me that's magical and very exciting.

Kimberly