First, I loved the Harry Potter series.
One of the few fictional works I read all of.
I bought the first book for my son for Christmas and read it to him.
I then bought him the next in the series, for Christmas, every time a new book came out.
Not sure if he ever finished the series, but I did.
Like Waski said, it was something that I enjoyed reading at the time, but it will be a long time before I reread the series.
(I am a huge re-reader of my books, there are just a few that I have only ever read one time, most at least 3 times)
My mother, sweet caring lady that she is, had heard all the hoopla about the books being bad and from Satan and etc.
She had a heart to heart with me after the 1st book became so big and all the preachers and people were talking about how it glorified witches and witchcraft.
Because my mom was so serious about it, I had to actually have a real discussion instead of my usual flip remarks.
I explained that it no more glorified witches than had Samantha on the TV show Bewitched, which our family loved.
My mother was intractable.
Finally I asked, have you read the book?
No.
Well, you actually read the book and then if you still believe it glorifies witches and witchcraft and is of the Devil, then I will seriously consider not getting my son anymore of the books, nor take him to the movies.
My mother agreed.
(now in the old days, she would have said she didn't have to study or read the books to know they were of the Devil, but she has learned that the best way to know what something truly is, is to investigate it yourself)
So i bought my mother the 1st book.
A week later, my mother called me and said she really enjoyed the book and that it was no more of the Devil, than the TV shows, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters or The Adams Family were.
She even watched as many of the movies as she could catch on TV.
I was very proud of my mother as this would not have happened like it did, say 20 years before.
We would have ended up having a big fight with her certain that I was leading my son to hell on the back of a broomstick.
So, enjoy the ride MrsB, it really is a fun one.