Harry Potter

     The Harry Potter books have acted as a sort of security blanket for me. They let me escape what's on my mind and give me a nice feeling every time I open one and read. They give my brain a sort of magical mini vacation to Scotland. Sure getting there is a bit unconventional but there are trains, brooms, the floo network and even flying cars and it is fun to mentally digest how cool it would be to use such transportation.

     I was very excited to find a marathon of the movies on today. Sure I don't love the movies as much as I love the books but that's all right. I think it’s fantastic that I can read to make myself feel better and I don’t have to feel the need to put makeup on my face to feel better about myself I can read. I am also grateful that I can read at all! I can also owe that fact in part to J.K. Rowling because I started reading her books in the second grade and sure that first book took a while to read but I improved my reading skills with her series.

         While abroad I hope that I can get enough time to at least read the books in Dutch and if I’m lucky I hope to get my own copies in the language to enjoy. I think it would be very fun to compare and contrast the books because translations change the names of characters or little parts of the story and that interests me.