I'm going to miss you Harry!
I don't think that anyone who hasn't grown up with the Harry Potter books can really understand why they mean so much. The first one came out when I was 7. I remember getting it for a birthday present and falling in love with it before any one of my friends knew what it was. It's definitely defined my childhood, that's for sure. But Harry Potter's grown up and so have I.
There truly is something magical about a book that is so good that you go without sleep or eating because the story seems so real. As Dumbledore says at the end of Deathly Hallows pt 2: "Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic." I've read them more times than I can count, yet they never get old. Her characters are human with a distinct personality, sense of humor and faults. And the pure logic of the plot is outstanding. I mean what other author can slip in clues that seem like extraneous details into the first book and then bring them back as essential plot points in the last one? (Take the Deluminator. It's in the first chapter of the first book.) And her whole world is so clever. I could just go on and on...
I am really happy with the movies overall. They could have been horrible. I didn't like this last one at first-they changed so many things from the book. But seeing it again, I think they captured the essence of it, so I can forgive the details. It was pretty epic. (And no matter how hard I wish it was real, the movies are as close as it's going to get.)
So thanks Harry for making my childhood so enjoyable, inspiring countless games of dress-up, and teaching me what it's like to read a really really good book.
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