User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4172192-20110720001744

Harry Potter has been my childhood, my inspiration, and my life. I started reading the books when I was 9, right before the Goblet of Fire was released, and I've been hooked ever since. Being a nerdy girl, Hermione was a big role model for me growing up, and someone who I could relate to when I was teased in middle school. The wonderful thing about many in my generation is that we grew up with Harry- we went to Hogwarts at around his age, and we followed the trio as they grew up and finished the books when we were coming of age into adulthood. The detail that JK Rowling puts into her world and characters is so tremendous...I have never been able to picture a book so vividly in my head before! Although I am sad it is all over, I will always love this series.