Harry Potter

This morning...yes this morning, early...exactly 2:00 am actually...Justin and I finished reading the 7th and final installment of Harry Potter---The deathly Hallows was a great book. Don't worry no spoilers here.

It was a bittersweet finishing...Justin and I didn't really get into Harry Potter until around the time Jaicie was born. We saw the first movie and decided to read the books. Jaicie is 4 now...Yes, 4...We have only been in the web spun by the harry potter books for 4 years now. Finishing the book, after waiting what 2 years since we finished book 6...We have been waiting so long, and now the wait is over and we are done...we the whole series. Now the wait begins for the movies. 6 in 2008 and 7 in 2010. It just seems amazing that we have only been apart of the web since 2003...and it consumed us.

As we were reading the books, I came to the realization for the first time, that Harry was born in 1980. I was utterly amazed...I was born in 1980, It just surprised me...I am not sure why. But I don't remember ever knowing that before.

Rowling ended the book the only way possible. To do it any other way I feel would have been an injustice to all involved and engrossed in the book. Rowling amazes me. As an author, she has managed to take a book series and spin a web that catches kids of every age. As we stood in line a couple of weeks back to watch the midnight showing of OOTP, we saw people of every age. I was kind of appalled at the fact that there were parents their with their 2 and 3 year old children. Although the beginning of the books are fine for young children, I do not feel that book 5 was appropriate for the youngs ones. However there were people from so many ages. My in-laws love the books. My 4 your old loves the first 3 movies. She doesn't get to watch move until she is older. Just in my own family I see such a great age span of people who loved this book. She captured kids with the young ages at the beginning and managed to catch everyone else by her absolutely brilliant writing. She is an amazing writer and I hope that one day I will be able to experience the excitement again of reading a book the Rowling has written. Though I don't know of any other series like this that has quite the following that HP has had, I feel the Rowling herself has made such a name for herself that people will buy her books, simply because her name is on them. Rowling is indeed an amazing author. She has mastered the art of fantasy writing (I think that is the genre the book would fall into) She has mastered the art of creating a character who would stand the test of time. Waiting for each book brought greater anticipation for what was coming. We helped bring a person or two into the web she spun, but we only have them the introduction, Rowling spun them in.

Well Done Rowling. I am happy to say that your book was amazing and the entire series will sit on my shelfs and be read again and again. We will likely have two complete sets...hard bound and soft bound in the future. Our children will read them, and hopefully so will our grandchildren. I commend Rowling for her amazing talent and her wonderful abilities.

If you haven't read the books yet, I HIGHLY recommend them. They are captivating. You will read the first book and not be able to stop. Take the time to read them. It is wonderful.