My brother used to read them aloud to my mother as part of his reading improvement. That was how we all learnt that 'Hermione' is not pronounced Her-moyn *g*
The books do age with Harry - the first few are really great for younger children, the latter ones get longer and darker, as you probably know. I was 11 when the first one came out, and read the last one on the day of its release when I was about 21. I do wonder what it would be like to read them all close together, and at the same age...
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Date: 2015-02-09 01:51 pm (UTC)The books do age with Harry - the first few are really great for younger children, the latter ones get longer and darker, as you probably know. I was 11 when the first one came out, and read the last one on the day of its release when I was about 21. I do wonder what it would be like to read them all close together, and at the same age...