Hello! Intro post coming up!

[ana-banana27.livejournal.com]

I've been lurking here for a long time and finally decided to make a LiveJournal and talk to some fellow Young Wizards fans. I have a sort of interesting story with how I met the Young Wizards series, so here it is: I've been reading the Young Wizards series since 2009. I was recommended this series in sixth grade when I took a reading quiz. When I told my friends that later on, they described it as "fate" or "destiny" for me to read the Young Wizards series. I picked up the first book the summer after sixth grade and instantly loved the book. But for some strange reason (that I still can't figure out today) I abandoned the first book. (Don't hate me! I was only eleven.) So I went into seventh grade and found the book (and the rest of the series) in the library, so on 9/11/09 (I figured out later on), I picked up the first book for the second time and read it. But this time, I kept on reading. :-)

So that was my story of how I met the Young Wizards series. I hope I didn't bore all of you with my story.

Was I supposed to tag this entry? As you can tell, I'm new to LiveJournal and here.

Thanks for reading and I'm hoping I revived this community a little too.

Comments

[eavanmoore.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many of us weren't instantly motivated to find sequels after we finished the first book. I don't remember why, but there was definitely some lag time between enjoying So You Want to Be a Wizard and finding Deep Wizardry.

[ana-banana27.livejournal.com]

I was wondering that too. I wondered if other people had a kind of similar story to what happened to me. I remember taking out 2-4 along with the first one after sixth grade but I didn't read them since I didn't finish So You Want to be a Wizard and I didn't want to spoil what happened in the next books to myself.

[eavanmoore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think SYWTBAW was a little overwhelming and obscure, plus it seemed to tie things up at the end.

[ana-banana27.livejournal.com]

I agree with that. For some reason when I was twelve, I understood SYWTBAW a lot more than I did when I was eleven. And since I fully read SYWTBAW when I was twelve, that's probably why it made more sense, because I made it all the way to the end.

[kendo gaezat loo (from livejournal.com)]

I don't know. Personally I found SYWTBAW very... full and whole on it's own. So grand, reading one book just filled me up. It took me at least 5 months before I got the next book out and started reading. After that... it was a downhill slide into the addiction :)

[ana-banana27.livejournal.com]

Um, sorry for the late reply! State tests got in the way.
I love SYWTBAW, it's my second favorite in the YW series. Though it took me two tries to actually fully read it, I still love the book. I had a late reaction to getting addicted to the YW series, the addiction started somewhere in the middle of W@W. 5 months? Beats the few months that it took me to pick up SYWTBAW again. ;)