User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4156132-20110716165321

I am a 22 year old college student and I have been lucky enough to grow up with the Harry Potter series. I admit when the first books came out I couldn't have cared less because I hated reading. I would go to school and see almost everyone carrying these ridiculously big books and I remember thinking that these people were crazy for reading the books willingly in their free time, and that they were too big to be children's books. In sixth grade I tried to read the first book but I couldn't get passed the first chapter. I tried reading it again maybe in eighth grade and after finishing the first book I never looked back. Harry Potter is the reason I fell in love with reading. It taught me that reading wasn't just about understanding words and sentences, and (as cheesy as it sounds) that if you use your imagination those words can come to life in your head. Reading every book blew my mind and even though I'm sad that it had all come to an end I'm glad that I was a part of it, and I know that I will always have the books and movies to "come home to". Harry Potter was my childhood and I can't wait to read it to my little nephew when he is old enough =]