Thursday, July 1, 2010

Another love

As you all know, Disney will now and forever hold a special place in my heart.

But I have another love. Yes, I know, impossible to believe. But it is true. I love books. It's a mutual love. Books have always been there when sometimes no one else was. I love escaping and reading about someone else's life. Reading their qualms, how they deal, how they live and move on.

As cheesy as it sounds, I feel like I've made friends through books. I've fallen in love and befriended characters through my many years of reading. And yes, Harry Potter is my number 1.

I first discovered Harry one day when my uncle bought me the first book when I was in 5th grade. EVERYONE was reading it and talking about it. So since I was such a cool kid (didn't I tell you I'm the coolest cat out there?) I said I wouldn't read it because everyone else was reading it. Cool kids don't do what everyone else is doing. So I thanked him for the book but definitely just gave it to my sister. Which was pointless because it's a miracle when she even touches a book...other than Twilight these days. Yuck.

I digress. One night, in 6th grade, 2 of my then best friends spent the night at my house and we had the Sorcerer's Stone DVD. I refused to watch it, but they convinced me that it was a good movie. I caved...and fell in love. I was fascinated. I was hungry for more. The second the credits rolled, I ran to my sister's room, took back my book, and began to read. Yes; my friends were sleeping over and I spent the remainder of the night reading. Don't judge me.

Needless to say, I read up to Goblet of Fire, the most recent book at the time, in a matter of about 2 or 3 weeks. Ever since, I've been a huge HP fan. I know everything and love everything Harry Potter. I buy everything the day it's released. Most recently, it was the Harry Potter Lego Video Game. I've been slacking on the "Deluxe Edition" boxes of the first two movies, but that's because I feel that the REALLY good stuff that we haven't seen will be released way after the movies are all done.

What inspired this blog? Well, the new amazing, epic, EPIC, beautiful trailer for Deathly Hallows, the Wizarding World, and the video game. I started rereading Deathly Hallows for the 4th time and love it.

I know a lot of people have said this before that have followed Harry on his plethora of adventures for the past few years, but seriously, Harry, Ron, and Hermione will always remain my friends. When my life starts to suck a little bit, I will pick up any HP book and start to go into the Wizard World. I own a wand so why the heck not?

Anyone who has ever been apprehensive or questionable about getting into the series in more ways than just the movies, I promise you will NOT be disappointed. JK Rowling has got talents that Stephanie Meyer will never ever be able to gain in her wildest of dreams. Frankly, I have no idea how the hell Stephanie Meyer has made so much money out of crappy books that could have all been edited down to 100 pages, but that's just my honest opinion. I respect anyone that loves the series regardless, my sister included.

Bottom line, love Harry. Respect Harry. Because Harry isn't going anywhere. He will live on forever.

And he didn't even need any unicorn blood or a sorcerer's stone. AND WHAT?!

Magic and love,
Kayla

P.S. I PROMISE this time, I'll really stick to my blogging. :)

2 comments:

  1. Wow!! I didnt know until reading this that the first Harry Potter book was given a different title in the USA to England! In the UK its called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone!! But I have to agree - they are fantastic books!! And I admit to queuing up at midnight for the release of the last book!!

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  2. LOL - I came to Harry in the opposite direction. Someone had given my younger sister the first three books but she's not a reader so she handed them over to me. I fell in love. I too was able to read up to the fourth book and then have to wait what felt like an eternity for the rest of the books. Lots of tears...sigh. Not sure what I'll do when all the movies are done too.

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