• dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 days ago

    I literally learned to read so I could read Harry Potter books so I didn’t have to wait for bedtime for my dad to read them to me; even though I was a “boy” I badly wanted to be Hermione Granger when I grew up

    it’s really heart-breaking that she became so deranged and hateful, a lot of us loved her books growing up

    • aim_at_me@lemmy.nz
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      6 days ago

      Yeah me too. I literally started to read because I couldn’t wait for mum to start reading and wanted to read past when she stopped.

      I was literally sneaking away to read. My parents knew and turned a blind eye, not believing their luck that their son was rebelling by reading haha. I’ll always thank JK for my love of reading. But fuck her politics.

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      6 days ago

      I started reading for the same reason, except it was he Narnia books and my gramma 🫡

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        4 days ago

        I started reading in other languages for her. To which I credit a lot of my English skills. I couldn’t wait for fifth one to be translated so just started reading books in English.

        My mom got me onto them though.