User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4148575-20110714231759

What does Harry Potter mean to me? I fell in love with Harry Potter in high school. After reading the first two books, I bought every book at midnight (once in New York, once in southern France, and once in Vienna, Austria!) and saw every movie at midnight too. In addition to English, I have a Harry Potter book in every language I speak (Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Latin) and the international versions too. Harry Potter means I'll be able to teach my children to read with a magical world where children work together and can accomplish anything and learn to love and trust each other, no matter how difficult the road. Harry Potter is my stress reliever--every time I had finals in high school, college, and law school, I read through the entire series the week before just to relax and feel better. It's where I go to get away, to think about freedom and adventure and love and what really matters in life. It was part of my young adulthood, something my friends and I bonded over and memorized and discussed into the wee hours of the night. It is a barometer by which I measure potential friends--if they're Harry Potter fans, we're fast friends already. I even have my own wand! Harry Potter will always be a part of my life--I can't wait to read it to my kids and someday, my grandkids. Thanks, Jo.