I remember back in 1999, when every time I would head into a bookstore I would see posters and books about Harry Potter. I wondered what the big deal was. Why did the stores have so many displays with the books? Why did they seem so popular. Who was Harry Potter anyway? I wanted to know, so I asked one of the store clerks. I was informed that the books were about, "a boy who finds out that he's a wizard on his 11th birthday and goes to wizard school." I thought that sounded like a lot of fun and in my opinion, books should be fun. This was shortly after the 3rd book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was released. The 4th book was in the works.
I went ahead and purchased the 1st book figuring if I enjoyed it I would later buy the 2nd and 3rd. I loved the book. It was magical (no pun intended) and fun. I was transported to another place. The book was an experience. I quickly bought the other 2 that were available and ate them up. I waited months for the 4th book and attended the midnight release party. I was hooked.
Fast forward to summer of 2007. In anticipation of the release of the 5th book, turned movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (which I saw yesterday and was fantastic) and the release of the 7th and final book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". Over the past few weeks I've been rereading some of the other books gearing up for so much Potter mania. Coincidentally, I have wanted to make myself a new summer skirt. Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes inspired me. I ended up making myself a brown, wrap style, knee length skirt. There's a fiery phoenix on the front with a few swirls of gold stretching to the back where a single phoenix feather floats. My husband assures me that I will be the envy of HP geeks everywhere at the midnight release party for the 7th book next week.
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