Hmm...well I didn't start reading them until two summers ago. Right after the first movie came out. I remember my mom kept telling me to read them cuz I had run out of books...I kept saying no cuz I thought they sounded dumb. And some friends would tell me to read them and all, but I still said no. Even my Grandma would tell me to. But then the movie came out and I watched it on the last day of school. I didn't get to finish it, but I came home, bought it, and watched the rest and loved it. Then before I went off to camp I bought the first two books, read them and bought the rest. I've loved them ever since!!!