User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4138656-20110712063951

First of all, it is one of the series that I started reading on my own at age seven - except unlike Noddy and such, I've read them endlessly and still read them passionately today as if no time has passed. Although perhaps the fact that I've aged and learned more helps me understand things with a different perspective - but the most interesting thing is to compare my first reaction to the reaction I am having at the moment I'm reading. It's also the anticipation - each new book, each movie, etc... that really marked my teen years and in a way it defined them: I've been rather disappointed for not receiving my letter from Hogwarts and I AM afraid that a basilisk is hiding in my bathroom pipes (the basilisk was a major scare for me, still is...) and so many other instances where my world intertwined with Harry Potter's. The values portrayed are universal, far beyond magic. And at least, Harry Potter never bores. You read the books thousand of times in as many languages possible (I've read them first in French, then in English, and due to differences in the translations I felt like I was reading something new, anticipating so much...), you read the wikis, you watch the movies (of course! they've also played a great part), and you start to belong to a community, the Harry Potter community, with people who share this passion and relate to it as you do.