User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4134990-20110711014805

Honesty, Harry Potter is a lifetime lesson on prejudgement and assumption. The Sorcerer's Stone was released right as I was finishing my Sophomore year in High School, and without even taking the time to read the cover, I had it pegged as a stupid kids book. It wasn't until 2005, when I was bribed to watch the first movie, that I realized what a mistake I had made. From there, I immediately devoured the other movies. Even then though, it wasn't until I had watched the fifth movie, and was anxiously awaiting the sixth that I finally started reading the books I should have been reading years ago. And immediately saw just how much I was missing. And it wasn't until I was rereading the series once again that I truly realized how full circle I had gone, and just how much there was to learn from the Harry Potter universe. That far from being some kids book, there were life lessons for the young and...not so young. And something that my children will definitely experience, and hopefully both enjoy and learn as much as I have experiencing this universe.