On Harry Potter fever

We're (my eldest son Kurt and I) on it... though I did not really like the series (I miss Sydney Sheldon, bless his soul).

My intention was to make Kurt (and hopefully Marcus too) read books, that's all. While he is fond of kid-stuff magazines, science compilations, and dinosaur/outer space write-ups, I wanted him to start with mainstream books and later on introduce him to classics.

He initially found the first Harry Potter interesting, but not too interesting to keep him glued to a seat and read it chapter after chapter. Until I heard him talk about Hogwarts, Quidditch, and some magic spells. He asked us to buy the movies and that started it--he hardly puts the book down (even fakes sleep to take a peek).

I already bought the first four titles for him (here's wishing there's still enough paperback copies of the rest), already he's done with the two after only two weeks (in between reviews for his periodical exams!). Now, I'm doing my own reading and I hope I can catch up. Here's to knowing You-Know-Who!