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DirtGlitters

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How old are you? When did you start your first HP book?

I was 14 when I read the Philosopher's Stone. I'm now 18.

Personally I don't think the HP series is strictly for children, meaning, YA or adults may even enjoy it more than children, because there are a lot of deep, heart-wrending scenes that I don't think an 8 year old would be able to appreciate.

No offense to young people.
 
I agree. Rowling intentionally didn't "write down" to a child's level, preferring to write a book that both adults and children would enjoy. Boy, I have to remember back to the first one, but I would have been about 37 when it came out. The nice thing with the books is that most adults can "remember" all of the things that happen -- from horrible teachers to the sheer joy of sports just for the sake of competing (before it gets commercial). Many remember being yelled at for things not their fault and enduring hardships because they're "different". Today's child readers will turn their own kids on to the books when they're parents. They'll be best sellers forever!
 
DirtGlitters said:
How old are you? When did you start your first HP book?

I was 14 when I read the Philosopher's Stone. I'm now 18.

Personally I don't think the HP series is strictly for children, meaning, YA or adults may even enjoy it more than children, because there are a lot of deep, heart-wrending scenes that I don't think an 8 year old would be able to appreciate.

No offense to young people.
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Gosh, that gets me thinking, what age was I when I first read Harry Potter. I'm not sure! :eek: I'm 18 now so I must have been about...14 or 15.
 
This feels like an AA meeting of some sort. Hi, my name is mehastings and I'm 25. I read my first Potter book when I was 19.... Of course, the books were just being released in America and I was forced to read it by the fascist manager at the book store I worked in. I've read the rest of them and they're OK.
 
A fascist manager would ask you to read The Communist Manifesto, or Life and Times of Lenin, or I Hate Capitalism. Your manager is a more like a cute puppy. :D

I can't remember when I read Harry Potter, but it's definitely at an age where I had to start paying for my bloody car. Like Halo, I'm also over 18. :(

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direstraits said:
A fascist manager would ask you to read The Communist Manifesto, or Life and Times of Lenin, or I Hate Capitalism. Your manager is a more like a cute puppy. :D
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:D

I was going more with this definition: A reactionary or dictatorial person.

Believe me, she was far from a cute puppy. She had this creepy eye thing (kind of like the moody character in the potter books) and was always afraid her employees were stealing books (yea right).
 
I'm 13 now and I was about 9 or 10 when I first started reading them. Now I'm hooked on the series. ;)
 
I was 11-12 when I first started reading them, and now I'm 17. I started with the prisoner of azkaban though, as it was the book that my teacher was reading in class, and this book is still my favourite out of the lot. I think the first book is the worst.. but maybe that's just because I ruined it for myself by reading in the order 3,4,2,1 :eek:
 
I started reading them when i was 9 im now 16 and i love each harry potter book but goblet of fire has got to be the best
 
I was probably about 18 when I read the first one, and I'm 23 now. I was hooked from the start, I even went to see the movies so I could get my HP fix, half-assed as it was. I can't wait until book 6 comes to me in 10 days!
 
I'm 28 now and I started reading them when I was 23, I read the first one so I would have something to talk about with my younger brother (14). I ended up liking the books much more than I thought I would and now I have even pre-ordered the HBP.
 
Cathy C said:
I agree. Rowling intentionally didn't "write down" to a child's level, preferring to write a book that both adults and children would enjoy.
Actually...Rowling didnt write these books for adults or children. She wrote these for herself..thinking it'd just be a "memory piece" she could reflect on when she got older.
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I've never read them and I doubt I ever shall. I don't believe they are for me; I do believe that they are for children and shall, in my head, remain so.
 
You know what they say, Stewart? The difference between a men and boys is the price of the toys.


I started reading them with my daughter about the time book two came out, and I'll continue to read them until I digest the last page of the last book.
 
Robert said:
You know what they say, Stewart? The difference between a men and boys is the price of the toys.
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It won't change me, won't make me rush out and buy six Rownlings. It's not for me.

I started reading them with my daughter about the time book two came out, and I'll continue to read them until I digest the last page of the last book.
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For you daughter or for yourself? I don't believe "both" is an answer.
 
Stewart said:
It won't change me, won't make me rush out and buy six Rownlings. It's not for me.


For you daughter or for yourself? I don't believe "both" is an answer.
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To each their own, Stewart.

I started to read them with my daughter for my daughter, but now read them because I enjoy reading them.
 
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