Okay, why not.

SO, we were going to mexico the day it came out. So we were at the airport at like 3 in the morning and my dad got it for me in one of those little expensive shop things. And the little room was so small at mexico(where u sleep) and i wanted to read my book in peace so every night for like 4 nights id get a pillow, a blanket, and go read my book in the bathtube for 3 hours. (:

I'm lost, I'm lost with you. I don't care where we are. Or where we're headed to. But I know I'm lost, I'm lost with you. -Hey Monday

suh-weet! So here's the story.

My grandpa had this insane library of books, and I always admired it, and my grandpa knew that. But one day, it was a rainy day and I was really bored, and I was complaining, so my grandpa told me to go down to his library, shut off the lights (which would make it pitch black for there are know windows) and grab a random book off of the many shelves. Now, I had always refused to read the Harry Potter series. It always seemed sort of stupid to me. But imaginy my luck when I grabbed a book and walked out of the library only to find that I had picked the dreaded first book of the Harry Potter series. Knowing my grandpa would make me read it if I didn't, I sat in the corner of his library and read all day. When I was finished I was hooked to the series. So I read all of the series on his shelf, which abruptly ended at Half-blood Prince. So I waited for five months, and then read Deathly Hallows in one day. Tehe, Fin.

Bump!

Sheila Ruth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison

Bump! Don't forget to enter!

Sheila Ruth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison

SInce,, nobody's entering can you bump up the deadline?

Good Memories and Good Nightmares.

Harry Potter is one of my all-time favorite series of books. My dad bought me the first book when I was in second grade, and I didn't want to read it. I thought the series looked silly. However, one day I decided to pick up the first book and I read it in one sitting. I devoured the books, and I had devoured all of the ones that were out before I entered third grade. I'm now going into seventh, and the Harry Potter series remains in a special place in my heart.

My friend and I went to a Harry Potter Book 7 release party, and we had a ton of fun. A line had formed an hour to midnight, and we were having too much fun playing a game of Quidditch to stand in line, so we just stood off to the side at the front to watch people receive their books (we had payed for them beforehand). The lady giving out the books handed two to us, but we protested, since we hadn't waited in line. Some people in line told us it was okay, and as the books were practically shoved in our hands. We had helped out a little bit at the party; the lady said it was our reward. I read that book in about 5 hours 45 minutes, from midnight to 5:47. A couple of weeks later, I won a second copy of the book from a trivia contest of about 100 obscene Harry Potter questions. That's waht Harry Potter means to me. I'll probably be reading Harry Potter 40 years from now.

-Spottedshadow

my memory:

on the night of the release for the seventh book, me and all my friends that liked the series went out to borders and waited until midnight to get out copies. none of us pre ordered though, and we underestimated just how many people would be there. after waiting about two and a half hours for them to call our ticket numbers, which is how they determined the order in which you were let in the store to buy the book, we decided to try walmart because as my friend puts it 'they got everything'. so we walked down the street a mile to try our luck at getting the book another hour earlier from walmart, when we walked in they litterally had cartfulls of the book with no one in line to buy them. for some reason we all found this hilarious as there were still people waiting in line at borders. so we got our copies of 'harry potter and the deathly hallows' from walmart and finished the book in two and a half days. (woulda been two days flat, but parents kept insisting that i needed sleep >.>)

Cool story, Coalfang.

Fruity, I'm sorry I didn't respond to your comment. I can't bump up the deadline because the publicist who provided the books on the behalf of the publisher specified that it has to run a certain amount of time. Sorry.

Sheila Ruth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison

I don't know if I mentioned this, but I'll be the one shipping the books to the winner, so if you win, you'll only need to give your address to me (with your parent's permission), and I'll delete it after I ship the books.

Sheila Ruth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison

I still have time to enter, right? (I voted "I meant to but forgot"...how like me!)

My memory:
The year was 2005, and the day was July the 16th. At the time, I was 8 years old and a huge fan of Harry Potter (I'd been into the series since the first movie came out and I saw it at the movie theater...). We had preordered Half-Blood Prince, and I was burning with excitement. The night before I had went to sleep on the mini-bed (actually a few couch cushions) on the living room floor. That morning, I awoke maybe around 8 or 9 (early!) and walked over to mom. I asked when the book would get there. To my surprise, it had already been delivered, around six AM. Somehow, mom and dad had managed to sneak it under my pillow while I was asleep. I ran back out to the living room and grabbed the box. For the next two days, I spent nearly every waking moment reading that book, in the living room rocking chair, completely oblivious to everything besides the struggles of Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

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♪Calm down, come down cold resides with me...
I flee to (I flee to...) Decemberunderground
(As you exhale) I breathe in (and sink into) the waterunderground
And I'll grow pale...without you...♫
-- 'The Interview' by AFI

Tumble: It was fate. And how cool that your grandpa had Harry Potter. But then, I do.

Though I want Deathly Hallows in paperback - & then I’ll take my hard cover to the used book store - I’m not really entering since I have the other 2 in paperback already. Besides, my story isn’t all that special – I didn’t go to a midnight party or anything or read it in record time (it took weeks). The Saturday morning Deathly Hallows was released , I was outside the SuperTarget (I rightly figured it wouldn’t be crowded like a book store – or out of books, since they don’t pre-sell) when it opened at 8 AM. I took my orange juice & went across the street to Panera Bread & had an egg soufflé while I started reading. Then I went down the street to Gardner’s (used) Books where they have a café called Expresso By The Book, got a frozen mocha & read more. Then I went home, fat & jazzed, & read a lot for the rest of the day.

I can’t even remember how I learned about the books, but I do remember when I read the 1st one.

Crescentmoon, techno-weenie

If their claws didn't retract, cats would be like Velcro. - Bruce Fogle (from the 365 Cats Page-A-Day Calendar June 24, 2009)

Jayfeather X the Stick of Wonder!!

BOOK STATUS: Reading Code of the Clans & The Time Travele

The winner is: Tumble! Congratulations! Please PM me your address (check with your parents first). I don't have the books yet, but should have them soon and will send them to you as soon as I get them.

Sheila Ruth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison

For the record, I read Deathly Hallows from Midnight to 5 AM.
Felt like I should add =D
Congrats Tumble!!

:O. Mark this in the history books that this is the first thing that i have EVERRR one in my entire life. :OOO i is excited now! I'll get my parents permission in the morning, and then pm you shiela

LOL. Congratulations, Tumble!

Sheila Ruth

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
— Thomas Edison