Years after reading the first four of Rowling's books, I finally picked up book five. Perhaps what inspired me was the whirlwind of attention surrounding the release of the Last Book of The Series, along with the successful adaptation of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" just a few months ago.
One reason why I stopped reading these books after finishing the first four was becuase my siblings would talk about them, and I had almost zero recollection as to which events happened in which books: the plots ran together in my mind. This, thought I, was a bad sign, and I refused to ingest more reading that would not be retained. But curiousity got the best of me, and the 800-something page tome really didn't take that long to finish.
Another reason why I picked up the fifth book was becuase I read an article (from National Review) about the themes of the final book (and, hence, the themes of the entire series) and found out about a few critical events that really shocked me: for example, Voldemort taking over Hogwarts, and many of the main characters dying. This I had to read for myself.
Unwilling to buy one of these books, I subscribed to my new theory: Everyone knows Somebody who owns the Harry Potter books...so why buy them myself? Turns out I know more than one somebody who owns them, so I finally got my hands on one and will start the sixth book as soon as I can...
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