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2000, once Goblet of Fire came out in hardbound.
Stephen King had very highly recommended these when he was recovering from being hit by a van in June 1999. Until that point, King was the only novelist I would buy in hardbound without having already read the book from the library or from a friend. But based on his review, I ran out and bought all 4 existing books in hardbound.... and then battled my daughter for rights to read them first LOL.
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2003. It was the wettest summer on record here in NC, so there was plenty of time to sit inside and read. I think I read the first 4 or 5 books about 4 times each that summer.
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It feels like more than half the times I've posted on hatrack its been about Harry Potter. I'm a lurker except for when hatrack discusses Harry Potter, haha! I swear I'm not a fanatic.
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I read the first one in 1999. I read the third one when I bought it at a library sale in, I think, 2003. I read the whole series when the last one came out, whenever that was. 2007 or 2008?
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I'm not positive, but I think I read the first one in 2000. My niece Mary read it when she was still 10, because she was waiting eagerly on her 11th birthday for her letter from Hogwarts. I remember that for sure. She was born on Tiananmen Square day, which Wikipedia says is June 4, 1989. So she turned 11 on 6-4-2000, and I'm pretty sure we discussed it and I had read it by then.
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