[HPforGrownups] Re: Why did you decide to continue reading HP books?

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 177963

I started reading the Potter books when the SS came out at the movies.   My kids wanted to see it and I was against it.   Rather than just say no, I went to see for myself before calling it off limits.   I fell in love with it and went the next day for the books.  

For me, reading the books opened up a whole world of fantasy.  I had been a lover of fantasy books as a child and the Potter books brought that world back for me.  The idea that this fantasy world was co-existing with our mundane muggle world was thrilling.  I could open the book and it was like opening a door to a world.   All the different little details that made up the magical world, the way they did things so differently than us muggles...it just sucked me right in.   My first trip down Diagon Alley just tickled me pink !   I felt like Harry must have felt, seeing things for the first time.   I just loved it.   As the series grew and matured, my love for the books did as well.   The depth of the characters-their flaws and strengths, the relationships-both friends and enemies, as well as the ever present question- what is going to happen in the next book ?    All of those things drove me forward, turning each page with eager anticipation.   

Kimberly


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