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what were your obsessions as a kid? seriously, genuinely interested. i always just get overwhelmed by how large the harry potter books are and just give up on reading them (which is weird, because i read other ginormous books without a problem)
Star Wars, comic books, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, PEZ dispensers (I am not making that one up), Hawaiian shirts, there was that year I collected fast food happy meal toys. There are probably a lot of other ones that I’m forgetting.
I only ever read one Harry Potter book, I guess in the 8th grade or something, early enough that I was still the (at least original) core target audience, but far on enough that it was already a huge, huge phenomenon. I honestly didn’t really like the book that much, but I could. not. stop. reading it. It was one of the few times in my life I actually busted out the old “reading in bed with a flashlight and a blanket over your head” thing, just so I could finish it that day.
Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard. My mom and sister really like them, though, so I’ve heard them reading them to each other out loud, and I wasn’t super impressed. It does seem like something I should give another chance, though, and I’m unemployed, so, hell, I ain’t busy.
September 10th, 2009 at 12:57 am
what were your obsessions as a kid? seriously, genuinely interested. i always just get overwhelmed by how large the harry potter books are and just give up on reading them (which is weird, because i read other ginormous books without a problem)
September 10th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Star Wars, comic books, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, PEZ dispensers (I am not making that one up), Hawaiian shirts, there was that year I collected fast food happy meal toys. There are probably a lot of other ones that I’m forgetting.
September 10th, 2009 at 1:24 am
haha wow.
Wait until you see a Very Potter Musical and Potter Puppet Pals…
Your mind will do backflips.
September 10th, 2009 at 2:55 am
I only ever read one Harry Potter book, I guess in the 8th grade or something, early enough that I was still the (at least original) core target audience, but far on enough that it was already a huge, huge phenomenon. I honestly didn’t really like the book that much, but I could. not. stop. reading it. It was one of the few times in my life I actually busted out the old “reading in bed with a flashlight and a blanket over your head” thing, just so I could finish it that day.
September 10th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
@Ben, they only get better, especially after the second one!
September 10th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Yeah, that’s what I’ve heard. My mom and sister really like them, though, so I’ve heard them reading them to each other out loud, and I wasn’t super impressed. It does seem like something I should give another chance, though, and I’m unemployed, so, hell, I ain’t busy.
September 12th, 2009 at 12:24 am
For a while after listening to a bunch of the HP books on tape, I’d point at stuff I wanted and say “ACCIO!” but it never worked…
September 18th, 2009 at 12:50 am
I did read Harry Potter as a kid, and did indeed become obsessed. I’m sort of just now breaking the bonds it had on me.