Sunday, October 11, 2020

Harry Potter Birthday Reading Marathon

cover image from Harry Potter Book 5
The fifth book in the Harry Potter series (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) was published in 2003. Annette purchased a copy of the book for me as a gift for my birthday that year. 

Annette planned for me to open my birthday presents that day before the kids (Jamie, Tanner, and Allyn) went to school. I opened my birthday presents. We ate breakfast. Annette took the kids to school. I started reading the book. 

The book was so engaging that I continued reading. I stayed home from work and read all day. I finished reading the book late that night (or early the next morning). 

I do not remember exactly how long it took to read the entire book. However, the book has 870 pages. Thus, if I read one page per minute (60 pages per hour), it would require 14.5 hours of reading. With a few breaks for meals lunch and dinner) as well as a couple of bio breaks, it likely took about 16 total hours from start to finish. 

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