I remember the first time I read "The Philosopher's Stone". I had had the book in my possession once before but it was the adult-cover version and I didn't bother to read it because it looked boring (I admit it, I was shallow). The second time I got my hands on it I was in the eighth grade; I bought it at a Scholastic Book Fair at school for my sister, who had just had her tonsils and adnoids removed and was home from school recovering. I read it first, of course, and since then I've been hooked. I went to fansites, partied it up at bookstores every time a new book was released, won a brand new set of hardcover copies in a Toronto Star contest, and wrote scores of fanfiction. I was the ultimate teenage Harry Potter fanatic.
Now I'm 20 and that period ended a while ago. The last book is going to be intense, moreso than "The Half-Blood Prince", so July is going to be a very exciting month.
Here's a countdown thinger for both the book and the movie, courtesy of the HP fans at www.mugglenet.com, the world's biggest Harry Potter fansite.
I don't know whether to smile or cry. The evening of July 20th is going to be an emotional one.
-Laur
2 comments:
here's the plan. we'll smile at the party, cry while in line, recover quickly, start reading then havea completel emotional breakdown once we finish the last page
I know what you mean. It's weird because after it's over there not only will be a lot of kids not reading anymore (kids at heart as well) but there are some pretty big shoes to fill in the children/young adult literature department. I know one series that is good but not known much (the Blue is for Nightmares series). I can lend you the first book if you want to check it out. I stumbled upon it at an Indigo one day in the "last copy" bin and it was pretty interesting. I don't think I've ever been that emotional with a book in my life.
-Lisa
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