Country: USA LJ name: llyfrgell Age: 22 now, 13 or so when started HP What it was like: Well, I remember the HP saga in terms of milestones, and when I read your question, I thought, "Hmm, I didn't really GROW UP with those books, did I?" But then I was going back through my HP-related memories and realizing how many of them coincided with major life events. I remember having the 2nd and 3rd books in the top of my locker for practically all of sophomore year of high school and going to every midnight release party from the 4th book onwards. The 4th book actually came out the night before I left for Finland on a choir tour before freshman year of high school, and I went to the release party, got the book, and finished it before the plane left the ground the next day. I have to say, though, I've always felt older than the characters, even though I was 14 when Harry was (I think). Perhaps it's because I wasn't anticipating the releases and considering the series as a whole until I got older than the characters. Anyways, I guess my point is that I don't feel like HP defined my youth like some other book series did (Babysitters Club for childhood, So You Want to be a Wizard and the Tamora Pierce books for teenage).
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Date: 2007-03-31 05:31 am (UTC)LJ name: llyfrgell
Age: 22 now, 13 or so when started HP
What it was like: Well, I remember the HP saga in terms of milestones, and when I read your question, I thought, "Hmm, I didn't really GROW UP with those books, did I?" But then I was going back through my HP-related memories and realizing how many of them coincided with major life events. I remember having the 2nd and 3rd books in the top of my locker for practically all of sophomore year of high school and going to every midnight release party from the 4th book onwards. The 4th book actually came out the night before I left for Finland on a choir tour before freshman year of high school, and I went to the release party, got the book, and finished it before the plane left the ground the next day. I have to say, though, I've always felt older than the characters, even though I was 14 when Harry was (I think). Perhaps it's because I wasn't anticipating the releases and considering the series as a whole until I got older than the characters. Anyways, I guess my point is that I don't feel like HP defined my youth like some other book series did (Babysitters Club for childhood, So You Want to be a Wizard and the Tamora Pierce books for teenage).