I was 11 when I read the first book, and I'm almost 19 now.
Growing up with Harry Potter was great. I read Sorcerer's Stone three times the first night I had it, I loved it so much. I devoured the next two books and had my sister and mother read them. We discussed it, which was cool. I remember trying to read them to my little brother who hated reading (he fell asleep, the loser). It was a bonding thing not only for family, but for friends, too. My best friend at the time and I talked about them all the time. I think we even played Harry Potter, too, in her cupboard under the stairs. When four and five came out, I read them as soon as I discovered they'd been released. Predicting with people I knew was really fun.
I made my brother go through and read all the books now (I think he's finishing the sixth one), and that's a big deal. He and I used to fight all the time, so it's really cool to be able to share something like that with him. And when I'm talking to people and there's nothing else to discuss, I'll bring up Harry Potter, because almost everyone has read them, and everyone has different opinions.
More recently I found the fandom online. Writing fanfiction helped me through a bad period in my life, not to mention that I met my best friend through fanfiction, even though she lives on another continent.
Yeah, pretty much one of the best things ever to happen to me was Harry Potter. w00t.
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I was 11 when I read the first book, and I'm almost 19 now.
Growing up with Harry Potter was great. I read Sorcerer's Stone three times the first night I had it, I loved it so much. I devoured the next two books and had my sister and mother read them. We discussed it, which was cool. I remember trying to read them to my little brother who hated reading (he fell asleep, the loser). It was a bonding thing not only for family, but for friends, too. My best friend at the time and I talked about them all the time. I think we even played Harry Potter, too, in her cupboard under the stairs. When four and five came out, I read them as soon as I discovered they'd been released. Predicting with people I knew was really fun.
I made my brother go through and read all the books now (I think he's finishing the sixth one), and that's a big deal. He and I used to fight all the time, so it's really cool to be able to share something like that with him. And when I'm talking to people and there's nothing else to discuss, I'll bring up Harry Potter, because almost everyone has read them, and everyone has different opinions.
More recently I found the fandom online. Writing fanfiction helped me through a bad period in my life, not to mention that I met my best friend through fanfiction, even though she lives on another continent.
Yeah, pretty much one of the best things ever to happen to me was Harry Potter. w00t.