It’s July 31st, and every muggle knows this is a very important day!
Today, Harry James Potter was born. The boy-who-lived came into the world; the lightning bolt symbol gained a whole new meaning; and love stood up against evil…and won. These books changed my life. They made me want to read. 7 books, a golden trio, a boy living in a cupboard under the stairs of number four Privet Drive, a school called Hogwarts that felt like home, and the amazing woman who created them all. I can say with complete honesty that I wouldn’t have become a voracious book lover–or a writer, for that matter–without her or her magical world.
So Mister Potter, I’d like to wish you and your lovely creator, J.K. Rowling, the happiest of happy birthdays!!! Thank you for the books, the characters and the magic!
Happy reading (and Happy Birthday, Harry Potter!),
Cookie O’Gorman
P.S. My ADORKABLE character Sally would totally be celebrating this day with a party, cake, butter beer, chocolate frogs, Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans , the works! She’d probably even have everyone (Becks, Hooker, Ash, Snow, all the parents and the Kent brothers) over for an HP movie marathon. I have to work, but I will definitely be rocking my Snape/Lily earrings! 🙂 Also, I’ll have a giveaway coming up, so be on the lookout for that. I hope you have a great day, my fellow muggles!