Curiosity awakens the bookworm in us

What I initially thought as an easier way of inducing back my son's interest in books turned out to be more than curiosity and fascination--it became a race and an addiction for us thanks to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

I'm desperately trying to catch up with my son Kurt's faster reading--he's now shuffling through the thicker Book 5 Order of the Phoenix while I'm two books behind him as I've only started with the first few chapters of the third book The Prisoner of Azkaban. We've only started reading the series last October already Kurt is an expert on Hogwarts stuff--from Diagon Alley shops and spells to magical potions, Quidditch rules and broomsticks--I actually appreciate Harry Potter now more than when the first book became popular and back when Kurt was just starting to learn to crawl.

I promised Kurt I'll buy him the movie version every time he finishes a book. This made the reading task more exciting and fulfilling--we get to see (compare and discuss) how each book is interpreted in the movie adaptation. I'd tell you to read the book/s first so you can fully appreciate the movie, which I did and am now a big fan my son and I can't wait to wrap up the race to the last book.

I hate to say it but I guess we've become mystified ourselves--bookworms are we--as they call it in the Muggle world.