In late-August, we asked you all to send in your stories of how you discovered the Harry Potter series. We ended up receiving over 500 entries for this area of the site that we're putting together, and it's now available right here!
We encourage everyone to take some time to read these stories, as they remind of why Harry Potter became the success that it is. Thank you to EVERYONE who contributed with their stories. We couldn't include them all, but we believe that the ones chosen for publication on the site reflect the best parts of the fandom. Enjoy!
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09-28-2008
at 5:13 PM
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 17:17:21
Cool!
I was gunna send in something but I couldnt even remember!
HaHa oh well.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 17:22:53
Those are really cool. Its neat how everyone came across it differently.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 17:25:39
Cool! I will go read them now :) Top 5.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 17:28:41
Awww, it makes me feel all cozy and nostalgic inside thinking of the start of the potter books! And here we are ten years later sharing that love with millions of people! *squee*
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 17:39:14
Top five? When each HP book came out my family wouldnt see me for days...aww such good memories.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 17:57:56
i sent mine in! im not sure if its on there, but these stories take me back about eight years when i first started reading the books. good times :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 18:08:21
I sent one in...I think it is great that we get to hear (well read) how other people discovered the series. It really will take me back.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 18:10:17
that is so cool. i need to see if mines there!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 18:32:42
aww i totally missed this. i wouldve sent mine in. im very attached to my harry potter memories...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 19:30:58
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 19:41:21
yall r so lucky if yall have been a fan for years cuz i have never been to a midnight release and i started reading the books only two years ago. i havent been to ANY harry potter event. i REALLY want to go to the midnight release next summer for hbp. that is the only good thing about the changed release date cuz now i might be able to go to the midnight release.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 19:55:18
haha, wow! Honestly, I dont remember HOW exactly I got interested in HP, but I do remember going to our Kwik Trip store up town & looking at the VHSs (wow, that was a long time ago! :P) & saying something like "Ohhh yay! Harry Potter!" I grabbed it off the rack & mom rented it for me & I think I watched it twice! :P Then I think I ended up getting the paperback book for my bday or something :P Thats all I really remember.... lol
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 20:15:49
Jo has inspired a whole generation to the fun of reading!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 20:31:59
I want to know! LOL I discovered it at my aunts house O.o my cousin had all 4 books so I stole them (not really i just took cos out of his room to read) So thats how I got hooked. I was like 5
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 21:19:24
I sent in a youtube video hehe...wonder if Andrew got it though...gonna check. Happy 10th anniversary everybody!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 21:20:57
oh i totally forgot ): wel its not that great anyway i actually have some regrets about it. so its whateverrrr (:
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 21:43:31
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 21:44:39
I love reading these stories! Theyre so heart warming, and theyre reminding me about how much I really love HP (Im sorry to say I have neglecting it)...But now I think Ill reread them again. I havent read them in a couple months!...I still remember the first time I read HP. I as little when my mom read the first two to me so I quickly lost interest and played with my toy truck instead. But years later I didnt believe my brother when he said Dumbledore died, and he wouldnt let me look in the book without reading it. So I picked up the first one and worked my way up! lol
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 21:54:41
I was going to write in about how I got hooked on Harry Potter, but they wanted people who started with the series 10 years ago. I discovered HP in 2002. so, I didnt think they would accept my story. Anyway, I fell in love with the series. My husband thinks I am a HP freak because I read the books so much, but there are other people who have read the entire series more than me. I love HP, Mugglenet, and Mugglecast. I do have a few jigsaw puzzles, two coloring books, a few posters and Ron and Harry trying to catch a winged key on brooms. (from the first book). I hope to visit England and Scotland someday. I didnt realise that there was so much merchandise available. I would love to get more HP stuff. Yeah! JKR.
I hope Mugglenet lets Jo know how much her books mean to so many people.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 21:55:29
WOW! EVERYONE should read those stories I cried reading them , it really brought back memories, Im in love with the books all over again!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-28 23:34:54
Awww... it brings back fond memories....
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 01:53:23
amagosh, i cried and laughed whilst reading all the stories.
its so wonderful to unite with everyone, and share precious memories of Harry Potter.
JK Rowling and Harry potter FTW!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 01:59:15
Same here Merrymarge, I did not start reading till later as well. I was a movie only fan untill my now 4 year old insisted I read the book to him at bedtime, when he was 2 and a half. I started reading it to him, then I got hooked. hehe
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 09:14:15
sad to see you published only stories from US, I should not bother to send mine...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 10:37:27
The stories were very fun to read, I especially laughed at the one where this girl says she thought at first that the book would just contain Dumbledore and Mc Gonagall conversations lol
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 14:24:57
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 17:00:26
Aww reading all those stories was so great! The YOUtube videos were fun too. I love that all these strangers feel like friends because Im connected to them through Harry Potter. It really makes me relieve my own intro to Harry. I cant imagine life without it.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 18:23:50
Aww i didnt enter!
okay my mom read the books when she was younger and was trying to convince me to read them. i told her they were too scary and i didnt want to read them. i had watched part of the movie, harry had the sword in one hand and the stone in the other, i thought the stone was some gushy organ so i immedialty turned away. my mom started reading them aloud when i was 10. i was trying not to listen, playing nintendogs on my DS, but i got hooked. after about five minutes i was listen rapidly, but still trying to act like i didnt care or want to know more. then, 10 minute mark, i was listening, my eyes wide, DS off. 2 more minutes and my mom said time to go to bed. i grabbed the book quickly said i loved it and asked if i could read it some more tonight. she said in the morning
now im a finatic (im working on my 14th time reading all) and she doesnt even remember who luna is (and shes a pretty memorable character)
-KT
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-29 19:01:55
Pandora,
They didnt just post stories from the US. There were several from Canada as well, and I assume that it was mostly Americans and Canadians who sent in stories.
I sent a story in and dont really care that it wasnt put in, because my thoughts were mirrored by a lot of the entries. I can see safely say though, a whole entire decade later, Harry Potter still remains embedded in my heard and that currently Im still reading the books. VIVA HARRY!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-09-30 14:13:31
Those are some nice stories. I was gonna write mine but I wasnt a fan for the entire ten years.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2008-10-04 21:03:25
I would like to thank MuggleNet for printing my recollections. I was able to talk with an adult patron today. He finished Half-Blood Prince and was torn by what happened at the end and had to have Deathly Hallows to continue reading. Thank you again. BrendaW (48)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2010-07-18 14:02:27
I wasn't a fan for like 12 years D: what a waste of life xD
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2010-08-07 23:24:10
wow i loved this book. its totally cool so many parts i liked good job J.K. Rowling
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