There's nothing like a good Harry Potter book to complete your holiday. When my suitemate made a Potter reference earlier this week (posting "Dumble" on her door), I realized I had the whole series tucked away in my dorm and decided to re-read the series.
Harry Potter and theSorcerer's Stone still held all the magic I remembered. This was written back in the day before Harry was a whiny emo kid and Draco Malfoy was just a snotty little rich kid. Back when Quidditch games had full chapters devoted to their awesomeness and Ginny was still too shy to
talk to Harry.
As a quick update for those of you who have forgotten, here's the summary: Harry finds out he's a wizard when Hagrid knocks down the door of the hut on the rock in the ocean that the Dursley's have marooned themselves. Well then Harry meets Ron, Harry's good at Quidditch, Mirror of Erised, Troll, Nicholas Flamel, Sorcerer's Stone, Voldemort/Quirrel and Harry saves the day. Kind of makes you want to re-read it yourself, doesn't it?
This is the book where it all began. The Ron-Harry-Hermione friendship, the introduction to Hogwarts, this is the book that started an 11-year frenzy. I love this book because it's so easy to fall into. I flew through it, not just because it was intended for a younger audience, but because the story is so well written. Even though I've already read it, I found myself turning pages with excitement, laughing and getting chills.
After the last Potter book came out, I joined a group on Facebook called "reading the 7th Harry Potter book was like destroying the 7th horcrux on my childhood." I felt that no book would ever replace this in my "favorite book" spot of my heart and so far, none has.
Re-reading the series rekindles that sense of magic and childhood that caused such a following of fans.
I don't know what you'll all be doing during the break, but I'll be curled up with my Harry Potter books, thank you very much.
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