User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4171021-20110719192905

Harry Potter is more than a novel to me. It is a complete universe where one can escape the pronlems of real life and enjoy a world bound only by the author's imagination. This book also does an excellent job in teaching important life lessons in a friendly manner and more importantly, encouraging children to read and explore. When I first heard of this phenomena, I thought it was just a media stunt to popularize a novel. However, upon reading the first page, I was imersed in a truley spectacular experience. I used to go to the local library to read as much as I could, for I my parents were not fans of spending money on books. They wihed to spend money on just sustaining our family. To be honest, I had not even seen the movies until they started showing them on ABC and keeping them at my local library. It has left a lasting impression on me and I have read the books many. It's perhalps most important influence on me was the fact that it gave me the confidence to write my own novels, which I am currently in the process of writing. I grew up with Harry Potter and I can not thank the creaters of the movies, the actors, and of course JK Rowling herself for writing such a wonderful novel. This is the only book that I have read that made me cry and laugh as the story progressed and stay up nights and nights devouring the pages like a starved person. Overall, what can I say when I am left speechless since the series has ended. It seems like mear days from the begenning of the series to the end of the final movie. I will miss Harry Potter terribly, but I know he will live on in my heart and mind everytime I turn the page in any of the books.