Day 10: Can’t live without: Harry Potter
I already know what you’re thinking. “What the heck? Harry Potter?” Yes, Harry Potter.
Let’s start off with how Harry and I came to be: it was the 7th grade. My grade was having a reading contest: every book in the library was on a point system. Whoever accumulated the most points won (you got points by finishing the book). Me, being an excellent reader, decided that my first book should be worth a ton of points. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was worth 44 points, and I had to have it. It took me 4 days to read that book. When I realized it was a series, I went back and read the others. It was love at first word.
Harry Potter means a lot to me because it came to me at a time when I was trying to figure myself out – I was the nerd kid who read way too many books, never spoke too loud, and only had one other friend (bless your heart, Ken). While reading, I resonated with Hermione on a deep level. I saw myself in her, I connected with her. Today, I am proudly the Hermione of my friend group, and will never be ashamed of it. I used to be afraid that I was too nerdy, that I would never blossom or break out of my shell. But watching Hermione grow into this strong young woman pushed me to do so as well.
I guess it’s more appropriate to say I can’t live without Hermione Granger – because she is me.