tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post8973566269708025829..comments2024-03-03T03:12:26.280-05:00Comments on Reading on a Rainy Day: Thank you, J.K. Rowling for...Athirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366654538383603004noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-50285059375823764712012-07-08T04:26:45.679-04:002012-07-08T04:26:45.679-04:00I grew up with Harry Potter. I was at every book a...I grew up with Harry Potter. I was at every book and movie release. For the first book I went with my mother who at the time was three months pregnant with me. I may not remember the first few book releases but, I was there and have the pictures to remind me. I read the first book in first grade and loved it. It was because of the first HP book that I now love reading. <br />When life got hard I always could turn to Harry and go to his magical world. I will always love Harry. I grew up with him, and, even though he is a book character, he helped me though tough times. He is real to me, to every Potter head. I remember that on my eleventh birthday I got a Hogwarts letter, and I was so excited! I drove my parents crazy insisting it was real, that I had to go to Scotland as soon as possible. I know now that it was from my grandparents as a joke, but that hasn't stopped me from sending one to all my younger siblings on their eleventh birthday. I properly will do it to my own kids as well. <br />After the last movie came out I was so happy; it was so good. It took awhile for me to realize that their would not be more Harry Potter. That there was not anything more I had to wait for, that it was over. I was so sad about that, it felt like a part of my child hood was over. <br />I will always remember Harry Potter, and every July 31st I will wish a Happy birthday to him. Thank you J.K. Rowling. Aliz Cloenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-43135070378278231342011-07-19T05:13:53.328-04:002011-07-19T05:13:53.328-04:00We are a very lucky generation. No other will ever...We are a very lucky generation. No other will ever live in the expectation of what will happen next and wonder and agonize about who is going to live and die. There were really magical yearsAlex (The Sleepless Reader)http://thesleeplessreader.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-83662671590155882972011-07-18T23:30:10.274-04:002011-07-18T23:30:10.274-04:00I saw it Friday morning. I thoroughly enjoyed it. ...I saw it Friday morning. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked how they handled Snapes as well. The only thing I didn't like was the parts where the characters would whisper something, there accents made it difficult to understand what they were saying. Otherwise, it was well done. I was so in love with Nevil. He was the superhero to me.Lenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-80113818118759722152011-07-16T22:33:44.777-04:002011-07-16T22:33:44.777-04:00So glad that u loved this one as well. I never go...So glad that u loved this one as well. I never got caught up in the HP craze, although I did read the first few books and saw the first 2 movies.Bibliophilebytheseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-55902975893622686422011-07-16T13:43:01.049-04:002011-07-16T13:43:01.049-04:00Wonderful post! I loved the movie as well and it f...Wonderful post! I loved the movie as well and it felt like a good send off. But I am also really sad that there is no more to look forward to. I did get emotional during the movie, especially the Snape story and when he saw his dead family members.Helen Murdochhttp://helensbookblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-56031209888103406962011-07-16T11:33:46.992-04:002011-07-16T11:33:46.992-04:00I really want to see the movie this weekend, with ...I really want to see the movie this weekend, with the kids. I also can't believe that it's over. My kids grew up on Harry Potter, and reading life won't be the same without him. It's crazy to think that this is the last movie, and that after that there is no more Harry Potter.zibileenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-86301030079750201232011-07-16T00:34:15.189-04:002011-07-16T00:34:15.189-04:00I began crying the moment McGonigel stepped in fro...I began crying the moment McGonigel stepped in front of Harry....which was about halfway through the film (maybe). My friends laughed at me, and I had tissue stuck to my face when I left, but I loved it. I am so so sad. But so grateful. I am, personally, grateful to my mom (a sixth-grade reading teacher) for introducing me to the first three books.Thepickygirlblognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-67690448170524571702011-07-15T23:17:31.522-04:002011-07-15T23:17:31.522-04:00I LOVE this post! I grew up with HP too. To think...I LOVE this post! I grew up with HP too. To think that I almost refused to read it when my mum got the first book for me when I was 11, is unbelievable! I thought the 8th movie was the best part too! I cried buckets for Snape :(Mishahttp://twitter.com/Misha_1989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-43834601323552687532011-07-15T23:06:46.855-04:002011-07-15T23:06:46.855-04:00This whole day was very emotional for me. I cried ...This whole day was very emotional for me. I cried at the premiere last night and was super emotional talking with others about it today. Great post, it helped me remember that while it's the end it's never really the end. Ashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-42359926754860362632011-07-15T22:40:52.094-04:002011-07-15T22:40:52.094-04:00I'm emotional reading this. :)
I only read t...I'm emotional reading this. :)<br /><br />I only read the first two books, but I'd like to get the box set in the future, reread the two and then read the rest. MedeiaSharifhttp://www.medeiasharif.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-29721939519627921062011-07-15T20:54:23.211-04:002011-07-15T20:54:23.211-04:00Ahhhhhhhhhh what a beautiful beautiful post.Ahhhhhhhhhh what a beautiful beautiful post.Juju at Tales of Whimsy...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-62714307455479090372011-07-15T20:20:49.167-04:002011-07-15T20:20:49.167-04:00So true! I think one reason Harry Potter was/is so...So true! I think one reason Harry Potter was/is so successful is that Rowling was not afraid to tackle the hard questions about life - i.e if I make a wrong choice, does that make me a bad person? She recognizes that kids think just as deeply as adults but they often don't have a vocabulary or structure to verbalize or form their thinking around. Not to mention that everyone who has thought themselves as different secretly wishes they had a world as wonderful to land in as Harry.Pburthttp://pburt.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-23503774958093409222011-07-15T16:12:50.391-04:002011-07-15T16:12:50.391-04:00I was in college when the first Star Wars movie ca...I was in college when the first Star Wars movie came out and I don't think it was as big as Harry Potter. There wasn't so much marketing back then, plus it was only movies and Harry Potter is books and movies.bermudaonion (Kathy)http://bermudaonion.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318555580612720798.post-349471496945075132011-07-15T15:34:22.328-04:002011-07-15T15:34:22.328-04:00Yes - I think one of the biggest things about Harr...Yes - I think one of the biggest things about Harry Potter is feeling like everyone else is in on it too. In a way, it's the perfect meld of personal and public, because even though each book and film was experienced by us on an individual level, it's the one series that you know you'll be able to talk about as soon as you've finished reading or watching. I am sorry it's over, but I'm glad I experienced it as it was happening.Meghanhttp://medievalbookworm.comnoreply@blogger.com