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the cult of harry potter

So my friends did a friendly thing and bought me the first four Harry Potter books for my b-day in July. I have to say that I can see the appeal; the stories are well written, the movies can't possibly compete w/JK Rowling's literary descriptions and Harry is a character that you simply must root for. Even though I've seen the first three movies, they cannot (nor can any movie) hold a candle to the books! I was miffed @ my friends after we watched the first movie; they could've told me that Harry was "the chosen one" (I hadn't read the first book yet so I had no way of knowing. Chosen one? That'll take too long, start w/Joseph Campbell...) before the movie started.

I'm not an avid reader, but I'm trying to become one. Ultimately, I would like to kill a book a week; if every book were as well written as these, that would be an easy feat. I find myself zipping through the pages @ an alarming rate. I'll start on page 105, follow several passages, look @ the bottom of the page and find that I'm on page 150! Unfortunately, nothing worth having in life is easy. Also, I've noticed something else.

Whenever I look up from whichever book I'm reading, strangers are looking @ me w/a smile; there's an acknowledgement in their gaze and the smile is that of someone who just found out that their going to Disney World. All of 'em, the same look! Old, young, black, white, tall, short, man, woman, doesn't matter. Every time I look up, someone is watching me! I don't mind, it's just a little eerie...but not as eerie as the one's that initiate a brief conversation about which book I'm reading. I guess a friend of Harry Potter is a friend of mine...or something like that...


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