User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4141309-20110713005118

I cannot claim that I am the biggest Harry Potter fan, nor close to being it. I honestly grew up thinking of Harry Potter as something I would never like. It didn't seem like my kind of thing. I much preferred reading mysteries and couldn't see why I would want to read or watch movies about a teenage wizard. Thankfully, however, my brother's girlfriend changed my mind. In 2010 (WAY late, I know) I decided to read my first Harry Potter book. I was having a hard time finding any good books nowadays when everything is now about vampires and decided to give it a shot. Boy was I surprised when I actually enjoyed the first book and couldn't wait to read the rest! I saw my first Harry Potter movie in the theater that year, and I'm going to a midnight showing for the last one. So, while I can't say that I grew up with Harry Potter or that I've been to every midnight showing and I've been Hermione for Halloween every year since I was five, it means a lot to me. I love the messages it conveys. Not just in the story, but also in my misjudgment. I will never again judge a book by it's cover. Cheesy, but true. Thanks JK Rowling and Harry Potter!