User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4160774-20110718011137

"What does Harry Potter mean to me?" Strength! I'm a new adult fan of HP and I read and seen HP for the first time last December and I was instantly hooked on the series. I was going through so much pain, drama and issues while in graduate school and luckily I had Harry Potter to help alleviate everything. I would just pick up whatever HP novel I was on and read for hours on end. Harry Potter allowed me an escape from all the stress and I would often think if Harry could get through all this so can I after-all he had the strength to keep going after witnessing many of his friends pass away and seeing his own parent's graves and the place where they died definitely required a great deal of perseverance and tremendous, courage and strength. Now seven months later I can proudly say I have finished all 7 novels and watched all 8 movies. Harry Potter has been a epic series that has rekindled my passion for reading and writing and totally sparked my interest for British culture and I'm currently looking into studying abroad there as well.

Harry Potter rocks and I always try and encourage people to read it and get over any biases they may have had like myself. Once I got over myself and began reading HP all I could think was wow, this is what I have been missing thank goodness I got into I don't regret a single moment of it :)