User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4145734-20110714051012

Harry Potter represents my childhood and growth into an adult. I started reading the books when I was 9 years old and I grew up as the characters grew up. I still remember turning 11 and crying to my mom that Hogwarts forgot about me. Every book in the series inspires loyalty, true friendship, bravery, and overcoming the obstacles in your life. This series is something that I have and will continue to read and just lose myself in. The sheer inspiration that you can take from every book is amazing. This series isn't just sitting down and reading a boring book. It's immersing yourself in a world that you couldn't otherwise visit. Whether it be flying on a broomstick with Harry, or learning a spell that you would eventually have to use against the greatest dark wizard. You felt what each of the characters felt, you cheered when Harry won that first task of the Triwizard competition, you were angry every time you heard Malfoy call Hermonie a Mudblood, and you cried when Dumbledore died. Everything that happened in the series you could draw some sort of parallel to your own life. This series got me through some of the hardest times of my life and was present during some of the best times of my life. I am very lucky to have had such a great influence.