User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4144607-20110714013926

When I had discovered Harry Potter, I knew that finally I had found my home. It's like having a friend I can carry around in my pocket, wherever I go. I've read these books since I was a child and I, along with hundreds of others cried on our eleventh birthdays, when we didn't receive our letters addressed in emerald green ink. There are parts of me that still refuse to believe Hogwarts doesn't exist. Harry Potter has opened countless hearts and minds about confronting fears, doing what is right even if no one follows, and finding inner strength. There's something deeply beautiful about the love that Dumbledore speaks of or the love that makes Harry continue to protect his friends and that unconditional protection that Harry's parents gave him. How Hermione continues to be true and loyal, how the Weasleys manage to stick together in times of grief or calamity, or those rare moments where we see Petunia soften. Harry Potter gives us an escape. It makes people of all ages want to read, whether it's a middle aged businessman or an elderly woman or a small child.

The language within Harry Potter is not in any way condescending, because most of the themes are of friendship, loyalty and relationships that any child or adult could relate to. While Harry is fighting the Darkest wizard of all time, he still struggles to deal with these things and his relationships. The amount of romance, humour and adventure is perfect. What person doesn't dream of owning a wand and playing Quidditch?

Harry Potter is a popular work of art that became a world of our own; it was perfected by an imaginative author, personified, examined, distributed, but most importantly, remembered and honoured, not by the sellers, but by us, the devoted fans.

It's so close to being over, and the only thing I can do is thank J.K. Rowling for the rest of my life because her story is the one that will stick with me forever. After this Friday, the magic lives on inside us. I have stuck with Harry until the very end.