My Contribution to the Harry Potter Lovefest

Michael and I finished reading the seventh and final Harry Potter book (on audio of course) late Sunday night. If you are an HP fan, then you've already finished it and I don't have to tell you how amazing it was. It was everything we fans thought it would be, and more than we ever even knew we could hope for. Sure, we want to know more, but we will always want more. The Potter books are the foundation for an entertainment empire. They added countless words to our language in a way that hasn't been done since William Shakespeare. They brought millions of completely different people-- different in belief, age, culture, etc.-- together and gave them something to talk about. The books gave us a world to visit again and again and know that we can escape our own world and be completely immersed in the magical one. All of this sharing and bringing together and outpouring of the full spectrum of emotions is the result of one thing-- one woman's imagination. And therein lies the magic, the most amazing and powerful magic. Thank you J.K. Rowling.