User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4153769-20110716032001

To me Harry Potter means my youth. Harry Potter has my childhood sprawled out in every page of every book. From my discovery of the series when I was 7 to now as I walk into the cinema to watch the conclusion of the films. The series has been the foundation of my childhood. Every year my grandmother would buy me one the books for my birthday until I had the complete collection in both paperback and hardcover. Every year I'd look forward to unwrapping that pristinely wrapped gift anticipating a new adventure. For me reading Harry Potter was an escape. A way I was able to disconnect from a world where I was so shy and unknown, and enter a world where magic existed. J.K. Rowling gave me a world were anything was possible. Harry Potter defined my childhood. I was always known as the girl with the oversized book in her hand in school. And while most people don't understand my love for the series, all I can say is I've grown up with it. From the 8 year old kid discovering the worn out, used copy of Socrcerer's Stone to the 18 year old now who has the entire set up on her bookshelf. Each book is a portal to that magical world that gave me comfort. While it may be over in a sense I always look forward to reliving the adventures I so happily enjoyed when I was younger by re-reading the books.