I succumbed to the lure of Harry Potter when a friend offered to let me read the series, this was before Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was published. I was somewhat apprehensive as the majority of the publicity was aimed at the younger readers but so many people had said they were a ‘great read’. Anyway I started on the first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and was hooked from almost the first page. (more…)