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How did you get into it?, How (and when) did you start reading Harry Potter?
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post Mar 23 2009, 12:09 AM
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Voice your experiences of how you bacame a HP fan! biggrin.gif What exactly led you to pick up the first HP book? rolleyes.gif
I picked mine after seeing the first two HP films... I really liked the second one, so finally decided to join the armies of HP readers... lol.gif
And what were your reasons? smile.gif
Got it as a gift?
Heard the books were good?
Read it for someone else?
Wanted to see what all the fuss related to HP is about?
... or maybe you just picked it randomly? read.gif

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I dated this total loser, but at the time I liked him a lot. He wanted me to watch the movies with him, and I refused. I hadn't seen any, and I got so irritated by the hype, that I didn'tw ant to be sucked in. Eventually though, I watched them all (1-4 at the time) and then read all the books. Even though he was a complete douchebag, I got something good out of that relationship....Harry!


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I dated this total loser, but at the time I liked him a lot. He wanted me to watch the movies with him, and I refused. I hadn't seen any, and I got so irritated by the hype, that I didn'tw ant to be sucked in. Eventually though, I watched them all (1-4 at the time) and then read all the books. Even though he was a complete douchebag, I got something good out of that relationship....Harry!



Ha ha ha great story! I'm glad you got something out of it tongue.gif.


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- shtormas   How did you get into it?   Mar 23 2009, 12:09 AM
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