User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4136993-20110711210002

The Harry Potter series were the first books I ever actually read on my own. Prior to starting the series, I would never read for 'fun'. In school I hated reading and as a result I generally scored rather low on all reading and English type assessments. After starting withe first four books, I developed a true love of reading. Since the original four, I have been to every midnight premier of both the books and movies. The Harry Potter series transformed my childhood and led me to discover a passion for reading that I never would have found otherwise. After becoming an avid reader because of the series, I've now gone on to not only improve test scores when I was younger but to have scored the maximum score possible in reading for my ACT exam in high school. I am now in college and still love rereading the Harry Potter series to remind myself of where my passion started. :)