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The Harry Potter series reading spree

Yes. Finally I have succumbed to it. (That was a note to myself!)

After years of evading the book series, as a self proposed challenge, I began reading the Harry Potter series. And man, I was spellbound! I never thought that this book series would be so gripping for me. Of course, I know that the whole world is mad after it, and that I am just another soul into it, but still, it totally surprised me.

I actually wanted to take note as to how much time I would be taking to complete the series. But then, once I got into it, I started becoming a fan. The first two books didn't so much affect me, because I already knew their story through the films. But later on, with the books which I had no knowledge of, it became really thrilling. The curiosity kept increasing. And to add to all this surprise package, another thing blowing me off was my own reading speed. I was reading at a feverish pace. At first I did over 800 pages in a week!!

Towards the end, with books of Half Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, I was literally eating the book! Reading and reading, through many nights with lack of sleep. And after all this, I managed to finish it two days ago. A total of 32 days of reading, and I have finished books 1 through 7.

I must confess, I am a great fan now! Of the book, of the trio of Harry, Ron and Hermione. Of Dumbledore, whom I consider to be a philosopher.

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