Monday, November 22, 2010

i love harry potter


so...we went to see the new harry potter movie yesterday. i loved it! has anyone out there seen it? what did you think? 

i remember when i first discovered harry potter...i was sleeping over at my cousin's house and i needed something to read before bed. she is 7 years younger than me and at that time i was in high school so she didn't have tons of books that looked appealing. so...i ended up picking up harry potter; i thought it would help put me to sleep. 

i ended up staying up for the entire night reading it. it was such a magical book, i was hooked. i think the first 3 or 4 books had been released at that time so i borrowed the others and loved each one more than the last. 

thinking about harry potter makes me very aware that i have a few strange reading habits...now seems like a good time to share them. 

1. i like to reread books.
when i read a book for the first time i am very on edge not knowing what happens. however, i like surprises so i am not one of those people who will read the end first. so when i read a new book usually i read it quickly. i enjoy it but i don't really absorb anything. so...i can easily reread a book at least 3 times and sometimes i actually forget the main plot points so it is like i am reading a new book. weird? the harry potter series is one of my favourites to reread. it is so relaxing to me. i don't know why. i just love rereading those books. 

2. if a book is part of a series i can't skip around...i need to start at the beginning. 
so...if i want to read the 7th harry potter book i need to read 1 through 6 first. i physically cannot just read the 7th book. it feels so wrong. soooo...i have read the first 4 harry potter books so many times. this applies to any book that is part of a series...yikes. i'm crazy.

does anyone else have strange habits, reading or otherwise? please share so i don't feel so nuts!

talk to you soon!
love, elycia

24 comments:

  1. I really want to see it bad! I have read them all when I got the first one I felt kinda silly reading a kids book but omg i was like you I could not put it down hooked

    Carrie

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  2. When I read HP, I was going on 8 years old and I still reread them today. So you're not alone on that one. :D

    I can read about 5 books at once. Not literally, of course, but yea. And if I'm in the middle of a book & stop reading it for a week or so (for whatever reason), I have to start the book over.

    Deathly Hallows was amazing! I loved it so much. It was sooo visually amazing & everything.

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  3. oh I for sure could not read a book in the middle of a series.. have to start from the beginning! I cannot wait to see the new harry potter movie! <3 hp

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  4. yeah, i've seen the movie last friday
    i can totally agree with you on your first reading habit!
    i just LOVE to reread books, because I'm reading quickly too just to know the end faster and not paying much of attention to the details
    and as to HP series, I just can says that i've reread those like dozens of time, they're so relaxing andcozy I don't know :)
    but as to your second habit - i'm not such of a kind, i sometimes just feel that I need to read THAT EXACTLY part right just now, so I read it :)
    but it has sad consequences - I'm a little bit messed up with the plot of the entire series - i don't remember in which part this happened and in which that, so I think as the weather behind the window is so appealing to get under the blenket with a book, i'll start over!)

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  5. LOVES dear harry potter. And is it me or is Ron one cute red head. He can put a spell on me anytime! aahahah :)

    This movie is going to be awesome I know it!

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  6. I thought the movie was really close to the book and was fantastic. I love the little story of how you discovered Harry Potter. I can't quite remember how I found the books :/ I'm not sure I have many habits with books...apart from the fact that if a movie is based on a book I have to read the book first.

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  7. My reading habits are exactly the same. Whenever I got a new Harry Potter book I would have them read in a day or two. I've read them all quite a few times as well. And I could never read a series of books out of order! Just the idea of it seems crazy to me, haha.

    I hate to admit it (partly because I want to like them and partly because I'm scared of the backlash, haha) but I'm really not a fan of the movies. I've heard that the latest one is the most true to the book though so I'm sure I'll get around to watching it eventually.

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  8. My boyfriend and I are going to see it this weekend! I can't wait, I'm so excited! It's sad that the films are almost over though:(

    Marja <3

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  9. We saw it over the weekend and it was SO good! The Hubbums and I totally decided we would have happily sat through all 5 hours of the whole thing in one shot! LOL! We devoured those books and it is so cool that the movies have been created so amazingly well!

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  10. i adore the book series! i didn't start getting into harry potter until the "prison of azkaban" movie came out (my parents said it was the devil.) i love the books AND the movies so much!

    it should be a pretty quick read to go through all 7 books. i breezed through the first 6 but the last one does take a little while, threes A LOT going on! it’s so worth it though!

    Happy reading! ^_^

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  11. I didn't start reading Harry Potter until I was 25... That was 7 years ago though. When I started reading them Prisoner of Azkaban was about to hit the theatres and Order of the Phoenix had JUST hit the book shelves. My brother told me I needed to read them. I love fantasy fiction so I did. I finished 1-5 in a week and then for HBP and DH I went to Wal Mart at Midnight and got my copy and read them in an 18 hour time span. Sleeping only 4 hours out of that. ha. Harry Potter has been one of the most amazing imaginary escapes for me! I loved pt 1 of DH so so so much. Prisoner of Azkaban will always be the most magical reading experience but DH is my favorite book.

    I don't have to start from the beginning of the series in reading but I do have to begin at POA. :) Great Post. Harry Potter LOVE!

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  12. i haven't seen it yet!!!!!!!! i have to wait till my mom gets back from spain, it is tradition that we go each year <3

    xo,
    cb

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  13. I'm never been into Harry Potter but I totally feel on about rereading books a few times. I want to find out what happens so I read through them so quickly that I miss half the details. The worst is when I read so fast that I skip over important details or events and have to go back and find out who someone is or what actually happened. I love love love reading!

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  14. I'm exactly the same with rereading books! Am glad its not just me :) xx

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  15. I was 9 years old when I started reading HP. The movie was so good, and SO sad, because its the beginning of the end you know?!

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  16. I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter on thursday! :D

    I so wish I would've got into reading the books. I think it's all because my mom randomly bought me the 4th book in the series and I had never read any of the others.

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  17. Gah, I am yet to see it but it is only my list of things to watch at the cinema. I hear people talking about it everywhere I go. Even on the bus in the mornings to work!

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  18. I haven't seen it yet, but I can't wait!

    The first time I tried to read Harry Potter was when I was in high school I borrowed it from my brother who was 7. I was bored to death and stopped, because I've never been into fantasy. And then I refused to read it ever on principle. Then about a year ago, I gave them another shot, read through the whole series in four days and I love them.

    The weird book habits I have.. I refuse to reread books haha and I refuse to read books that have followings like this or Twilight (and I've read both, oops!) and I hate fantasy. (I always break the rules!!)

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  19. I haven't seen the movie yet, but hopefully sometime soon. And I have the same reading habits too, but also if I stop reading a book for a long while the next time I pick it up I have to start over to remember everything.

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  20. i love HP, too, though I haven't seen the movie yet... :S

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  21. I never skip around books in a series. And I am always re-reading books. Sometimes I feel like I want to read a book but if I am in a sad mood or something I will pick a book that I have read before. It's like a talk with an old friend.
    I started reading the Harry Potter books when I was working at the library and I was going through a divorce. I had seen the first two movies and I knew the books had to be better. I read the first five in about a week and a half. I still haven't seen Half Blood Prince (not sure why) or the new movie as I rarely see movies at the theatre.

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  22. I feel the same way. I have only read the whole Harry Potter series once though. :b

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  23. Totally agree with you on 'series' books - I have to start at the beginning and read them in order (and it's the same with movies in a series too). It just makes more sense that way. Boring, but true! Also, to watch the movie, I have to have read the book (in the case of HP) first. So glad I finished book 7 - hopefully I'll get to see the movie sometime over the holiday season now :)

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  24. Haha, I reread Harry Potter all the time. PoA is my favourite book, I think I reread it over 25 times. Yup, that's a little crazy. The book is falling apart, by the way.

    I mainly still love reading the series because I get sucked into that magical world, just like I did when I was 13. It gives me a nostalgic feeling.

    I deeply regret the fact that I've never been to a mignight release of one of the books ): Some of my friends were going to London for the release of DH. So cool.

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