User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4167659-20110719030914

My generation grew up with Harry Potter, and those of us who were enthralled with the wizarding world anxiously waited for each new book to be added to the series. I know it sounds ridiculous, but a great hole in my life was filled by Harry Potter and his friends. My parents divorced when I was very young, and I was always left with a great deal of responsibility for my three other sisters, among other things. Reading Harry Potter helped me to escape from the weight of the world, but it also gave me strength to go back to my own reality after fighting the dark arts a long side Harry. As a child I felt that if Harry could endure all that was forced upon him, then so could I. As I got older a feeling of strength came with me that I am convinced was partially stemmed from my stepping into the wizarding world as a child. Reading the books and listening to the audio-books with Jim Dale's voice narrating each story instantly transports me to a different place, even to this day. No matter how old I get, I know that my Harry Potter books will age with me, and the audio books will continue to be my most listened to.