User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4143684-20110713184001

My parents forbid me to read harry potter when I was little, because of the witchcraft. I never understood why. In 3rd grade I checked out Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban from my school's library and read it under my covers at night. Within a matter of hours I had fallen in love with the world of Harry Potter. Eventually I was caught. However, my dad persuaded my mom to lift the ban because he had started listening to Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and realized that the books were truly magical. I pored over the first 4 books, and borrowed the first two movies from my neighbors soon after. I have been a die-hard Potter fan for 9 years now, and don't plan to change that anytime soon. To me, Harry Potter is a uniting force. People around the world love it. My dad, brother, and I all read the books, and my mom likes to watch the movies with us. She may not understand what's going on sometimes, but she doesn't hate them like she used to. It brings people together.