Why did you decide to continue reading HP books?

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 177894

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
> 
> I am not asking here who and why recommended the books to you, 
where 
> you initially heard about them, etc. I think this discussion would 
> belong to OTC list, hehe.
> 
> What I am wondering is what made you stick with the books. Was 
there 
> any event, character, just the world in general that made you 
decide -
>  oh yes, those are books I am going to wait for, read and reread 
and 
> reread :)
<<<SNIP>>>
> Alla


***Katie: I was hooked from page one of PS/SS. HOOKED. I bought the 
book on a whim on vacation and proceeded to stay up all night 
reading while my then-boyfriend(now hubby), and our friends partied 
in the next room. 

I think what hooked me was the magic of the WW. I loved all the 
magical alternatives for things, and I loved the idea of Muggles not 
really noticing magical things because they just can't 
think "outside the box", I loved the owls and the brooms and 
Quidditch and the Forbidden Forest...it brought back the fairy tale 
part of my soul. It made me feel like a little kid again(I was 20 
when I picked up PS/SS), and that was magical to me. 

Later on, after PoA, I began really loving HRH, and the characters 
began to be really important to me. Neville, Luna, Fred and George, 
Sirius...these people were so real to me, I felt like I could hear 
their individual voices as  I read. They became old friends.

As for rereading the books, I do that at least once a year. I have 
reread GoF and HBP the most, but I think OotP is probably my 
favorite book because Umbridge is my favorite villain. The books are 
like old friends now, and I fall into them like falling into a comfy 
chair. I find fault in them, mistakes and things I don't like, but 
like old friends, I accept their faults because I love them so much, 
it doesn't matter. 

Katie