BB & GG are heavily into the Harry Potter series. They started as very reluctant readers – I had to cajole them to give the series a shot, but now are completely hooked, reading the books multiple times!
I’ve always loved the series and read each book as it came along, and for a very long time, wanted GG & BB to experience the Potter magic with me. But, like I wrote earlier, they didn’t really seem interested. Then last December, at the airport on the way to a family holiday, I bribed GG to try one book. She decided to buy 2 and was instantly hooked. She then went on to buy the other books and it was the turn to bribe BB.
BB does not like to read anything, unless it pertains to his love – aeronautics! So we used multiple tricks to get him to start reading – bribes, coercion and what have you. Soon he got hooked too and these days, invariably you see both of them with a book from the series in their hands!
They even found the Pottermore site and i have to threaten them to revoke computer privileges if they are on the site instead of studying. Today they even forgot an online class because of this…
I’m not really complaining about this addiction as I’ll welcome a book addict anytime! But hopefully this will not interfere with their studies, what with the PSLE looming ahead of us.
