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It has long been habit – I rarely re-read books. Once read I do not go back. This is one reason I do not prefer to buy books. I donot want to stock up a library with books I rarely go back to. I have no regrets.<\/p>\n

I have mentioned before that I am part of The Book Bingo<\/a> which means a lot of reading. I am loving the challenge as it is making a good dent on my to-be-read list. I have been making wise choices in picking books for the challenge. Some of the categories the Book Bingo concentrates is books which are part of a series and re-reads. I decided to pick up the Harry Potter series to count for 5 in a series and 2 in re-reads (books cannot be double counted!)<\/p>\n

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I read Harry Potter books the day they were released(most of them) and was awake day and night to finish them . I did not see the movies (I cannot stand adaptations of books) and the latest Harry Potter themed party <\/a>made me want to re-read the books. I have been borrowing (Thanks XH) and reading the series. I am in Book 5.<\/p>\n

I have had quite a few thoughts but here are 2 major things that shook me rather strongly<\/p>\n

– I was on Book 2 when I asked myself “Did I really love these books?”. The years have changed the way I prefer my books. If I were to start the HP series today I will probably not do the whole series.<\/p>\n

– Characters that I relate with and enjoy have changed rather drastically. I still love Harry, the Weasleys, Dumbeldore and others. But I find myself liking Snape more – much more than I ever did. I surprise myself. I admit that as I re-read the series I have been trying to open my mind and keep preconceived notions out but still Snape is the big villain in the series (well atleast in the first 3 books).<\/p>\n

Oh so here I have said it – I like Prof.Snape as much as I like well maybe the Weasleys!<\/p>\n

Perspectives change and all you need to do is look back and be open to the change. Resisting change is really not something you want to do. Made me realize – there is nothing wrong with changing the way you feel or think or view something. It really takes someone strong to say “yes” to change.<\/p>\n

PS: Lot of change is probably due to this twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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