1. Reading Harry Potter is like visiting old friends that you haven't seen in while. You get to see how they're feeling and what's going on in their lives.
2. I always catch something new every time I read HP. JK is a wonderfully thorough writer, and she has beautifully integrated symbols, ideas, and foreshadowing throughout all seven books.
3. I always actually laugh out loud. Not every book can make me laugh every time I read it. The series is hilarious, and JK has mastered the difficult task of humor writing. Fred and George are the most well-written comic relief characters I have ever seen.
4. Neville Longbottom.
5.I like to catch inconsistencies in the series. Even though JK is incredibly thorough, she still misses a few things, such as the password to Dumbledore's office being "lemon drop" in Chamber of Secrets mistaken for "sherbet lemon" in Goblet of Fire. (I was incredibly excited when I discovered this).
6. Harry Potter was the first chapter book I read by myself in the second grade. My mom started reading it out loud but I got inpatient and stole it from her nightstand and read it by myself. I had to take the AR test in the "big kids" classroom in my two-room elementary school.
7. I grew up with Harry Potter. I was with him from the beginning and again at the end. The dedication for the Deathly Hallows might have made me cry.
8. I read to escape. I've never found a more complete world in which to escape.
9. There will always be people I can relate to through Harry Potter. Having the same obsession as someone else is the fastest way to make friends.
10. It's how I keep the magic alive.
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