to all the harry potter fans.. how did you first learn about the books and how did they change your life?
as for me well i picked the first one up randomly in fourth grade and couldn't put it down. i am now in eleventh grade and just about the only literate person in my small town. he he. not kidding. but any way yeah harry potter got me hooked on reading and im actually pretty smart because i can read and my friends are on seventh grade reading levels..
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OMG HP! I'm a fangirl, too! Twilight watch out...
Ok, well.. My aunt bought me my first Harry Potter book, but it was actually Chamber of Secrets. I tried reading it, not realizing it was a series. Well then I bought the first... and I've been hooked ever since!
It's changed my life because it's gotten me through some tough times. When I read, I feel like I can be in another time and place and nothing can stress me out :)
I still remember the first book that made me into an avid reader. It was The Sword in The Stone. 30 years later I still love reading.
I heard about Harry Potter from several friends and when I got a chance I picked up the first few books. The Goblet of Fire had just come out. I bought it on 9/11. Our plane was grounded at SeaTac airport and we were in a hotel for 5 days. The books were just about the only cheerful thing during that time. I have since then read most of the books about 10 times. Something I can't say about any other book. They are literally magic. What a fantastic way to catch the book bug. :)
Well I first heard about them back the when they first came out, when everyone was running to buy them and the books were all over the news, back in the 1990's. At first, before I read any of the Harry Potter books or even saw the movies, I thought they were just stupid and nerdy. But after seeing the movies and reading the books I actually started to like the Harry Potter series. So, yeah... thats how i heard of Harry Potter.
Well my friend recommended the books and when she saw i had like no intention to read them she lent me the first book. I picked it up, totally unaware that this book would be my life over the next couple of years and couldn't put it down! I borrowed all the other books off her and then bought them all from the bookshop.
It changed my life so much as i love the stories, they are so intriguing and i soon became obsessed. I can't find the words to explain why these books are so amazing, but as a Harry Potter fan, I'm sure you will understand :)
I thought they were gayyyyyy at first, but in 8th grade I read The Order of the Phoenix and actually loved it so I started from book one and was hooked!! So far they are my favorite series.
Iam also in 11th grade, btw Harry Potter is WAY better than the Twilight saga dnt ya agree?
Harry Potter didn't changed my life. First I read all the books and then I watched films. Then I read once more time all the books (I was bored).
I love that story. Films are good to.. My life was not changed, when movie come I watch it.. That's all...
I first heard of Harry Potter when I was probably in first grade.
My mother tried to get me hooked on the series, and I turned her down. Probably in the middle of my second grade year, I was looking for a simple book to read, and my eyes fell on The Sorcerer's Stone (I distinctly remember rolling them, too), so I picked it up. Love at first word...that series is SO well written, and the characters are so personable.
They're so FUN to read, too - but I have to admit, I didn't like Deathly Hallows. :(
Harry Potter had currently made 6 films, including the novel books.
My friends and I were roaming the school library, I was in the third grade and I picked it up. My dad and I started reading it together because it was a little more advanced then what I was used to reading, and we have been hooked on the books ever since. I read the books out loud to my family. It takes a long time to get through them but it gives us all tiem together. And we get to discuss the books since they all tie in and you find something new every time you read them.
I saw the first movie in 2nd grade and I read the books immediately after that. They didn't really change my life in a dramatic way, but it was the first thing that I was hooked on and passionate about.