User:MissDelacour

Hello!

I've been a fan of Harry Potter since I've discovered the books at age 7. Ironically I used to go to this library once a month to get a Noddy (from Enid Blyton) but someone advised me to get something more grown-up. So I randomly choose Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. After the first chapter, I was completely lost and surprised because I didn't know what on earth was going on: the boy can't say the word "magic" and his uncle has egg yolk stuck on his mustache? Then his aunt sends him off to clean the house and tend the garden under burning sun? It took me a few weeks of Noddy nostalgy, then I got hooked again by reading the first book. Makes much more sense. I became completely addicted and would read them over and over again, searching for clues and details and hints while waiting for the next book to be published. If someone told me the beginning of a sentence, I could recite the whole paragraph (sadly, now, I've been reading HP much less often since I am in college)...

I went to every Harry Potter publication party, and I still remember the last one in Georgetown, DC. I was a bit nostalgic, but this helped me enjoy the last book word by word (I stood awake for seventeen hours), and I must say Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is my favourite of the series, since no matter how many times I’ve read it (less than the first ones since I was in high school when it came out and getting my application to Dream School NYU ready), I still get this feeling of anticipation and excitement about what’s going to happen. Besides, it’s among the longest so more HP is always great!

I loved DH-Part 1 and cannot wait for the last part, even though I will be sad because there won’t be anything to look forward to after…

Aaanyways, I thought of joining this website because I find it amazing that there are such devoted fans who go over every single detail, even obscure characters or things and write about them, and I want to be a part of it, as a member of the generation who grew up with Harry Potter!