Welcome to Harry Potter Week!!!!
June 26th marks the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter being released in the US!!!!! (its the 21st anniversary in the UK) To celebrate, Weird Zeal created a week long Harry Potter event! Each day there will be a different post to participate in! Check out Weird Zeal’s list of all the posts! I will probably not be participating in all of them, but I am looking forward to participating in some!
A Harry Potter related story
Sorry guys! I am a day late with this one. My Uncles came into town unexpectedly for my Niece’s 1st birthday party and I didn’t have time! But better late than never 😀 Instead of 1 long story I have three mini story-memories:
1. The Beginning
My 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Chaney, read us Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Every day she would read a couple of chapters to the class and it was always my favorite time of the day! When she finished the book we begged her to read the second book but she told us that we would have to read it ourselves. Thus began my love of Harry Potter!
2. The Middle
My best friend, Alyissa, and I would always race to read the books as they came out. We would constantly have our noses stuck in a book. One time in particular, I remember our moms were shopping together and we found a spot in the front of the store and read the entire time our moms were shopping. We both loved to read but the only time I remember reading together was Harry Potter.
3. The End
July 20th 2007 I spent the night at my Aunt’s house. A bit before midnight we went to Walmart and got in line to get the Deathly Hallows. They had huge crates of books and the line snaked around the entire inside of the store. It was surreal. At midnight (July 21st) they started selling the Deathly Hallows. We got our copies and were so excited we went home and started reading immediately!
When I think back on the Harry Potter books these are the three main memories that stick in my mind. They aren’t that spectacular but I cherish them nonetheless!
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That’s so cool you have such awesome memories attached to reading:)
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Thanks 🙂 The first two are my earliest memories of loving reading!
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Aw I remember one of my elementary school teachers reading us the 1st book when it came out too! But I didn’t get into the series until much much later lol. Shoutout to our amazing teachers!! 😀
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Thats awesome! And yes! Hurray for amazing teachers!!! 😀 ❤
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These are such sweet memories!! I miss those days of reading the books for the first time
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Thanks 🙂 and me too!
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I have a weird memory that only HP fans will understand. I bought the final two books at Costco, and I got there first thing in the morning when the store opened on the release date. I was able to grab a couple of empty book boxes with the HP artwork on them. I still have thoses boxes, which I think are pretty cool😊
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Thats awesome! I love collecting random things like that so I get it 😊😊
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I distinctly remember not leaving my room for the better part of 2 days every time a need book came out. And if my mom made me leave the house to go eat with family or shop or whatever, I always brought the book and read in the restaurant or I waited in the car to read while she shopped.
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That sounds like me! I would also re-read the rest of the series every time a new book came out so my seclusion lasted more than two days 😀 I would constantly be reading every chance I got!
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Same! I would start the series as soon as Summer started, so that I would be all caught up for the new book. And then once I got through that, I would start all over again. Since it was summer I didn’t actually have anything to do. Except read like a fiend.
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Thats awesome 😊
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