User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4139930-20110712162556

I am a 26 year old mother of 2. I have been reading the books of Harry Potter since the Philosopher's Stone came out. I currently read the books to my children, who absolutely adore them. The world that J.k. Rowling opened up made children want to read again. It made reading fun. It made reading the adventure that it always has been. Not only are the books well written, but they create a world so intense and emotional that you cannot help but feel for each and every character. I remember reading the Half-Blood Prince for the first time. When Dumbledore died, I cried for almost an hour. Then in the Deathly Hallows when Snape died, I lost it. I was so invested in each and every character that I could not help but feel a kinship to them. They were my friends and family. Their world was my world. I still cry each and every time I read the books. I cry each and every time I see the movies. The world of Harry Potter is not just a movie and a book, it is imagination. It is art. It is love. It is power. It is magic.