[HPforGrownups] Re: hpaps turns 20!

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 193133

I got into HP around the time that _Goblet of Fire_ came out.  The
publicity blitz made me curious, so I got the first book out of the public
library.

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 7:40 PM, Sandra Lynn cresorchid at gmail.com
[HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I was given the first book by my mother who thought I might enjoy it
> because I had always liked fantasy books. I wasn't sure what to think when
> I received it but became an immediate fan once I started reading. I
> certainly didn't receive the book immediately after it came out, but I am
> fairly sure it was before or right around when the 2nd book was released.
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> The only thing that surprises me now is that it wasn't until about 2011
> that I realized fan fiction existed and read my first Harry Potter fan
> fiction.
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> Crescent
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> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 5:02 PM, danjerri at madisoncounty.net
> [HPforGrownups] <HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> I live in the US and didn't discover Harry Potter until the Prisoner of
>> Askaban came out.  So, my personal 20 year anniversary won't be for over
>> two more years.  (I heard a review on the radio, then checked the books out
>> of the library, so it was probably November or December of 1999 when I
>> first read the books.)  I enjoyed the first two book, and fell in love with
>> the third book, especially Lupin and the time turner plot line.  (Two
>> different elements, I know.)
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>> Jerri
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>> Well I am about a week late, but Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone
>> turned 20 on 26 June. Granted the first pressing was only 500 copies.
>> Still anyone, especially from the UK, remember your first reading of the
>> book?
>> Kare
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