That Harry Potter...You Can Read Him Like A Book
I think most of us would agree that there hasn't been nearly enough on the radio, TV or in the newspapers about Harry Potter. That's why I have decided to remedy matters with this post. I feel it's my duty to promote obscure art forms and help widen the appreciation of little-known authors.
Well the truth is that those Harry Potter books have been part of Zed family life for almost a decade and I'm sure I'm one of many thousands of Dads who honed their acting skills reading them aloud to their children. Although I say it myself, I think I managed to create a pretty good Dumbledore...a passable Snape and a Hagrid who, well, to be honest , was sometimes Cornish and sometimes Irish. In their younger years the Zedettes didn't notice these continuity errors, but now they're much more critical.
Of course, they're both capable of reading The Deathy Hallows themselves in a couple of past-bedtime sittings, but we decided to maintain the reading aloud sessions for old times sake. I was barely into chapter one when they started to critique my Voldemort voice. It's been so long since we read the last Harry Potter book that my repetoire had gone rusty.
But then yesterday we went to see the movie version of and I was quietly satisfied that my Luna Lovegood voice was just as good as that of the who portrayed her. Frankly I'm surprised I didn't get that call-back from Warner Bros.
Yet now that the last book has been published, I expect there wont be any more reasons for the Zedettes to call on my Jackanory-style reading skills. But it was fun while it lasted.
Thank you J.K. Rowling...whoever you are.
