User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4156945-20110716211548

I am only 19 years old, and have literally grown up with these books. At the age of seven, I finally read the first one. I can't begin to describe the joy and excitement of reading this one book. The feeling of turning over a fresh page and continuing, the feeling of turning the last page and the wave of sadness that passes through as you realize that you finished the book. My thoughts and emotions poured into this series as if I, myself, had written it. J.K. Rowling is one of my idols; her books inspired me to begin writing, to explore my imagination and find my own story to write. To me, Harry Potter isn't a book to read or a movie to watch. It isn't a world to immerse yourself into. It's life. It's becoming apart of the story in a way Rowling didn't intend to. The characters became more than just people in a book, they became my friends. Part of my life to the point where I would cry for them as if they were real people. Harry Potter is my life, my existence. Life without it would be dull and uneventful. Like crackers without any easy-cheese.