My parents kept trying to make me read the books after Chamber of Secrets and I kept refusing thinking 'silly adults trying to make me read a childrens book!' My first experience was watching the first movie in the cinemas for someones birthday and came out thinking...well thats ok but why all the fuss? Finally I was bed ridden with the flu in 2005 and thought I'd give the books a read for the lols, and well, became instantly hooked.