I admit I'll probably buy them if only to have legal versions and since I am a bit of a fan. I only have 1 set of them, most of which cost $4 at Half Price Books. We would always buy the latest one as a family and stay up for hours after the release reading it out loud to each other until eventually falling asleep and whoever woke up first got to finish it before handing it off to someone else in the family.
I have really fond memories of reading the sixth book in particular. I was living in northwestern Wyoming at the time of its release and 2 of my sisters were visiting We got the book in the mail on the day of it's release and would read it aloud in the car while driving to Yellowstone, during the evenings while camping at Yellowstone, and then on the drive home to Texas. Dumbledore's final scene came right as we were driving into Dallas and we all got a bit teary eyed. Ah, memories. Yes, I'll go ahead and fork over the money for legal drm-free copies of HP. It's worth it.
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