User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4140850-20110712214938

To me, Harry Potter was a wonderfully entertaining and fun escape from the misery of Iraq when I was deployed there in 2010. My wife encouraged me to read the first book to see if I liked the series as much as she always had. After reading "Socerer's Stone," I was quickly hooked and we read through all the books together (she for a second time, me for my first time). We'd read a chapter or two every day and talk about it on Skype - our own Harry Potter "book club." Reading the books together helped us to feel close despite being a world apart. I enjoyed the books so much that I'd often grab the one I was currently reading on my way to the bunker during an attack. Reading through all the Harry Potter books was one of the only bright spots in an otherwise bleak 12 months over there.