User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-86.128.27.41-20110720001004

Thankfully I grew up with the books, starting in primary school and eventually finishing the last one when I was 17. And the movies; it began when I was 11, and now I've seen the last and it feels like the end of my childhood, the end of an era. I can't even begin to stress how obsessed I used to be (take note of the past tense) when I was younger; I used to steal cardboard cut outs from the book shops on release days some years! It has taught me to not be scared of death and to keep loved ones close (along with more cheesy notes I'd care not to mention), and above all it was my childhood. Sure, there were Pokémon and Tamagotchis and Disney films etc, but none could compare to the length and enormity of the Harry Potter series.