OMG I FORGOT THE STORY. The first time I heard of Harry Potter was when my mom told me that Rosie O'Donnell had talked about it. Because Rosie was popular with the adult women set, I assumed that Harry Potter was about a man named Harry who was a potter and he self-actualized or something. I imagined the cover was like those ... how to describe? Those older self-help books, with a vague, curvy outline of a man at a potter's wheel in green. His arm was curved over so that his shoulders were practically a circle ... never mind. Anyway, one day my friend brought over her new copy of CoS, and told my mom and me a little about it. I then went to the library and checked it out, and life was good.
Now, my brother (I think he was six or seven at the time) doesn't like to read books that I recommend, so he absolutely refused to read it. Eventually, I chased him down, sat on him on the living room floor (I'm not kidding), and started reading it to him. After a little bit he quieted down, and we took turns reading pages. Then I was just doing the dialogue. Then he was just reading it. A sweet victory.
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Date: 2007-03-29 09:00 pm (UTC)Now, my brother (I think he was six or seven at the time) doesn't like to read books that I recommend, so he absolutely refused to read it. Eventually, I chased him down, sat on him on the living room floor (I'm not kidding), and started reading it to him. After a little bit he quieted down, and we took turns reading pages. Then I was just doing the dialogue. Then he was just reading it. A sweet victory.