I had a fabulous email from a fan and listener who REALLY gets Harry Potter in a way that I just don’t. So please, allow me the honor of having HER tell you why she and her children are die-hard fans. So without further adieu….Tami Tabone from the Ithaca area of New York: Dear Screen Queen, I listen to Brian & Jen’s show every morning on my commute to work and of course catch your segment on Thursdays. I am 44 years young and have two children of my own. I became a fan by reading the books to my son when he was in third grade (he is now a senior). He didn’t enjoy reading at the time, but he and I got hooked and he became an avid reader because of it. The movies just brought the stories more vividly to life. The actors are beautiful and for the couple of hours that I sit in front of the screen, I am whisked away on a majykal adventure. I forget my problems and I am a Hogwarts student. It is great to feel myself off on an adventure–a warrior child fighting to uphold honor and justice. The majyk just makes it more appealing–since of course the kind of majyk in HP does not exist in the muggle world. Rowlings not only gave my son motivation to read, but she inspired me to write my own book which was published in 2007. I was enthralled with Dan Radcliffe and have seen all his movies and I also saw him both in London and on Broadway in Equus. My daughter and I are going to see him on Broadway in How To Succeed in Business. I also quite enjoy Emma Watson–my son would love to attend Brown University! LOL!! Anyway, we were just so excited about the movie and went to the matinee today and I didn’t want the movie to end. My daughter was so mad that it ended in a cliffhanger–she’s eleven. It was a great movie and we’ll be buying it on DVD when it comes out.
