Don’t read them all at once. If you’re in High School or older. It reads like a tv series, a really freaking awesome one, but doing a 3000 page marathon of a book series with minimal character development (and a pretty bland, straight forward writing style), does take the fun out of it.

Now that I’m reading Deathly Hallows, I can remember the joy and excitement of getting into some new Potter. As long as you can keep that thrill going, keep reading, but if it starts to wear thin with you (like it did with me), take a break and come back. That’s my advice, and the books….are excellent! Goblet of Fire is my favourite of the first 5, but they all do have their own special flavour.

Oh, and if you’ve seen all the movies, consider starting from Book 4. That’s where the books started getting too big for the movies to capture it all.